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Power resilience: What risk managers must learn before the lights go out
Power outages are no longer rare disruptions. As extreme weather, energy volatility, cyber threats and ageing infrastructure increase blackout risks globally, risk managers must ensure their organisations can function in the dark and recover quickly.
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Risk-!n 2025: solving risk management’s identity crisis
As the role of risk professionals evolves, so too must the way risk management is understood and integrated within the business. At a recent Risk-!n session, a panel of senior risk professionals and CROs explored how the function needed to evolve to make risk management great again.
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Renewable 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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How 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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US employers must tackle heat risks - despite regulatory halt
Safety experts warn that employers must still manage workplace conditions during extreme temperatures, despite Trump’s administration freeze. Here’s what businesses need to know
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Spotlight on: using AI to manage supply chain risks
Generative AI promises to transform supply chains – enhancing efficiency and data quality, reducing labour costs, and much more. But over-reliance on this new tech could expose the entire chain to new weaknesses in accuracy, security and fairness.
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Lessons 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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Risk briefing: how to take advantage of AI, whilst also managing risks
Philippe Cotelle, head of insurance risk management at Airbus Defence & Space and chair of FERMA’s digital committee says that while AI risks must be managed, it cannot be at the expense of ignoring the opportunities
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Can risk prevention mitigate against the increase in cyber attacks on the public sector?
With cyber attacks on the public sector increasing in scale and volume, how can risk managers adopt an active model of cyber insurance
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Wind industry must urgently prioritise fire safety, amidst growing public concern
New research shows that pre-installing this technology is more cost-effective, saving wind developers and owner-operators at least $300k and up to $11m.
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How businesses can shore up defences amid flooding in central and Eastern Europe
Preventative measures will reduce Central European flood cost, says Moody’s. Here are the steps that impacted businesses should take now
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Are airports resilient enough?
Amid outages and power cuts at the UK’s major airports, Chris Butler, resilience director at Databarracks asks how the how the sector will handle the approaching peak season
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Risk briefing: learning lessons from the Germany floods
As estimates of losses from the Germany floods hit between €2-3billion, experts examine key lessons for businesses
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Quick briefing: learning lessons from the Dubai floods
Preparation and planning are everything, when it comes to managing flood risk. Experts share their top tips for getting ahead of threats.
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Risk briefing: preparing for a record-breaking tornado season
Businesses must prepare now, amid predictions of heightened tornado activity. Here’s how
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The 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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Cyber 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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How risk professionals can find a path through the web of interconnected threats
Companies must accelerate their response to a more pervasive and complex risk environment and take steps to reinvent risk management. Here’s how
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$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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Maui 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