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Navigating emerging risks podcast series

Explore emerging liability risks for organizations, from AI and pay transparency to kidnapping, ransom, and workplace violence.

Organizations today are navigating a rapidly changing risk landscape that poses various challenges for senior leaders and executives. 

Emerging technologies, regulatory shifts, and evolving trends are introducing new risks and intensifying existing ones, necessitating proactive governance and risk management strategies. In the Navigating Emerging Liability Risks podcast miniseries, Marsh FINPRO’s liability practice leaders examine directors and officers (D&O) liability, employment practices/wage and hour liability, fiduciary liability, and kidnap, ransom, and extortion risks that organizations might expect to face.

Episode 1 - Compliance to claims: The impact of pay transparency laws

Join host La’Vonda McLean, Marsh’s Employment Practices and Wage/Hour Product Leader, as she engages with Joseph Kelly, National Practice Leader for Fidelity Employment and Fiduciary Liability products at Sompo, and Rachel Freedman, Vice President and Head of EPL Claims. Together. They explore the implications of pay transparency laws, discuss the associated legal risks, and share strategies to ensure your pay practices comply with the latest regulations.

Episode 2 - Preparing for the unexpected: Kidnap, ransom, extortion, and workplace violence

In this episode, host Alyssa Wade, Marsh’s Kidnap, Ransom, and Extortion Product Leader, is joined by Chris Arehart from Chubb and the Ackerman Group’s Joe Deters and Joshua Ackerman. Together, they explore how kidnap, ransom, and extortion insurance policies function, including the comprehensive support they provide before, during, and after an incident. The discussion highlights the importance of proactive measures, such as threat mitigation and workplace violence prevention training, to safeguard employees and assets.

Episode 3 - AI in the boardroom: Risks, regulations, and future outlook

Ruth Kochenderfer, Marsh’s D&O Product Leader, hosts Kara Peterman, a partner at Alston & Bird, to discuss how AI—ranging from its origins in the 1950s to modern generative tools like ChatGPT and Dolly—presents both opportunities and new risks for organizations. They explore issues such as data bias leading to discrimination claims, the creation of deepfakes for impersonation and fraud, intellectual property challenges from data scraping, and the significant energy consumption associated with large AI models.

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