14th Annual Survey of Emerging Risks

Author

Max J. Rudolph, FSA, CFA, CERA, MAAA
Rudolph Financial Consulting, LLC

Description

The Casualty Actuarial Society, Canadian Institute of Actuaries, and the Society of Actuaries are pleased to make available results from the 2020 Emerging Risks Survey, the fourteenth in the series. Conducted by Max J. Rudolph of Rudolph Financial Consulting LLC, the survey incorporated a set of Emerging Risks defined by the World Economic Forum as the basis for several of the questions.  The survey also included questions related to current risk management topics.

Reports

14th Annual Survey of Emerging Risks 
14th Annual Survey of Emerging Risks Key Findings

Video

Insights on Emerging Risks

Data Visualizations

These interactive dashboards are visualizations of key metrics found in the report. They provide filtering, drill-down, and other interactive capabilities that allow you to focus on specific subsets of the data.

  1. Heat Map: Time Series

      View all risks across all years, one question at a time. Sort by results from a specific year to see which risks
      have surged and which have been consistent.

  1. Heat Map: One Year at a Time

      View all risks at the same time for one year, noting how the results vary across time.

  1. Histogram: Time Series

      View one risk and one question across all years.

  1. Histogram: One year at a time

      View all risks and one question, cycling results across time.

  1. Averages

View all risks and one question as you choose the time period to average results across. For example, this allows you to back out the years right after the great financial crisis if you think those results are out of sample.

Acknowledgments

The sponsors would like to thank the following individuals for their input and review:
Victor Chen, FSA, FCIA, CERA
Steve Hodges, FSA, CERA
Dave Ingram, FSA, CERA, MAAA
Brian Fannin, ACAS, CSPA, CAS Research Actuary
Ronora Stryker, ASA, MAAA, SOA Sr. Practice Research Actuary
Jan Schuh, SOA Sr. Research Administrator

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