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.
Investors are not good predictors of reputation value loss. At crisis day 155 for Crowdstrike, Boeing, and Southwest, the firms’ equities were -1.4%, -36.4%, and -26.8%. vs S&P500.
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
Governance experts including the National Association of Corporate Directors and other authorities are encouraging boards to support management more closely in an “uncertain — and possibly volatile — environment,” even at the risk of appearing to micromanage. But with engagement comes culpability for the reactions of already-angry stakeholders. Simply put, the costs of leaning into a reputation crisis may include the dispensation of board members whose personal losses will not be covered by D&O liability insurance. Board members need personal reputation insurance.
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
An industry that is using parametric technology to insure losses from natural disasters caused by wrathful deities can now also provide meaningful insurance for losses from reputation disasters caused by emotional mortals. The 4-M parametric framework of metric, model, monitor and market for natural earthquakes disclosed at the 2023 Hawaii Captives Insurance Conference makes parametric insurance for metaphorical earthquakes easy to back, underwrite, broker and bind.
Parametric reputation insurance is a timely offering for directors wary of costly reputation risk, says FT Specialist, Agenda.
5-Minute Adventures in Risk & Resilience. Southwest Airlines’ reputation crisis helps a risk executive persuade leadership to invest in value-enhancing mission-critical risk management services.
The reputation premium-seeking RepuSPX is out-performing the S&P500 Index by 397.14; basically, arbitraging reputation value and stock price. All of Steel City Re’s quantitative risk management and insurance solutions are informed by the metrics of these indices. Is the quality of your risk management authenticated by reputation insurance?
Bud Light reputation crisis at one year. $1.4bn estimated loss in sales. Equity lagging S&P Food and Beverage Index (IFB) by 12% (~$14bn); and Molson Coors (TAP) by ~40%.
With reputation risk forecasting, management, and insurance, Steel City Re helps companies build and prove to stakeholders their thoughtful risk management and dutiful governance over all that is mission-critical. It is an authenticated story stakeholders can appreciate and value.