Globally, poor mental health afflicts close to a billion people.1 Incidents of mental illness soared during the pandemic due to social restrictions, isolation and increased financial insecurity. The cost-of-living crisis, effects of climate change and other destabilising factors are set to exacerbate mental health risk and its impact on societies and economies.
The Geneva Association is pleased to announce a special April 2028 issue of The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance – Issues and Practice on Digital and AI Transformation in Insurance.
Digital technologies, artificial intelligence, data science, InsurTechs, and automation are reshaping how risks are identified, priced, mitigated, transferred, managed, and regulated. These developments raise important questions not only for re/insurers and regulators, but also for the wider research community.
In 2025, we continued to strengthen our role as a leading platform for rigorous research and strategic dialogue on the forces reshaping insurance and society. Our research agenda explored critical issues, including geoeconomic fragmentation, Generative AI, climate resilience, longevity, and financial inclusion, with reports spanning topics from safeguarding home insurance and AI-enabled customer journeys to closing protection gaps in emerging economies.
ZURICH, 31 March 2026 – As geopolitical tensions intensify and digital interdependence deepens, cyber incidents are becoming more frequent, sophisticated, and costly, with median annual losses increasing fifteen-fold over the past 15 years. A new Geneva Association report stresses that cyber resilience – firms’ ability to prevent, absorb, and recover from cyber disruptions – must be a critical priority for businesses.
