We invite you to explore a diverse range of topics from our people, covering a wide variety of risk subjects including fine art, construction, equine, liability, and claims, to name a few.
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In the spotlight this week
Thought Leadership
How Insurers can help the art world cut emissions
Artists have made a stand against climate change, but what can the art world do to reduce emissions? David Saillen thinks insurers can support them.
Is London's marine insurance market trapped in a cycle of self-defeat
Having achieved a degree of rate adequacy, London’s marine insurance market is losing its momentum. With over 30 years’ experience of underwriting marine risks, Mike Burle says now is not the time to reduce rates.
Why Nike's virtual shoes are a step towards the future of fine art insurance
The market for NFT-linked digital art is raising difficult questions for fine art underwriters. Ross Drabble feels NFTs could solve problems that have dogged the sale of fine art for centuries.
How insurers can dispel the political shadow of COVID-19
Matthew Coomer discusses how the pandemic has highlighted the progressive role that Political Risk insurance can play today.
Are we afraid to grasp London's future
The pandemic gave the London Insurance market a once-in-a-century opportunity for reform, Matthew Moore speculates on how the market should respond.
Going for gold
Emma Jack explains the risks involved when moving top-level competition horses around the globe to compete in events and how they are insured
Liberty's Cyber cell underpins sustainable underwriting
LSM discusses how cyber threats are changing unlike any other peril such as natural catastrophe or systemic risk with a global, cross-class impact.
Helping women heal a post Covid world
LSM's FRS team explains why in Covid-hit emerging markets, it's important to invest in women’s entrepreneurship and SMEs to support economic growth.
Why it's time to give our data away
Rather than hoarding data within corporate bodies, we need to be sharing it, says LSM's President & Managing Director, Matthew Moore.
Are ultra-large ships leading insurers into deep water?
Globalisation and economics have led to a growing fleet of giant container vessels on the high seas. Mike Burle explains why it is cause for concern.
Modelling in a crisis
Risk scenario modelling can't be 100% accurate, but they can provide a useful indication. LSM's Hugo Cruz explains how they can offer some stability.
The new age of anger in Europe
Incidents of strikes, riots and civil commotion are increasing across Europe. LSM's Joanna Hitchcock explains what’s behind the growing instability.
Is rain undermining the foundations of construction?
Liberty Specialty Markets construction underwriters discuss how sites are vulnerable to natural perils like rainfall during a construction project.
Tearing down invisible walls
Liberty examines how shining a light on DEI is accelerating the cultural changes they are making and how this helping to improve business performance.
Rethinking catastrophe claims
Andrew Pedler and Francisco Javier Guardia explain how Liberty Specialty Markets’ approach to natural catastrophe claims is evolving.
Protecting Intellectual Property in the new world order
In the new world order ushered in by COVID-19, innovation, competition and litigation are likely to increase as businesses adapt to new ways of working and focus on building and protecting market share. In the aftermath of the pandemic, as recessionary forces start to bear down, businesses need to consider how they protect their assets.
Being an insurer in the new environment
The way we live and work has changed since the pandemic arrived. The challenge for insurers is to improve the way we work to benefit everyone in the market.
People must come first when a pandemic strikes
COVID-19 has been one of the greatest global challenges facing businesses and communities in the 21st century. The scale of its impact means now more than ever it’s important for companies to put employees’ health and wellbeing at the forefront. LSM is finding success with its mental health first-aider network.
Why art fairs put good underwriting on display
David Saillen, Liberty Specialty Markets’ Head of Fine Art and Specie for Continental Europe, reveals how his team manages the aggregation of risk created by major art fairs.
Customer relationships under the microscope
Carol Baker explains how changes to a traditional risk engineering function sparked a radical re-evaluation of customer relationships across the business.