North America – Page 4
-
Analysis
Technical briefing: risk management challenges in India
Rajeev Tanna, chairman of the IRM India Regional group and head of risk management and internal compliance at Tata Consulting Engineers shares the greatest risk management challenges for businesses operating in India in 2024
-
Analysis
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.
-
Analysis
Risk analysis: What will 2024’s elections mean for businesses
Risk professionals need deeper supply chain understanding and to think about how growing political risks might manifest, to weather the storm ahead
-
Analysis
How ethical and compliance programmes can boost business performance
Over 60% of organisations have incorporated ethical behaviour into performance management, hiring, and reward practices. Here’s how to use ethics and compliance programmes to manage risks and improve business performance
-
Features
Spotlight on: risks facing the financial services sector
Financial services firms face a significant cyber insurance coverage gap, as well as growing threats related to climate, geopolitics and technology. Here’s how to tackle the risks
-
Features
Spotlight on: product recall risks
As data shows that recalls are increasing across food, consumer products and automotive, we look at what risk managers can learn from the past and how to minimise the threats for the future
-
Interviews
Global tensions are rising, but risk perceptions are in the eye of the beholder
To successfully separate threats from opportunities risk managers must first understand the role of perception in the identification of risk. Zurich’s John Scott discusses the big picture
-
Analysis
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
-
Analysis
Key risk management lessons from the top ten cyber attacks in 2023
Nation-state attacks, ransomware, and data breaches feature among the most catastrophic cyber incidents in 2023. Here are the lessons that risk professionals must learn to protect their businesses
-
Analysis
Movers and Shakers - Bloomberg, Saxo Bank, Evelyn Partners, Zurich, WTW, Gallagher
The latest appointments news from across the global risk, broking and insurance industries
-
Features
Spotlight on: German construction industry supply chain risks
Supply chain issues in the German construction sector are leading to higher purchase prices, longer waiting times, and increased resources devoted towards planning. Oxford Economics shares strategies for managing the threats
-
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.
-
Analysis
World Economic Forum highlights the scale of artificial intelligence risks
Artficial intelligence creates opportunities for organisations, but also significant threats. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, speakers highlighted the risks and the key steps for mitigating them.
-
Analysis
Risk briefing: political threats rising for emerging market manufacturing hubs
Against a backdrop of heightened political risk, supply chain professionals looking to operate more strategically and build resilience need to create as much certainty as they can
-
Interviews
Interview: Five minutes with David Arick, the new president of RIMS
As David Arick begins his new role as RIMS president, StrategicRISK caught up with him to find out about his top priorities for his tenure and how he thinks the profession can evolve to meet the challenges of the future.
-
Features
Dealing with disaster: how to make sure your business is prepared for the worst
When catastrophic weather devastates businesses, insurance alone can’t – or won’t – be enough. Know your exposures and devise mitigation plans now, before it’s too late.
-
Analysis
Top 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
-
Opinion
Decision-making in the polycrisis era – will the risk profession rise to the challenge?
Traditional approaches to managing risk are not adequate, and risk professionals must adapt now. Co-authors of Decision-Making in the Polycrisis era, Ben Cattaneo and Daniel Wagner, share their tips for rising to the challenge
-
Features
Spotlight on: supply chain risks in the transport and logistics sector
Sustainability, technology, and geopolitical challenges are top supply chain risks for the $9.7 trillion global transport and logistics industry
-
Features
Spotlight on: US-China trade tensions and how to manage them
Tensions between the United States and China continue to cause concerns around supply chain risks. Best-selling author and qualified risk director, Michele Wucker, explains why de-coupling is not the answer.