Legal

March 25, 2024

The new program “will create new incentives for individuals to report misconduct,” “If anything (said a defense lawyer), I think you’re going to see more scrutiny on this, […] And the risks are increasing.” The increased risk of discovering an adverse event is not unlike placing an additional bullet in the chamber in a game of Russian Roulette. But with risks increasing to all companies, and risk being the basis for discounting value, all companies will be equally discounted. That will be hard to appreciate in a stock market that is soaring. Until it isn’t. That’s where we come in. 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.

March 11, 2024

“If we do not successfully manage expectations across these varied stakeholder interests, it could erode stakeholder trust, impact our reputation, and/or constrain our investment and fundraising opportunities,” one filing said.

A “flurry of securities filings noting potential legal and reputation risks stemming from diversity, equity and inclusion efforts follows the US Supreme Court’s June decision .” […] “If we do not successfully manage expectations across these varied stakeholder interests, it could erode stakeholder trust, impact our reputation, and/or constrain our investment and fundraising opportunities,” one filing said.

March 1, 2024

Reputation risk management is an efficient strategy for interconnected risk. “Risk interconnectivity — the interdependence of various risks, illustrating how one risk can affect or amplify others across systems — is of growing concern to global risk managers. […] Andrew Chung, litigation, arbitration and investigations partner at Linklaters, said the key enterprise risks that are top of mind for clients today are interconnected. He explained: “We are seeing how risks across financial crime, cyber, ESG and energy transition, digital transformation and AI, and geopolitics including supply chain and sanctions all have common elements and data, so now require an enterprise-wide and holistic lens more than ever, to properly manage the risks.”

October 11, 2023

Steel City Re Intelligence Unit Briefing: What derailed the ESG movement & what boards expect from risk management in the aftermath.

Steel City Re CEO and former Los Angeles County deputy coroner on what derailed the ESG movement & what boards expect from risk management in the aftermath.

March 25, 2023

Yes, reputation is insurable.

Yes, reputation is insurable. That’s the opinion of several carriers and agencies interviewed by Law360. “The proportion of the asset base of larger companies, and for the majority of companies these days, has shifted from the tangible and physical to the intangible. Reputation and brand are a core part of that,” Neil Kempston, head of Beazley’s Incubation Underwriting team, told Law360. […] Steel City Re instead offers parametric coverage, in which after some reputational loss, the insurer automatically applies a preset coverage amount based on the level of reputation impairment once a policy is found to be triggered.