AM Best sets Europe insurance briefing on geopolitical risks in London

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AM Best's Europe Insurance Market Briefing in London on June 13 focuses on managing geopolitical risk amid complex cross-border conflict pressures.
Rachel Turk of Lloyd's of London will keynote on geopolitical risks, with sessions addressing European insurance market dynamics and emerging market underwriting challenges.
AM Best's analytical team to present EMEA credit rating and market segment outlooks, emphasizing how geopolitical uncertainty is influencing insurer strategies and risk assessment.

London agenda centers on geopolitical risk

As reported by AM Best, the annual Europe Insurance Market Briefing is set to run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. GMT at Convene 200 Aldersgate in St. Paul's, with registration, coffee and networking opening from 9:00 a.m. and plenary sessions starting at 10:00 a.m.

Rachel Turk, chief of market performance at Lloyd's of London, is due to deliver the keynote address, titled "Managing Geopolitical Risks in an Uncertain World." The programme is focusing on European insurance market dynamics as cross-border conflicts rise and risk conditions become more complex.

A panel on those pressures includes Neil Beresford of Clyde & Co LLP, Sandy Warne, James Watt of The Ambassador Partnership, Kevin Kajiwara of Teneo and Valeria Ermakova of AM Best. David Benyon, host of The Political Risk Podcast, is moderating the discussion.

EMEA outlook and underwriting implications

Speakers are also set to discuss the macroeconomic and geopolitical outlook, alongside insurance market performance and highlights from Best's credit rating activity and market segment outlooks for the EMEA region.

Other sessions on the day-long agenda examine how geopolitical uncertainty is affecting underwriting and emerging markets. Members of AM Best's analytical team are also expected to outline credit rating methodology considerations in the wake of geopolitical fallout.

The programme includes a networking lunch break at 1:30 p.m., before afternoon sessions resume at 2:30 p.m. The event underscores how geopolitical developments are remaining central to insurer and reinsurer strategy, pricing and risk assessment across Europe.

We previously covered the renewed disruption to Black Sea shipping after strikes on two cargo vessels near Bulgarian waters, which left crew members missing and heightened security concerns around export routes. Our report highlighted how the escalation around maritime trade corridors is adding pressure to grain and energy shipments and raising the broader geopolitical risk profile for transport, pricing, and risk management.

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