Middle East conflict reveals ‘huge risk management gap’ – with UAE-based businesses ‘pushed’ to pivot away from ‘old school’ risk approaches

By Katie Scott2026-05-29T13:00:00

The latest SR:500 Exchange virtual roundtable brought together risk professionals, brokers and academics to discuss risk management’s moving goalposts amid today’s geopolitical fluctuations

Today’s risk management professionals are grappling with “a huge risk management gap” as the ripple effects from back-to-back geopolitical tensions – such as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East between the US, Iran and Israel since February 2026 – causes insurance rates and availability to fluctuate and drives risk managers to adopt a “different mindset”.

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