Finance Industry Adapts Risk Models to Account for Geopolitical Conflicts
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Verisk Maplecroft, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Moody's
Global
May 2026
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Financial institutions are shifting from historical data-based models to predictive, forward-looking geopolitical risk models. Verisk Maplecroft and other firms are developing AI-driven tools to forecast war and political instability. The Iran war and shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have highlighted the vulnerability of global supply chains. War has overtaken civil unrest as the primary political violence concern for businesses.
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