May 28, 2025
Reputation Metrics Linked to Board-Level KPIs. Firms are … managing (reputation) as a measurable enterprise risk.
Reputation Metrics Linked to Board-Level KPIs. Firms are … managing (reputation) as a measurable enterprise risk.
Podcast: Target’s stock price drop suit calling for a board refreshment convinces directors to mitigate humiliation risk with reputation insurance.
There are 45 companies (combined value $10 trillion) on the MAGA anti-DEI hit list.“The worst thing that can happen to a company is: You’re still on that list, but you’ve lost all your good faith and credibility with folks on the other side of these issues.” We call this situation a reputation crisis and a clear need for reputation insurance.
Steel City Re is the world’s only provider of parametric reputation insurance offerings, leveraging a reputational value index that delivers more stable and higher returns for reinsurers and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors, according to co-founder and CEO Nir Kossovsky. […] “So, sustained loss ratios: stable returns, higher returns, and IP-protected extended returns over years,” explained Kossovsky.
Moral hazard has stalled progress in reputation risk insurance, but parametric solutions could help insurers meet growing demand and seize new opportunities. […] The global reputation crisis can help carriers appreciate how parametric technology can accelerate solutions for emerging risks.
Is Reputation Risk Beyond Control and Oversight? Interest in reputation insurance surged 700% in December 2024.
Reputational risk remains one of the most fearsome risks that board members and their institutions can face. Thousands of executives overseeing public firms are now just one reputation crisis away from losing all their board seats as well as future business opportunities. Captives may be a solid way of managing those risks.
Boeing Company reputation crisis day 351. Equity is down 50.9% to peers; Steel City Re’s average observed losses on day 351 is 8.2%. Implications for manufacturers are illustrated in Steel City Re’s 16 April podcast: https://shorturl.at/kEfVL
Boards…will need to nudge their risk managers and insurance carriers to present reputation insurance options. Podcast: https://www.directorsandboards.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ReputationRisk.mp3
Profitable financial loss absorption, differently, with advances in metrology—e.g., synthetic indices for reputation—and parametric technology. A spin by Steel City Re on the whitepaper from The Geneva Association.