Analysis
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AnalysisRisk briefing: Tariffs will test corporate resilience and risk strategy
Escalating tariff regimes and shifting global alliances are reshaping the risk landscape. For risk managers, the priority is building the intelligence and supply chain resilience needed to navigate rising volatility and protect growth.
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AnalysisThe interpreter: How Tyn Van Amelsfoort translates security data into board-ready decisions
The stakes are high as AtkinsRéalis’ Tyn Van Amelsfoort navigates global security in a world of escalating threats. Luckily, he is fluent in translating complex risk data into the decisionmakers’ language, ensuring strategies can meet every new crisis.
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AnalysisElemental exposures: what changing natural hazards mean for global risk leaders
New analysis from Hiscox highlights the shifting pressures behind global natural hazard exposure and what they mean for corporate resilience.
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AnalysisAPAC’s risk landscape is shifting fast: why resilience is now a strategic differentiator
Asia Pacific’s high-growth markets are facing rising geopolitical tensions, climate impacts, supply chain disruption and escalating cyber threats. Aon’s 2025 Global Risk Management Survey shows that organisations across the region are already feeling the strain, and many are rethinking resilience as a driver of competitive advantage.
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AnalysisEuropean supply chains brace for two more years of disruption, Maersk warns
A new Maersk survey of more than 900 European companies shows four in five expect supply chain disruption to continue into 2027, driven by geopolitical volatility, tariffs and shifting trade routes.
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AnalysisHackers using stolen insurance documents to tailor ransomware demands
Cyber criminals are using stolen insurance documents to extort the maximum ransom from their victims, with one such group declaring, ‘we are very well informed and precise in our operations, so we know that Wootton have cyber insurance that reaches £500k’
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AnalysisGeopolitics moves to the centre of the risk agenda
The Healix Risk Radar Report 2026 warns that geopolitics is now the defining force behind business disruption, shaping cyber exposure, supply chain fragility, climate volatility and digital surveillance. For risk managers, the message is clear: connected risk is the new reality, and resilience planning must evolve accordingly.
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AnalysisRisk briefing: how to protect your employees and business through civil unrest and riots
As tensions continue to simmer across the globe in 2025, StrategicRISK speaks to experts about how organisations can navigate an increasingly volatile landscape and safeguard their people on the ground.
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AnalysisRisk briefing: How AI agents can revolutionise risk
AI agents can transform risk management and compliance by automating complex tasks and enhancing decision-making efficiency.
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AnalysisThird-party cyber risks demand real action, not just awareness
New research shows growing recognition of supply chain vulnerabilities, but most businesses still lack the governance, monitoring and cultural change needed to turn insight into resilience.
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AnalysisWhat risk managers need to know about new lithium battery safety rules
Airlines and regulators are stepping up safety campaigns amid a surge in onboard lithium battery fires. Risk managers must ensure staff understand how to “travel smart” when carrying electronic devices.
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AnalysisFERMA 2025: Imagining the unimaginable - why foresight must replace false certainty
At FERMA 2025, Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies chief executive Daria Krivonos urged Europe’s risk community to rethink its entire approach to uncertainty. Her message was clear: the greatest threat facing organisations is not disruption itself, but their own inability to imagine alternative futures.
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AnalysisFERMA 2025: Risk managers must lead corporate response to climate threat, warns WBCSD’s Fiona Watson
At the FERMA Seminar, WBCSD vice-president Fiona Watson urged businesses to move beyond the value chain in tackling physical climate risks, arguing that corporate risk managers must become the strategic architects of resilience.
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AnalysisCommodity traders face geopolitical turbulence, Willis warns
Tariffs, maritime disruption and regional conflicts are reshaping global commodity flows, as a Willis report highlights the sector’s exposure to escalating geopolitical and geoeconomic risk
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AnalysisUK faces record surge in cyber attacks, warns NCSC Annual Review
Britain is experiencing an average of four nationally significant cyber attacks every week, according to GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, which has urged business leaders to make cyber resilience a boardroom priority.
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AnalysisSoft market, shifting ground: why mining risk managers must hold their nerve
Mining insurers are cutting rates and expanding capacity, creating tactical opportunities for buyers. Yet WTW’s latest analysis points to tightening scrutiny on tailings, seismicity, flooding and project approvals. The right move in a soft cycle is not to ease off, but to turn cheaper premium into stronger resilience.
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AnalysisSector spotlight: passenger transport and the rising reputational threats of cyber and climate
Environmental and cyber risks have overtaken safety as the biggest reputational threats for passenger transport companies, according to Willis Towers Watson’s latest research. Firms are strengthening crisis readiness but remain weak on financial resilience.
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AnalysisSaaS security gaps leave firms exposed to rising attacks
Two new reports warn that organisations are overestimating their SaaS resilience, leaving critical data exposed to loss, disruption and rising cyber threats.
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AnalysisCredit Suisse’s $115m settlement: a cautionary tale on ignoring risk managers
Major settlement shows how brushed-aside risk warnings and misaligned incentives can topple a banking giant.
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AnalysisTabletop testing cuts cyber breach risk by 13%, says Marsh study
New research from Marsh McLennan’s Cyber Risk Intelligence Center shows that incident response planning, once seen mainly as a post-breach tool, is now one of the most effective defences against cyber incidents.
