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Lower catastrophe losses give risk managers a window to strengthen protection
First-half catastrophe losses remained manageable for insurers, but regional extremes, earthquakes, heat and shifting weather patterns show why organisations should use improving market conditions to address gaps in their resilience.
From property to people: preparing businesses for wildfire disruption
Active fires in Wales and mass evacuations in France and Spain are forcing organisations to reassess wildfire exposure across property, people, operations and supply chains.
AI makes old cyber attacks harder to spot as social engineering drives losses
Resilience recorded no AI-specific incurred losses in the first half of 2026, but phishing, social engineering and transfer fraud accounted for 85.3% of losses across its portfolio.
Case study: How two companies used financial modelling to reshape cyber investment
A decentralised construction group and a biotechnology company used cyber risk quantification to prioritise controls, justify spending and build security plans around potential financial loss.
Airmic 2026: Risk managers urged to focus on vulnerabilities as risks converge
Risk managers must look past heatmaps and risk registers to understand where interconnected threats could expose the business, Airmic delegates warned.
Insurance sector still scratching head over muddy emerging risk of intellectual property, cyber and general liability cross-section
Risk managers could face policy exclusions arising from ‘complicated’ emerging risk cross-section, however broker senior vice-president ringfences geopolitical challenges as the risk community’s most pressing concern in 2026
Can Open Sesame close the climate resilience financing gap?
FERMA and WBCSD are developing a common framework to help companies demonstrate the value of prevention, secure capital and protect insurance capacity
Regional spotlight: India’s risk management evolution struggles to keep pace with growth
India is a place of contradictions – restless, industrious, but lacking the resilience to fully handle its status as the world’s fastest-growing economy. Risk management is evolving, but gaps remain. APAC correspondent Trevor Treharne spent a month in the country to learn more.
Strait of Hormuz disruption exposes risks far beyond oil
Renewed disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is showing how quickly a shipping crisis can spread through global energy, trade and food systems
Airmic 2026: Risk managers urged to review political violence cover as threats accelerate
Risk managers must work with peers, brokers and insurers to address gaps in political violence cover as global instability accelerates, Gallagher’s Jonathan Rae told StrategicRISK.
Case study: British Transport Police expands risk management strategy by adopting drone in a box technology
The policing service is working hard to balance the aviation risk of using drones with operational risks, especially as is it able to take advantage of legal exemptions to operate outside of current regulation, says BTP’s head of drones programme
UK businesses confident about trade credit resilience – but research results show different conclusion
A new report from broker Marsh confirms that although UK companies are optimistic about their ability to weather trade credit risks, the majority have experienced late payments, or had to write off bad debt
Drones set to deliver net risk benefits – but sky-high human error claims costs must be mitigated
Although research demonstrates that drone usage can reduce a business’ net risk profile overall, risk professionals must think strategically about combating pilot errors as ‘the human in that chain is the weak link’ contributing to claims costs
What lies beneath the calm waters of Asia’s E&P lines
The executive and professional lines market is offering its most favourable pricing in years – but beneath these softening conditions, global tension, rising insolvencies and digital enforcement are ever-harder to navigate. Smart buyers will use the moment to secure better cover with partners built to last, writes BHSI’s Scotland Walsh-Riddle.
Sector spotlight: Food firms strengthen continuity as confidence falls
Food, beverage and agriculture businesses are formalising continuity plans, but confidence has fallen as risks spread across operations and gaps in resources and insurance protection persist.
Strait of Hormuz disruption exposes risks far beyond oil
Renewed disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is showing how quickly a shipping crisis can spread through global energy, trade and food systems
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