Analysis
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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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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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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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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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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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AnalysisRisk briefing: how the renewables sector can manage growing construction risks
As new projects and construction in the renewables sector ramps up, firms need a high concentration of risk management, insurance and claims expertise to prepare for an inevitable increase in losses
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AnalysisThe heat is on: climate change set to increase economic losses
New research shows the economic impacts of climate change are set to get even more severe. Risk professionals must therefore urgently target prevention and mitigation measures.
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AnalysisCyber tops risk concerns for European businesses, with nat cat threats rising rapidly
As ransomware attacks, flood, fire, and floods ravage companies across Europe, new research highlights the steps that risk professionals can take to manage the threats.
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Analysis$100bn annual nat cat losses is “the new normal” - how risk managers can better prepare
2023 highlighted the need for a proactive approach to risk identification, mitigation and adaptation including a renewed focus on downward counterfactual analysis.
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AnalysisTop tips for managing the biggest risks facing businesses in 2024
A new barometer identifies the biggest threats to organisations wordwide as cyber, business interruption, and nat cats. Here are the report’s top tips for managing the risks
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AnalysisRisk briefing: Five steps European organisations must take to tackle extreme weather risks
New research shows risk managers are more concerned about extreme weather than any other threat to operations. Despite this a quarter of firms have no plans to mitigate climate risks. Here are five ways to protect your organisation
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AnalysisAPAC risk managers must gear up for increased climate reporting
Climate risk is fuelling APAC region’s ‘eco-consciousness’, here’s what risk managers need to have on their radar
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AnalysisMaui wildfire insured losses “will be at least $1bn”
Commercial property insurers will likely reassess their exposures, pricing and reinsurance as a consequence of the wildfires in Hawaii, says Moody’s
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AnalysisWhy building code regulations are the key to curbing Nat Cat losses
New research shows that just 27% of economic losses from Nat Cats this year have been insured. For risk managers, following building codes and prioritising resilience are crucial for minimising the risks
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AnalysisGeopolitics to heighten travel and security risks in 2023
Some firms are poorly equipped to mitigate the risks posed to business assets and personnel, warns Healix
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AnalysisExtreme climate losses 30x more likely at exposed premises
Research from FM Global shines a light on the vulnerability of commercial properties which lack resilience
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AnalysisSummer 2022 Europe’s hottest on record
An intense series of heatwaves across Europe paired with unusually dry conditions have led to a summer of extremes - C3S
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AnalysisAs wildfires rage, firms urged to prepare contingencies
Top business continuity and safety considerations include need for stand-fast alternatives and financial constraints
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AnalysisFM Global offers policyholders $300m resilience credit
The credit will be applied as a 5% premium offset against policies with renewals between 1 October 2022 and 30 September 2023
