All risk news articles – Page 50
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AnalysisMarriott reveals new breach: 5.2 million exposed
The new compromise follows a major breach of up to 339 million guests, discovered in 2018
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AnalysisFitch puts Lloyd’s of London on negative watch
The rating watch negative reflects “uncertainty and increased risk to Lloyd’s earnings and underwriting performance due to claims emanating as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic”
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OpinionPrepare for more climate see-saws
A cluster of winter storms are among the examples of extreme weather events causing increasing concern over how our climate is changing
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AnalysisCOVID-19: Reducing the manufacturing supply chain impact
Manufacturing companies must assess and devise strategies to reduce the impact of COVID-19 - SpendEdge
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OpinionCOVID-19: What happens when it’s over?
Even as the pandemic continues to unfold it is important for risk managers to focus on the aftermath, argues Hans Læssøe, founder of AKTUS and former risk manager at The Lego Group
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AnalysisCOVID-19 causes phishing attacks to skyrocket
Phishing attacks have risen 667 percent in the UK in March compared to February, as malicious actors trick users with fake coronavirus alerts
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AnalysisPERILS pegs winter storm losses at nearly €2 billion
Extratropical cyclones Sabine and Victoria were the 12th and 13th named storms of a very active 2019–20 European windstorm season
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AnalysisCOVID-19: The role of climate change
Climate change and growing extremes will likely increase the threat of global pandemics, according to AIR Worldwide
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AnalysisCOVID-19: Hackers target hospitals
As a hospital in the Czech Republic is the target a major attack, cyber experts warn the healthcare sector is at threat
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AnalysisFifth of companies lack business continuity plan
The number of UK firms lacking any contingency planning has halved in a space of a fortnight - CIPD
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Latest IssueStrategicRISK Q1 2020: World on Lockdown
In this edition of StrategicRISK, we look at how businesses are responding to the COVID-19 crisis as the situation rapidly escalates around the world.
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AnalysisCOVID-19: Car firms switch to ventilators
As they deal with the “worst crisis ever to impact the automotive industry”, firms are adapting their assembly lines to produce ventilators and other medical equipment
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AnalysisECB names Monar Lora director of risk management
The European Central Bank (ECB) has appointed Fernando Monar Lora as director of risk management, replacing Carlos Bernadell
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AnalysisWTW launches COVID-19 tracking tool
Willis Towers Watson has updated its Global Peril Diagnostic modelling tool to provide up-to-date information on confirmed global COVID-19 cases alongside clients’ property portfolios.
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AnalysisAirmic cancels annual conference
The Association of Risk and Insurance Managers had taken the difficult decision to cancel its annual conference, which had been due to be held in Edinburgh in June
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AnalysisIRM and IOR - COVID-19 joint response
Covid-19 will be a ‘landmark’ case in how society deals with mega risks, but it is unlikely to be a one-off
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AnalysisWEF: COVID-19 prompts new supply chain thinking
China seems to be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel of fighting the COVID-19 outbreak domestically, but there is much more work to be done for companies to resume normal productions and reconfigure their supply chains
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AnalysisCovid-19: Home working heightens cyber risk
With remote working being encouraged by many governments during the Covid-19 pandemic, businesses are being urged to think about the heightened cyber risk they may face as a result.
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AnalysisGoogle glasses and GPS tracking transform logistics
Germany’s Bertelsmann Group risk manager, Ralf Mareczek, uncovers how digitalisation has optimised its logistics division
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AnalysisAI influences industrial property and Chinese consumer markets
Speaking ahead of the AI workshop, the chair of today’s session, Benedikt Hintze, risk and insurance manager at Georgsmarienhütte Holdings, said: “AI is an important new technology with the potential to change the entire market insurance market.”
