Session Details

Short Abstract

How can decades of risk expertise, data and modelling be made more accessible to large organisations through technology?

Swiss Re built the RDS Platform to help organisations better understand the physical risks they face and what those risks could mean for their business. It turns complex risk data and loss models into insights that support informed decision-making.

By creating a digital twin of an organisation’s asset portfolio, the platform helps identify where assets are exposed to risks such as floods, earthquakes or wildfires and quantify the potential financial impact. Climate-related risks add another dimension, helping organisations understand how their risk landscape could change over time.

This session shares the journey behind the RDS Platform, from making complex risk insights more accessible through technology to the project management lessons learned while building and evolving a digital solution around business and client needs.

Key Takeaways

• Turning expertise into a scalable digital solution: How Swiss Re is making its risk data, models and expertise accessible beyond traditional risk transfer through a digital platform.
• From data to decisions: How digital twins and location-specific risk intelligence can help organisations visualise, validate and quantify physical risks across large portfolios.
• Connecting risk with business impact: Why understanding a hazard is only the starting point, and how quantification can support investment, operational and resilience decisions.
• Understanding a changing risk landscape: How climate-related risks can be assessed across different climate scenarios and time horizons to inform future decisions.
• Lessons from the journey: Project management insights from translating established expertise into a digital solution while navigating evolving technology, business and client needs.