Strategic risk management in insurance – Deloitte Report

Article Synopsis :

‘Strategic risk management in insurance’, by Deloitte suggests carriers face a variety of strategic risks, defined as ‘emerging threats that could undermine assumptions at the core of a company’s value proposition and foundational business model.’

SRM is about seeing icebergs, at night, in the fog

Specifically, the report sees three key strategic risks emerging in insurance:

1. Technology and culture shifts
2. Accelerating medical breakthroughs
3. New (digital native) competitors/players in insurance distribution

To cope with game-changing technologies and new competition from non-traditional sources, the authors recommend adopting Strategic Risk Management (SRM) as a holistic framework to not only help manage the downside of disruptive risks, but achieve faster growth by capitalising on the resulting opportunities. Carriers establishing SRM programs will hold an advantage over non-SRM competitors, quickly spotting evidence of potentially disruptive developments and adapting products, services, and business models more effectively to changing competitive environments.

The report presents a model framework for implementing SRM, including a deep dive in the following component areas:

• Establishing an SRM capability
• Integrating SRM into risk-sensing
• Preparing a scenario-based action plan
• Leveraging cognitive tools to enhance decisions

Though 95% of insurers have an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program in place, ERM is not designed to address strategic risks potentially disruptive to an insurer’s value proposition or business model. SRM is focused on conditions or events typically difficult to foresee, measure, and minimize.

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