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Risk Measurement

Sector focus: Banks and insurers caught between cyber threats and regulatory pressure

Banks are walking a narrowing tightrope as AI-enhanced cyber threats and growing regulatory demands pull in opposite directions. Financial risk managers must build agility to stay on their feet when, not if, they experience a cyber attack.

Moving risk management beyond “tick-the-box” with scenario planning

Risk management is too often reduced to a compliance-driven, tick-the-box exercise. Dominic Santschi, research associate and PhD candidate at the University of St. Gallen, and Moritz Bachmann, senior risk leader at Roche, argue that scenario planning offers a more strategic way to prepare organisations for plausible future uncertainty.

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Risk Mitigation

Solar PV fire incidents rise as ageing systems expose maintenance gaps

Fire incidents linked to solar photovoltaic systems have increased sharply in the UK, with insurers warning that ageing components, historic installation flaws and weak maintenance regimes are turning renewable energy assets into a growing property and business interruption risk.

Spotlight on: risk engineering and how to use it to improve resilience

Risk engineering solves problems before they can occur, providing the practical information you need to make decisions that prevent losses and interruption. And your insurer will love you for it, report Sara Benwell and Trevor Treharne

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Risk Transfer

Swiss Re economists warn of ‘shifting sands’ in fragile global outlook

Growth in Europe looks steady but remains fragile in 2026–27, according to Swiss Re’s Sigma briefing held in London today, shaped by fiscal dominance, re-industrialisation, sticky inflation and elevated catastrophe losses

Hackers 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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Employee Benefits

Their health in your hands

Employees are demanding more from their healthcare and their benefits. Organisations must now act not just as insurer buyers, but as stewards of workforce wellbeing, while still balancing long-term resilience.

Workplace stress is becoming a systemic risk: What corporate risk managers need to know

As work-related stress claims rise, insurers, regulators and boards are converging on the same question: how well are organisations identifying, evidencing and managing psychological risk?

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Risk Associations

Manny Padilla named RIMS president for 2026

RIMS has appointed Manuel “Manny” Padilla as its president for 2026, confirming its full slate of officers and board members for the year.

The connector: How Philippe Cotelle is strengthening trust and cohesion across Europe’s risk community

As FERMA president, Philippe Cotelle is leaving ego at the door. For him, this role is about bringing together member associations and what they can achieve through trust and community. His focus – developing a consistent voice and a strategic position to build on.

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