JOHNSTON, R.I. USA—Threatened by a pandemic, supply chain interruptions, and rising climate risks, companies are newly motivated to build resilience into their strategic planning. The Reuters Future of Insurance USA 2021 conference, to be held online June 22-24, 2021, will directly address this imperative during educational sessions with resilience experts such as FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers.
Climate resilience
Katherine Klosowski, FM Global’s vice president and manager of natural hazards, will speak during a 45-minute virtual panel session titled From Emerging Risks to Existential Threats and address climate-related resilience challenges. The session will take place on Wednesday, June 23, from 11 to 11:45 a.m. EDT.
Regional resilience (Watch a recording of the interview here)
Eric Jones, FM Global’s vice president and global manager, business risk consulting, will explain the insights that can be derived from the 2021 FM Global Resilience Index, an interactive decision-support tool that ranks 130 countries and territories by the resilience of their business environments. This session is scheduled for Thursday, June 24, at 9 a.m. EDT.
Both sessions will benefit conference attendees who are focused on enterprise risk management that helps protect overall business value.
About the Future of Insurance USA conference
A year of disruption and uncertainty has raised the question, what next? Now insurers have the opportunity to reset and build the foundations for the insurance of the future. The Future of Insurance USA 2021 (June 22-24, 2021) joins forces with 1,000+ CEOs, C-suite leaders, and high-level decision-makers from across the insurance value chain, to transform the industry. Register here.
About FM Global
Established nearly 200 years ago, FM Global is a mutual insurance company whose capital, scientific research capability and engineering expertise are solely dedicated to property risk management and the resilience of its client-owners. These owners, who share the belief that the majority of property loss is preventable, represent many of the world’s largest organizations, including one of every three Fortune 1000 companies. They work with FM Global to better understand the hazards that can impact their business continuity in order to make cost-effective risk management decisions, combining property loss prevention with insurance protection.
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