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AnalysisAirmic 2025: The truth about lithium-ion battery risks and how to manage them
Electric vehicles may be the spark, but lithium-ion battery risks run deeper. At Airmic 2025, Marsh’s Alistair Schuberth gave a briefing on what risk managers need to know
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AnalysisRisk-!n 2025: Turning resilience into action with new UN tool
At Risk-!n 2025, speakers warned that insurance is no silver bullet - and presented a practical new way for businesses to benchmark resilience maturity
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AnalysisDWIC 2025: Closing the catastrophe protection gap across MEASA
Panellists from Munich Re Underwriting Agents, Gallagher Re and AM Best discussed the catastrophe reinsurance market in the Middle East and beyond.
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AnalysisRenewable sector must urgently learn to manage growing extreme weather risks
Renewable energy insurer GCube, owned by Tokio Marine HCC, released a report that is a warning, but also a call to adapt, collaborate, and build resilience into the global renewables market.
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AnalysisHow to protect your empty business premises against heightened crime risks
Axa has warned of an ‘unusually high spike’ in crime at empty commercial premises. Here’s what businesses can do to protect themselves.
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AnalysisAon reports record $38bn in Q1 insured catastrophe losses: how businesses can prepare
Wildfires in California alone contributed about $38bn of insured losses, or 71% of the total, according to the re/insurance broker.
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AnalysisResilience now vital as climate toll rises
Businesses around the world have been told there is an urgent need to create strategies that tackle the growing impacts of climate events.
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AnalysisSpotlight on: risks facing the clean energy sector and how businesses can build resilience
The risk outlook for clean energy companies is more complex and interconnected than ever before as companies balance conflicting priorities.
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AnalysisQuick briefing: what are space weather risks and how can organisations manage them
Solar storms have the potential to severely damage critical infrastructure and create significant disruption across multiple industries. Here’s what risk managers need to know
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AnalysisFive threats changing the face of risk management
Risk managers must be highly vigilant, both to spot key emerging threats and evaluate their impact on organisations. Here are the five biggest risks to put on your agenda
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AnalysisBriefing: Soaring EV sales spark new underwriting concerns over fire risks
Electrified vehicles now represent a 7.7% share of the UK’s used car market, which could impact the severity of lithium-ion battery risks insurers are grappling with
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AnalysisProtection gap panel calls for tenfold increase in crisis finance
Leaders call for tenfold Increase in proportion of international crisis finance that is pre-arranged to meet the cost of future crises.
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AnalysisWEF global risk report: Businesses face escalating environmental, geopolitical, social, and technology challenges
War risk is the biggest immediate fear, endangering stability and progress, while technology and the environment loom large and dominate medium- to long-term concerns, according to the 20th edition of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risks Report 2025.
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AnalysisLast year's insured losses reached $145bn globally – Aon Cat Report
Report reveals 60% of economic damage caused by catastrophes in 2024 was uninsured; insured losses reached $145bn globally – the sixth costliest year on record.
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AnalysisAviva’s plea as businesses fail to prioritise safety around lithium-ion batteries
’Lithium-ion batteries are critical to many modern technologies, but they carry inherent risks if not handled properly,’ says director
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AnalysisLessons from the Indian Ocean tsunami - 20 years on
A new report by the Swiss Re Institute outlines the key lessons risk managers and governments must learn from the world’s most deadly tsunami
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AnalysisHow EV fires sparked fears, supply chain tensions, and a reputational blaze
Electric vehicle battery fires in South Korea raised public fears and sparked geopolitical tensions over supply chain risks. Here’s what risk managers can learn
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AnalysisWhy the sustainable energy transition demands greater risk awareness
Risk managers need to start having conversations about the added risks and costs that come with the energy transition, says Charles Taylor’s Andy Rice
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AnalysisHow risk managers can respond to Hurricane Milton
Milton is anticipated to bring powerful winds, heavy rain and catastrophic and life-threatening storm surge to many parts of central and south Florida. Here’s how risk managers can protect impacted businesses
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AnalysisNearly half of commercial properties remain underinsured - businesses must act now
Research has revealed that 46% of commercial properties are underinsured, with the average shortfall being 40%. If not urgently addressed, this will open commercial property owners up to significant business interruption risks.
