Why insurers rely on basic research to understand tomorrow's risks

Bern (ots) - Speaking to the SNSF, Iwan Stalder from Zurich Insurance Group explains the vital role of basic research in building resilient insurance solutions - from climate science and toxicology to neural networks and cyber risk modelling. "Many of our current insights would not exist without basic research - and it remains indispensable for understanding the risks of the future," says Iwan Stalder, Head of Group Accumulation Management at Zurich Insurance Group. Stalder and his team are responsible for identifying, quantifying and aggregating risks - that is, combining them to understand ...