Instruments and products

The instruments and products in use or under discussion, described from their public documentation.

In preparation. This GRA chapter is not written yet; it holds no findings.
Contents
  1. ·Edition home
  2. 1Exposure and capital
  3. 2Readiness findings
  4. 3Protection gaps by sector
  5. 4Balance-sheet and insurance capacity
  6. 5Stress test
  7. 6Readings from the other desks
  8. 7Market actions
  9. 8Instruments and products
    1. 8.1 What this chapter will report
    2. 8.2 Where the evidence sits now
    3. 8.3 Contribute to this chapter

8.1What this chapter will report

The instruments and products in use or under discussion, described from their public documentation.

It answers the frame question "in depth" in the terms of the Global Risks Alliance (GRA) Capital Readiness, so the Collection can set it beside chapter 8 of the other desks’ editions.

8.2Where the evidence sits now

The nearest material today is chapter 8 of the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) Systems Evidence edition for Insurance, Protection Gaps and Insurability: systems in depth. It is a cross-reference, not a copy, and it is a draft in stewardship review.

Downloads

The print edition of the evidence this chapter cross-references: the GCRI Systems Evidence edition for Insurance, Protection Gaps and Insurability.

Draft, not yet releasedThe print and files of the GCRI edition this desk’s edition cross-references. Review copies until release; the DOI is issued at deposit.

  • Print

    • PDF, A4

      The GCRI Systems Evidence print edition for this subject, A4: cover, imprint, contents with page numbers, every chapter and annex.

      PDF115 pages1.0 MBTagged, with bookmarks

      SHA-256 75dd996818bd661a66253dd2d194bd08f74079e49b50f91f7e8817bc251247e3

    • PDF, US Letter

      The GCRI Systems Evidence print edition for this subject, US Letter: cover, imprint, contents with page numbers, every chapter and annex.

      PDF121 pages1.0 MBTagged, with bookmarks

      SHA-256 2596d2b41817ffa4f36c1e37e14d497a6a7dc04dd3e236449063a525e3364756

  • Web edition

  • Data bundle

    • Indicators, CSV

      16 indicators with unit, year, status and source

      NR-STRATEGIC-INSURANCE-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-indicators.csv1 KB

      SHA-256 4d5105f90799cb563378004d9663380368d138e2f6c6a1327af7868e53efb1ba

    • Indicators, JSON

      The same indicators with the edition’s identity and licence

      NR-STRATEGIC-INSURANCE-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-indicators.json2 KB

      SHA-256 3d33c1906c7b4185a0de776c35567aed4b099ec45918cb68b4235e67eebbea2f

    • Findings, CSV

      12 findings with status, evidence-quality level and references

      NR-STRATEGIC-INSURANCE-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-findings.csv3 KB

      SHA-256 27a014733d3834b3269d10f1fcfd27431778faa0fdb37801e83fe0902d5c7502

  • Citation files

    • Citation, BibTeX

      For LaTeX and reference managers

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    • Citation, RIS

      For Zotero, EndNote and Mendeley

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      SHA-256 3a64e9f555351f218c7296fc892d22bccc757995d1cc39e509d4cbae3dd7de84

    • Citation, CITATION.cff

      Citation File Format 1.2.0, for GitHub, Zenodo and software catalogues

      NR-STRATEGIC-INSURANCE-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE.cff1 KB

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8.3Contribute to this chapter

How far finance and insurance are ready for the risks in scope: protection gaps, disclosure practice, portfolio readiness and the capacity of balance sheets, read on a ladder of evidence and never as advice or a rating. Material for this chapter goes to the GRA Capital Readiness desk; what belongs to another desk is forwarded, not refused.

The Alliance reads an edition for capital readiness: whether insurers, banks, investors and public finance can read a finding without distorting it.

If you price or allocate against these risks, send the case and say what you may disclose. The Alliance will cite the part you can share.

ReportsContribute

Contribute to chapter 8 of Capital Readiness: Insurance, Protection Gaps and Insurability 2026.

Reports is the Consortium’s quarterly publication, written by six desks. This page sits with the GRA Capital Readiness desk. What you know about this subject can become evidence, a case or a correction in the next edition, credited to you and published under CC BY 4.0 where it is your own work. Sent to the wrong desk, it is forwarded, not refused.

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