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The top three risks facing businesses over the next year are all related to COVID-19, an annual survey of CEOs, risk managers, brokers and insurance experts by Allianz has found.

COVID-19 has threatened to impede the global cooperation needed to tackle a vast array of heightened risks over the next decade, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has warned today.

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Demand for predictive analytics is rising as life insurers look to boost their business performance and customer relations in a highly competitive market with tight margins, slow growth and high operating costs.

Pension schemes, insurance companies, asset managers and banks will all be forced to disclose their financial exposure to climate change by 2025 under new rules unveiled by the UK chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday.

Half of employees in the UK's financial services sector want to continue working from home for at least part of the week once the COVID-19 pandemic passes, KPMG research has found.

Blockchain technologies will reach a tipping point in 2025 and be adopted at scale across the global economy, boosting GDP by nearly $2trn (£1.5trn) over the next decade, forecasts by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) suggest.

The overwhelming majority of risk professionals worldwide expect the frequency and severity of cyber attacks to increase as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Willis Towers Watson (WTW).

The COVID-19 crisis has triggered one of the biggest global surges in technology investment ever seen, according to research published today by KPMG.

Struggling motor insurers could soon have to contend with an additional threat from Amazon as the tech giant prepares to enter the Indian market, GlobalData has warned.