Swiss Re sees AI as key conduit for faster systemic risk transmission across sectors

• Swiss Re Institute and LSE found risk interconnections rose 24% versus 2019 across 91 Fortune-100 companies, raising systemic stress potential.
• AI risk reporting expanded about 30% from 2019 to 2026, signaling wider reliance on shared models that could speed shock transmission.
• Supply-chain dependencies were flagged as key channels linking geopolitical, tariff, climate, pandemic, cyber risks into cross-sector disruption.
• Climate-risk mentions increased about 31% since 2019; concentrated infrastructure exposure could turn local natural hazards into economy-wide shocks.
• Limited policy buffers, elevated government debt, low risk compensation increase the need for pre-crisis resilience via reduced dependencies, stronger buffers, risk transfer.

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