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Catastrophe Risks

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.

Secondary perils: Why businesses must strengthen resilience as severe weather intensifies

Rising losses from floods, hail, wildfires and other under-recognised hazards show that secondary perils are no longer secondary. New data highlights the scale of the threat – and why risk managers need a more systematic, site-specific approach to resilience.

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Cyber / Technology Risks

How cyber criminals are focusing on the long game to reach the end game

Cyber attacks are no longer quick-hit technical incidents but prolonged campaigns designed to maximise disruption and damage long after systems are restored. Drawing on high-profile UK incidents, Oliver Spence, ceo of CybaVerse, argues that organisations must rethink cyber resilience for an era in which criminals are playing the long game.

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.

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Emerging Risks

Why converging risks are reshaping the risk agenda in 2026

As climate volatility, liability inflation, cyber exposure and regulatory pressure collide, risk managers are being forced to rethink how risks are identified, governed and defended. New analysis from RiskSTOP shows why integrated resilience is becoming a defining capability for organisations in 2026.

New world order fears rise as geopolitical and economic risks top business agenda

Businesses worldwide are reassessing strategy as geopolitical confrontation, economic fragmentation and technological disruption dominate the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2026, signalling a shift towards a more competitive and less predictable global system.

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ESG Risks

Taking ownership: What risk managers need to change for ESG to stick

True sustainability is more than compliance. Accountability and an ethical mindset are key to lasting change, finds this year’s StrategicRISK ESG Risk Survey, exposing the gap between intention and action.

The complexity of ESG in understanding the risks of modern slavery

Modern slavery sits at the intersection of environmental, social and governance risks. This IRM ESG Group paper explains why the issue is so complex, why traditional tools fall short and how risk professionals can help drive meaningful change.

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Geopolitical Risks

Risk briefing: why geopolitics is becoming central to defence sector growth

Report warns that global defence demand is colliding with fiscal constraints, supply chain fragmentation and structural barriers that are creating significant risks for organisations

Country spotlight: key risks for businesses operating in Venezuela – and how to manage them

Political intervention, sanctions uncertainty and renewed competition over Venezuela’s vast natural resources have sharply altered the risk landscape for companies operating in the country or relying on Venezuelan supply chains. For risk managers, the challenge is no longer how to monitor Venezuela, but how to operate amid fast-moving political, legal ...

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Operational Risks

Credit outlook 2026: apparent stability masks growing structural risk

Global credit conditions entering 2026 appear stable, but EthiFinance Ratings warns that deeper structural pressures linked to geopolitics, debt affordability and institutional resilience are reshaping risk across corporates, banks and sovereigns.

Regulation watch: Shore power rules force ports to confront infrastructure and risk trade-offs

As EU rules make shore power mandatory, ports are under pressure to deliver on onshore power supply while managing major infrastructure, safety and insurance risks.

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People-related Risks

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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Supply Chain Risks

Country spotlight: Learning from Malaysia renewed focus on risk as a strategic lever

Positioned at the intersection of Southeast Asia’s economic hopes and geopolitical tensions, Malaysia’s attitude to risk is also at a critical juncture. No longer just a compliance checklist, risk management is being seen as a tool to guide strategy and reshape resilience.

When the stabiliser becomes a variable: evaluating the U.S. as a geopolitical threat in 2026

As U.S.political and geopolitical behaviour breaks from decades of predictability, businesses and risk teams face a landscape where stability can no longer be taken for granted.

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