References and record
Every source the edition rests on, the publication record, the corrections log and the open record.
Contents
- ·Edition home
- ·Executive summary
- 1Protection gaps are shared risk
- 2Key findings
- 3Systems and sectors at baseline
- 4Risks and capability
- 5Large insured loss that meets soft pricing and thin backstops
- 6Readings from the other desks
- 7The 2027 agenda
- 8Systems in depth
- AMethodology
- BData appendix
- CReferences and record
- ·Complete edition, for print
C.148 sources
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- 13EIOPA (ed.), Dashboard on insurance protection gap for natural catastrophes (30 European countries; insurance coverage and economic loss data from 1980 to 2024; page updated December 2025). European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, Frankfurt. Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 4, chapter 6
- 14EIOPA and ECB (eds.), Towards a European system for natural catastrophe risk management (publication page; 18 December 2024; proposes an EU public-private reinsurance scheme and an EU fund for public disaster financing). EIOPA, Frankfurt. Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 4, chapter 6
- 15European Central Bank and Banque de France (eds.), press release on the ECB and EIOPA proposal for a European approach to natural catastrophes (18 December 2024; page updated 24 September 2026). Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 4, chapter 6
- 16Flood Re (ed.), About us (reinsurance scheme for affordable flood cover in home insurance; planned to run until 2039). Flood Re, London. Observation year 2026. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in the summary, chapter 2, chapter 4, chapter 6
- 17POST-CLOSE, context only: CCRIF SPC (ed.), About us (40 members; 83 payouts and about USD 500 million paid from June 2007 to October 2026; eight parametric products). CCRIF SPC, Grand Cayman. Observation year 2026. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 6
- 18Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ed.), Cyclone Reinsurance Pool (commenced 1 July 2022; annually reinstated government guarantee of 10 billion, stated as dollars and read here as Australian dollars; mitigation discounts; cost-neutral to government over the longer term). ARPC, Canberra. Observation year 2022. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in the summary, chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 4, chapter 6, chapter 8
- 19Munich Re (ed.), Global Cyber Risk and Insurance Survey 2026 (premium volume nearly USD 15 billion in 2025; about USD 28 billion forecast for 2030; over 9,500 respondents in 20 countries). Munich Re, Munich. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in the summary, chapter 1, chapter 3, chapter 4, chapter 6, chapter 8
- 20UNEP Finance Initiative (ed.), Principles for Sustainable Insurance (launched 2012; close to 300 members). United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva. Observation year 2012. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 6, chapter 8
- 21IFRS Foundation (ed.), IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures (issued June 2023; effective for periods from 1 January 2024; amendments to greenhouse gas emissions disclosures issued December 2025). ISSB, London. Observation year 2023. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 3, chapter 6, chapter 8
- 22EIOPA (ed.), Solvency II (Directive (EU) 2025/2 amends the framework; new rules apply from 30 January 2027). European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, Frankfurt. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 3, chapter 6, chapter 8
- 23POST-CLOSE, context only: National Association of Insurance Commissioners (ed.), Homeowners Insurance (most mortgage lenders require homeowners coverage; Homeowners Market Data Call meetings of 14 and 16 October 2026 and a joint meeting set for 16 November 2026). NAIC, Kansas City. Observation year 2026. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 8
- 24USDA Risk Management Agency (ed.), About RMA (created 1996; supports the private insurers that sell federal crop insurance). US Department of Agriculture, Washington. Observation year 1996. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 3, chapter 6
- 25Global Shield against Climate Risks (ed.), About (a financing structure for pre-arranged finance against disasters; Solutions Platform, Financing Facility and V20 multi-donor fund). Global Shield Secretariat. Observation year 2026. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 4
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- 27UNVERIFIED, not opened: IPCC, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report, cited from memory; no figure used; the IPCC page returned an access error. Cambridge University Press. Observation year 2022. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 6, chapter 8
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- 29UNVERIFIED, not opened: IAIS (ed.), Insurance Core Principles, Standards, Guidance and Assessment Methodology, adopted November 2019, cited from memory. International Association of Insurance Supervisors, Basel. Observation year 2019. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 4, chapter 6
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- 31UNVERIFIED, not opened: ISO 31000:2018, Risk management: guidelines. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva. Observation year 2018. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 4, chapter 6
- 32UNVERIFIED, not opened: Pool Re (ed.), terrorism reinsurance pool of the United Kingdom, cited from memory; no figure used; the Pool Re page returned an access error. Pool Reinsurance Company, London. Observation year 1993. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 4
- 33UNVERIFIED, not opened: Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, Public Law 107-297, cited from memory; no figure used. United States Congress, Washington. Observation year 2002. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 6
- 34UNVERIFIED, not opened: National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, cited from memory; no figure used. United States Congress, Washington. Observation year 1968. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 6
- 35UNVERIFIED, not opened: Insurance Development Forum (ed.), public-private partnership of the insurance industry, the United Nations and multilateral bodies, cited from memory; the page returned no content and no figure is used. Observation year 2016. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 4
- 36UNVERIFIED, not opened: African Risk Capacity (ed.), African Union specialised agency for parametric drought, flood and cyclone cover, cited from memory; no figure used. African Risk Capacity, Johannesburg. Observation year 2012. Accessed 2026-11-03.
- 37UNVERIFIED, not opened: World Bank (ed.), Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance, topic page, cited from memory; the page returned navigation only and no figure is used. World Bank, Washington. Observation year 2026. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 4
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- 45UNVERIFIED, not opened: Cummins, J.D. and Trainar, P., Securitization, insurance, and reinsurance, Journal of Risk and Insurance 76(3), 463 to 492, 2009, cited from memory. Observation year 2009. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in chapter 6
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- 48CCRIF SPC (ed.), CCRIF in a Snapshot, brief revised April 2025 (78 payouts totalling about USD 390 million between June 2007 and April 2025; 30 members as of June 2024). The PDF was opened and its text read. CCRIF SPC, Grand Cayman. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03. Cited in the summary, chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 4, chapter 6
C.2Publication record
Publication
- Title
- Strategic Systems Report 2026: Insurance, Protection Gaps and Insurability, Baseline Edition
- Series
- Reports · Strategic Systems Series SR-06
- Edition
- Baseline Edition 2026 · inaugural annual
- Version
- v1.0.0 · draft for stewardship review
- Publication ID
- NR-STRATEGIC-INSURANCE-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
- Evidence close
- 30 September 2026
- Publication date
- October 2026
- DOI
- concept and version DOI at deposit
Publisher
- Publisher of record
- The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), for the Nexus Consortium
- Place
- Toronto
- Editor
- Saeed Valadbaygi, Chief Steward and Managing Editor
- Stewards
- GCRI · technical truth · the Global Risks Forum (GRF) · public meaning · the Global Risks Alliance (GRA) · capital meaning
- Licence
- text CC BY 4.0; data on the terms of each source
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- © 2026 GCRI · Nexus Consortium
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- Correspondence
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- Reports Foundational Edition, Volume I, Part VII
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- tagged PDF and HTML targets; text alternatives for every figure
- Production
- Reports editorial team, GCRI
Release path for this version
| Step | What happens | When |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | editorial self-check complete at evidence close | October 2026 |
| Steward review | five passes on the exact draft (keys T · M · F · N) | Q4 2026 |
| Approval | publication authority approves the exact digest | before release |
| Deposit | concept and version DOI minted; registry pointer set | at release |
| Succession | the 2027 insurance and protection gaps edition reports changes against this baseline | 2027 |
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- v1.0.0 draft, stewardship review
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C.3Corrections log
0correction notices. No edition has been released yet, so none can be corrected; the log below lists each edition’s current version.
| Edition | Version | Date | State | Change | Notice |
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| SR-06 | NR-STRATEGIC-INSURANCE-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 | October 2026 | Draft | Baseline Edition 2026, inaugural annual edition, | None |
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- Each correction is a new version (isNewVersionOf); the concept DOI resolves to the latest
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}C.5Where this edition sits among the six pillars
Foundry seals the evidence and Universe tests it; Reports publishes it; Standards takes its corrections and Academy teaches from it.
- F03 Sealed observations and indicator series Foundry Sealed observations and indicator series behind a profile (closeout).
- F04 After-action and scenario findings for Universe After-action and scenario findings for chapters 10 and 13 (after action review).
- F05 National Portfolio movement for chapter Foundry National Portfolio movement for chapter 11 (after action review).
- Applied in editions Standards Nexus Standards: applied in editions.
- SR-06 edition Reports Insurance, Protection Gaps and Insurability 2026, published in every format with its sources, citation and corrections.
- F06 Method and correction findings as change Standards Method and correction findings as change proposals (correction).
- F12 Q4 synthesis informs the next-year Universe Q4 synthesis informs the next-year mandate (renewal).
- Taught in the open Academy Risk Academy: taught in the open.
What Foundry and Universe hand to this edition, and what it hands to Standards, Universe and Academy. From the programme spine; SR-06 is a drafted Baseline Edition, so these handoffs run from its first operational quarter.
| Handoff | Between | What crosses, and when |
|---|---|---|
| F03 | Foundry to Reports | Sealed observations and indicator series behind a profile (closeout). |
| F04 | Universe to Reports | After-action and scenario findings for chapters 10 and 13 (after action review). |
| F05 | Foundry to Reports | National Portfolio movement for chapter 11 (after action review). |
| Ring | Nexus Standards to Reports | Nexus Standards: applied in editions. |
| F06 | Reports to Nexus Standards | Method and correction findings as change proposals (correction). |
| F12 | Reports to Universe | Q4 synthesis informs the next-year mandate (renewal). |
| Ring | Reports to Risk Academy | Risk Academy: taught in the open. |
