... the role that the IR preparers’ narrative mode of cognition plays on accountability towards stakeholders. The empirical analysis particularly benefits from in-depth interviews with the IR preparers of a global insurer that has used IR since 2013. Findings The preparers’ narrative mode of cognition...

... of runes, the tarot, and astrology counterbalance the scientific language and basis of risk assessment and the hard‐nosed, factual business of insurance. Research limitations/implications The poem reminds us that the greatest risk is the one that is impossible to foresee. Originality/value The poem...