Climate & Cyber Risks: CanInsurance Keep Pace With India’sEmerging Threats?

Insurers need stronger safeguards, better data intelligence and human oversight to tackle emerging cyber risks as artificial intelligence (AI) makes fraud more sophisticated and traditional risk-assessment methods struggle to keep pace, industry experts said at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026. The panel discussion titled “Climate & Cyber Risks: Can Insurance Keep Pace With India’s Emerging Threats?” featured Animesh Das, managing director and chief executive officer of Acko General Insurance; Parthanil Ghosh, MD and CEO of HDFC Ergo; Pallavi Malani, India Leader and Insurance Partner; and Hitesh Joshi, chairman and managing director of GIC Re. The discussion was moderated by Subrata Panda of Business Standard