Emerging Risk Reports

We have defined an emerging risk as "an issue that is perceived to be potentially significant but which may not be fully understood or allowed for in insurance terms and conditions, pricing, reserving or capital setting".

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Arctic Opening: Opportunity and Risk in the High North

This report, produced in co-operation with Chatham House, explores how the rapidly changing Arctic environment is creating both opportunities and risks for businesses operating in this region.

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Geomorphology and changing flood risk in the UK

This report produced with Climate Change Risk Management sets out a new approach for long term flood management.

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Landslide risk and climate change in the European Alps

This paper outlines the scope and objectives of the research being conducted by Joanne Wood at the University of Exeter into the influence of climate change on the risk of landslides in the Alps

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Managing the Escalating Risks of Natural Catastrophes in the United States

The report sets out nine key principles for addressing the issue of rising losses from extreme weather events and other natural catastrophes in the US.

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Drilling in Extreme Environments: Challenges and Implications for the Energy Insurance Industry

The report was produced by Lloyd’s Performance Management in co-operation with two leading industry experts: Andrew Rees and David Sharp. It provides an overview of drilling processes and techniques in extreme environments, such as deepwater and the Arctic. The report examines in detail the implications for the insurance industry of this trend towards drilling in extreme environments, particularly in the wake of the Macondo incident

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Flood: Resilience, response and recovery

This report has been produced in co-operation with the Royal United Services Institute and examines how insurers and key stakeholders can work together to improve flood resilience, response and recovery.

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Forecasting risk: the value of long-range forecasting for the insurance industry

This joint Lloyd's and Met Office report examines the potential value of long-range forecasting for the insurance industry and follows a series of expert workshops at Lloyd's. The report highlights how forecasting scientists are developing models to predict weather events and patterns over timeframes from the seasonal to several years, which should be useful to insurers.

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Electromagnetic fields from mobile phones: recent developments

The latest Emerging Risks Report considers recent research into whether exposure to electromagnetic fields from mobile phones can cause health problems and the impact this could have on the insurance industry.

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East London: Extreme Rainfall

A detailed new study from Lloyd’s shows that East London has experienced a tenfold increase in extreme daily rainfall since 1960. As well as this report, please see the data provided at the bottom of the text.

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Behaviour: Bear, bull or lemming?

Underwriters take risks every day of their lives, yet many are unaware of the subconscious thoughts that are clouding their judgements. Insurance professionals will benefit by being aware of these behavioural biases described in this report.

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Arctic Risk Report  pdf file
Arctic Opening: Opportunity and Risk in the High North

This report, produced in co-operation with Chatham House, explores how the rapidly changing Arctic environment is creating both opportunities and...