Catastrophe Risk
Earthquake
Elemental exposures: what changing natural hazards mean for global risk leaders
New analysis from Hiscox highlights the shifting pressures behind global natural hazard exposure and what they mean for corporate resilience.
FERMA 2025: Risk managers must lead corporate response to climate threat, warns WBCSD’s Fiona Watson
At the FERMA Seminar, WBCSD vice-president Fiona Watson urged businesses to move beyond the value chain in tackling physical climate risks, arguing that corporate risk managers must become the strategic architects of resilience.
Shaken, not stalled: How TSMC protected operations during Taiwan’s strongest quake in 25 years
In the face of record-breaking tremors last year, Taiwanese contract chipmaker TSMC held its ground. By safeguarding operations and reassuring global clients, this was a master class in resilience born out of preparedness.
Risk tool spotlight: Can parametric insurance close the climate protection gap?
As weather events intensify, parametric insurance offers fast, flexible and data-driven payouts when they’re needed most. This alternative coverage solution could reshape how organisations and communities recover from disaster.
Global tensions are rising, but risk perceptions are in the eye of the beholder
To successfully separate threats from opportunities risk managers must first understand the role of perception in the identification of risk. Zurich’s John Scott discusses the big picture
Risk management lessons to learn from earthquake disasters in 2024
WTW’s Arash Nassirpour and Elide Pantoli look at the reasons behind building failures, highlighting the ongoing need for seismic risk assessments, retrofitting and improved construction codes; and the implications these have in other earthquake vulnerable cities around the world.
Asia: The ultimate resilience test
Asia has powered the global economy, yet disaster preparedness remains its greatest vulnerability. Resilience, not growth alone, will defi ne the future.
Parametric insurance: why risk managers are embracing this fast, flexible tool
Offering speed, flexibility and a way to close protection gaps, parametric insurance is gaining ground as a valuable complement to traditional cover, says Steve Harry, managing director of parametric solutions UK at Marsh Risk Analytics.
Why risk managers are turning to parametrics to solve operational challenges
As nat cats grow more severe, insurance gaps are widening - but parametric solutions might hold the key to resilience, says Dianna Nelson, a senior structurer at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
Inside the hidden vulnerabilities weakening global data centre resilience
Data centres are at the heart of the digital economy, but rapid growth, energy constraints and evolving risks are testing their resilience. At an SR:500 event in partnership with FM, experts discussed the challenges facing the sector and how risk managers are responding.
Ordering the chaos: how to manage connected risks
Getting to grips with interconnectedness means identifying the intricate links between the threats we face, then mapping, understanding and preparing for them. Our webinar sought to untangle this complex issue. Sara Benwell reports back.
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Why risk managers are turning to parametrics to solve operational challenges
As nat cats grow more severe, insurance gaps are widening - but parametric solutions might hold the key to resilience, says Dianna Nelson, a senior structurer at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
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