Global Risk Dialogue
Winter/Spring 2020

Drones potentially can solve problems and save costs in the future across a number of global industries, but the risk of their misuse – particularly around airports – should be considered as their use rapidly increases and continues to evolve.

Recent events in Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Hong Kong and France highlight an increasingly unpredictable and uncertain world. How can insurance help companies caught in the political crosshairs stay in business? How does political violence insurance get triggered and how does it work? And how are losses and risk exposures trending?

This issue also examines how companies can better manage environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks as sustainability-conscious investors, regulators, governments and potential customers increasingly demand that companies and their boards appropriately address ESG issues. Our expert, Christopher Bonnet, addresses 5 ESG trends to watch for in 2020: climate change, water management, biodiversity, human rights and corporate governance.

How do businesses find bespoke alternatives to traditional insurance? Alternative risk transfer (ART) schemes are becoming increasingly popular and can help companies with self-financing of atypical risks; transferring non-traditional risks; accessing alternative forms of capital; and bringing multiple lines of coverage into a single, multi-year contract. AGCS experts identify 5 trends to watch in the ART space. 

Finally, we take a ride on the bumpy road to making battery electric vehicles (BEVs) a viable form of transport, visit the Oscars to review Allianz’s long history of insuring movie magic, look at aviation risks by the numbers, and highlight the ambitious Formosa 2 wind farm project which AGCS is insuring in Taiwan. All that plus new Global Head of Liability at AGCS, Ciara Brady, answers four questions about the changing liability market.