The CRO Forum welcomes new members
The CRO Forum welcomes SAMPO Group and Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) as new members, as of January 2023. SAMPO Group was founded in 1909 in Turku in Finland. Main business focus is non-life insurance [...]
Energy Storage Systems – An Emerging Risk Perspective
The urgent need to accelerate the development of a resilient and sustainable future energy economy has been highlighted by the impacts on energy supply due to the war in Ukraine. Decarbonization of the energy economy [...]
A new perspective on pandemics: Covid-19 insurance impacts and challenges.
In 2007 the CRO Forum published a paper on “Influenza Pandemics” that provided a consolidated view of the potential impact of a Spanish Flu-like scenario on insurance undertakings. The authors also identified steps toward better [...]
PRESS RELEASE NEW CHAIRPERSONS 2023 ELECTED
The CRO Forum is pleased to announce that Peter Giger, Chief Risk Officer of Zurich Insurance Group, is elected Chair of the CRO Forum. Peter Giger has extensive experience in insurance and reinsurance, including in [...]
Emerging Risk Initiative – Major Trends and Emerging Risk Radar – 2022 update
The CRO Forum’s Emerging Risk Initiative continually scans the horizon to identify and communicate emerging risks facing the insurance industry which are expected to have a significant impact on the insurance sector within 1 to [...]
The Internet of Things (IoT) risks from an insurance perspective
The Internet of Things (IoT) is connecting the “virtual” world to physical reality: not only the devices we would normally associate with accessing the Internet, but also machines, vehicles, and industrial plants of all kinds [...]
Mental Health – The Hidden Crisis
Back in 2019, mental health conditions affected one in ten people worldwide. This was in pre-COVID times: before the global health crisis, the successive lockdowns, the isolation, the economic hardship, the uncertainty and anxiety about [...]
Mind the Sustainability Gap – Integrating sustainability into insurance risk management
The importance of building resilient infrastructure and promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialisation as well as fostering innovation, is increasingly recognised. The role of the insurance industry in facilitating the proper functioning of the economy, as [...]
The CRO Forum elects new Vice-Chairperson
Aylin Somersan Coqui was elected as the second Vice-Chair of the CRO Forum during the previous CRO Forum Meeting. Aylin is the Chief Risk Officer of Allianz Group since July 2020. She has worked at multiple [...]
Emerging Risk Initiative – Major Trends and Emerging Risk Radar – 2021 Update
The CRO Forum’s Emerging Risk Initiative continually scans the horizon to identify and communicate emerging risks facing the insurance industry. The Emerging Risk Initiative identified the current major trends and emerging risks which are expected [...]