Business interruption and supply chain risk, natural catastrophes and fire and explosion perils are the top three risks for 2013, property and casualty experts say in a new survey.

The results from an annual Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) survey of more than 500 corporate insurance experts in 28 countries found that fire and explosion replaced "economic risk" as the third most important forward-looking risk for the year ahead.

Fire and explosion shot up from 10th place last year. An average of about 30 percent of respondents in the North and South Americas, Europe and the Asia/Pacific region claiming it as their third-largest concern.  

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