The use of big data analytics in insurance offers significant societal benefits, as improved understanding of risks can inform risk reduction and enhance insurability. However, individuals, firms and regulators face complex trade-offs when balancing the benefits and risks of using personal data from digital sources to calculate insurance premiums.

Our new report explores these issues, and aims to contribute to an informed and fact-based regulatory debate on access to and use of data in insurance - find out more at the following links:

Vikas Chhariya, Global Head of Digital Partnerships at AXA Group, discusses the social impact of the sharing economy, and how this is affecting the insurance paradigm. Recorded at the 13th Annual Liability Regimes Conference.

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Maryam Golnaraghi, Director of Extreme Events and Climate Risk at The Geneva Association, discusses the hurdles the insurance industry faces in scaling up green investments and expanding risk transfer solutions.

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Maryam Golnaraghi, Director of Extreme Events and Climate Risk at The Geneva Association, discusses how climate change has transformed from an environmental/scientific concern to a top priority in the board room for the insurance industry.

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The insurance industry is contributing significantly to building socio-economic resilience to climate change and supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy in their role as risk management experts and investors, although a number of challenges are hindering the industry’s efforts to scale up its contribution, according to a new research report from The Geneva Association, the leading international think tank of the insurance industry.