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A new report on digital risks has been published by the Lloyd’s Emerging Risks Team. The report was made available in the event packs distributed at the recent joint event between Lloyd’s 360 Insight and NATO on three important risks facing society, namely climate change, digital security and piracy.
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Posts Tagged ‘Emerging risks’
Digital risks
Posted by David Baxter on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 at 8:55 am
University of CCRIF
Posted by Trevor Maynard on Friday, October 2nd, 2009 at 11:24 am
According to their press release on 23 September “Students studying risk management and natural hazards-related subjects will soon benefit from scholarships to be offered by the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) ”
The CCRIF is the Caribbean insurance pool which pays out when certain parametric earthquake or hurricane indices reach a threshold. The pool provides [...]
Tags: Climate change, Emerging risks, Hurricanes, Natural catastrophes
Synthetic biology
Posted by Trevor Maynard on Monday, July 13th, 2009 at 11:55 am
A symposium from 9-10 July took place in Washington DC to discuss the ‘opportunities and challenges’ in the emerging field of synthetic biology.
According to organisers the meeting brought “together the scientific, engineering, legal, and policy communities along with members of the public”. This seems an excellent step forward in this exciting but potentially risky field.
So what is [...]
Tags: Emerging risks, Synthetic biology
Terrorists: mapping the next generation
Posted by Garry Booth on Thursday, June 18th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Islamist terrorist activity is shifting from the Middle East to South Asia, according to security experts.
The Aon 2009 Terrorism Threat Map from Aon Crisis Management (2 June) shows a trend towards fewer terrorist attacks in the Middle East but increased activity in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan, with Thailand and Nepal also showing more incidents.
Produced in [...]
Tags: Emerging risks, Risk management
Novel materials, novel risks
Posted by Trevor Maynard on Thursday, November 13th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Another report (released yesterday) has yet again highlighted the uncertainties in the risks of nanotechnologies and nano-materials. These materials are already in the consumer market and show promise to provide great benefit to society and consumers.
Tags: Emerging risks, Liability, Nano-materials, Nanotechnology
Catch it, Bin it, Kill it
Posted by Trevor Maynard on Friday, October 17th, 2008 at 8:46 am
“Catch it, Bin it, Kill it” is the slogan of the UK Department of Health campaign to reduce the risk of a pandemic emergency. It gives simple, almost obvious, advice to help slow the spread of a flu pandemic. Many forms of pandemic spread via inhalation of water droplets created when we sneeze; if the [...]
Tags: Emerging risks, Lloyd's report, Pandemic, UK Department of Health
