Fewer ships being claimed by the high seas
Fewer ships being claimed by the high seas

Superstorms, cyber exposure and piracy. Sailing the open seas, particularly in South China and the South East Asian waters is fraught with peril, so the latest AGCS “Safety & Shipping Review”.

Brexit: A black hole for the UK economy
Brexit: A black hole for the UK economy

The consequences would include direct export losses of up to £30bn. According to Euler Hermes study British financial services, automotive, engineering, chemicals, food and energy industries would take the biggest hit.

Fierce competition and cyber incidents rank as major new threats
Fierce competition and cyber incidents rank as major new threats

Business interruption (BI) remains the top risk for fourth year in succession, with cyber-attacks, geo-political instability and technology failure new potential drivers of BI losses / The competitive market environment and cyber incidents appear in the top three global business risks for the first time / Companies are worried about increasing sophistication of cyber-attacks, but tend to underestimate technical IT failure as cause of costly outages