Global Risk Dialogue
Winter/Spring 2021

Why is data management important for a global insurer? What is contained in a company’s ‘data strategy’? We ask these and other questions about the importance of data management of Ali Shahkarami, AGCS’ first-ever Chief Data Officer.

Diversity has become big business. The frequency of diversity lawsuits brought since the beginning of July 2020 raises the concern that any company lacking racial, gender and age diversity among its directors and officers (D&O) might attract similar lawsuits – not only companies in other countries, but particularly those listed in the US.

This issue also examines how Covid-19 has impacted D&Os by changing customer behavior, disrupting supply chains, and dislocating employees from their traditional places of work. Crucially, it has also contributed to a global recession expected to surpass the spiral of the global financial crash in 2008. As a result, the stakes could not be higher for executives.

The Covid-19 pandemic has posed a unique test for commercial insurance claims. What are new claim trends that are materializing as a result of the virus? What are the prospects for future notification activity? And how are claims teams responding to this new environment?