AI, Deepfakes and Beyond: Navigating Emerging Risks and Coverage Gaps
On May 5, 2026, Joe Saka joined the panel entitled “AI, Deepfakes and Beyond: Navigating Emerging Risks and Coverage Gaps” during The Risk Management Society’s (RIMS) RISKWORLD 2026 conference.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has created extraordinary opportunities, but it has also introduced new categories of risk. From deepfake content that damaged reputations to disputes over data use, bias and privacy, organizations face exposures with no clear precedents. The session surveyed emerging AI-driven risks and explored examples showing how quickly these issues could trigger litigation and regulatory scrutiny. It also examined where cyber, directors and officers, errors and omissions, commercial general liability, crime and media liability coverages overlapped or differed for AI-linked incidents—and when the strongest problem-solving skills are required. The panel discussed how existing policies often fall short of providing certainty and reviewed contractual risk transfer strategies, such as indemnification provisions and additional insured rights, as well as new terms and products insurers are marketing for AI exposures.
RISKWORLD provides risk practitioners with endless possibilities to build relationships, experience dynamic education, source solutions and engage with global thought leaders on issues impacting the risk management community. As the largest educational event for risk professionals, RISKWORLD leverages the best elements of the traditional RIMS annual conference and combines them with the latest innovative learning opportunities.
