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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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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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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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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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AnalysisRisk briefing: lessons from Hurricane Otis
With estimated losses of between US$2.5 billion and US$4.5 billion, Strategic Risk examines the key lessons from Hurricane Otis and key steps for affected businesses
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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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AnalysisHow European risk managers can improve business decisions with resilience
New data from FM Global ranks countries for resilience, here’s how risk managers can use the index to help improve business decision-making
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AnalysisDealing with the mental health consequences of natural and man-made disasters
Pressure is mounting on businesses and organisations to take a more holistic approach to their operations and address the mental health fall-out from any man-made or natural disasters.
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AnalysisHow TMT companies can manage cyber, business interruption and infrastructure risks
Cyber incidents, business interruption and critical infrastructure failures rank as the top risks for Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) companies, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer
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PERILS pegs insurance losses from Turkey quake at $3.5 billion
A study by Koç University has put the economic losses in Turkey in the range of $70 billion to $87 billion
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AnalysisTotal Turkey quake losses will exceed $25 billion, says RMS
Catastrophe is a wake-up call for other earthquake-prone regions, with adherence to building codes essential for resilience
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AnalysisSupply chains: Building slack into the system
How do you manage supply chain risk effectively in a world of constant disruption?
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AnalysisTurkey earthquakes: Port fires impact $679m of global trade
Damage at Iskenderun is a reminder that ’a single point of failure’ can ripple across supply chains - Russell Group
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AnalysisTürkiye quakes to cost an estimated $1 billion
Many structures in the affected region were not designed to withstand earthquakes, says USGS
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AnalysisTurkey earthquake largest in 84 years
Tragedy is a reminder that resilience is the main defense against such powerful seismic events
