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Loss leaders

Operational risk is potentially the biggest risk faced by insurers – and also one of the most difficult to model. However, as a number of loss data aggregation initiatives globally either emerge or mature, insurers are much better placed to quantify their op risk exposure – but challenges remain.Clive Davidson reports

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insurance is at heart a simple business. Analyse the likelihood of a certain event occurring, aggregate a pool of this risk from different sources, charge a premium for your services and wait for the profits to emerge. Of course, life is not that simple, and while it is possible to run a Monte Carlo simulation that demonstrates the impact movements in interest rates will have on insurers’

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Emerging trends in op risk

Karen Man, partner and member of the global financial institutions leadership team at Baker McKenzie, discusses emerging op risks in the wake of the Covid‑19 pandemic, a rise in cyber attacks, concerns around conduct and culture, and the complexities of…

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