Antimicrobial Resistance: The risk of undoing modern medicine as we know it
By:
Adrita Bhattacharya-Craven, The Geneva Association
David Tordrup and Rebekka Aarsand, Triangulate Health Ltd, UK
What Do the Outcomes of COP26 Mean for Insurers?
By Maryam Golnaraghi
Director Climate Change and Environment
The highly anticipated 26th session of the Conference of Parties (COP) meeting in Glasgow, known as COP26, was the largest United Nations (UN)-convened gathering of private-sector leaders, including from insurance and finance, technology and engineering. Delegates from over 192 governments participated, ultimately negotiating the official outcome document, The Glasgow Climate Pact.1
How to make cyberattacks more insurable
Improving coverage for virtual threats such as ransomware and supply chain attacks is one of the most pressing and thorny issues facing the insurance industry today. It has become even more urgent since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic because the resulting changes in the way the world works and does business mean such incidents have become more frequent and varied in character. The costs of their potential harm have also grown exponentially, with the worst-case scenarios estimated to generate economic disruption running into billions of dollars.
Annual Report 2021
In 2021 The Geneva Association welcomed a new Chairman, Christian Mumenthaler (CEO of Swiss Re) and Vice Chairman, Yuan Siong Lee (Group Chief Executive & President of AIA). Our programming enjoyed a partial 'return to normal' with two in-person events: our General Assembly in Zurich and Evolving Liability Conference in London.
Other highlights included:
Presenting the nominees for our 2022 Women in Insurance Award
Congratulations to all the 2022 nominees for the Geneva Association Women in Insurance Award! These outstanding female leaders – nominated for achievements in climate change & environment, health, innovation, inclusive insurance or diversity, equity & inclusion – are a great demonstration of insurance’s progress toward gender balance at the senior management level.
The 2022 award winner will be announced on 12 May!
The Geneva Association’s 2022 Women in Insurance Award goes to Anne Fortin of Intact Financial Corporation for successful innovations to better serve insurance customers
The annual award celebrates women insurance leaders whose work positively impacts society and contributes to making insurance a force for good
ZURICH, 12 MAY 2022 – The Geneva Association is pleased to announce the winner of the 2022 Geneva Association Women in Insurance Award: Anne Fortin, Executive Vice President, Direct Distribution and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Intact Financial Corporation (IFC).
3 key insights on insuring the gig economy of the future
Accompanies the full report Gig Economy Work: Mind the protection gaps.
Gig Economy Work: Mind the protection gaps
The gig economy offers benefits for both workers and consumers. However, compared to traditional employees, gig workers are more exposed to risks such as loss of income, out-of-pocket medical expenses, underprovision for retirement and professional liability. This report examines the nature and scale of the protection gaps facing gig workers and explores how insurers, policymakers and digital labour platforms can work to provide innovative solutions that will mitigate risk exposures and make this new way of working more secure and sustainable.
