Risk Type
Cyber / Technology Risks
Extreme heat, AI failures and emerging perils: Lessons from Swiss Re’s SONAR 2025
Swiss Re’s latest SONAR report puts extreme heat at the top of the global risk agenda, but that’s just one of many structural and emerging threats facing businesses. From AI failure and institutional distrust to ultra-processed foods and toxic fungi, this year’s report challenges risk professionals to rethink resilience.
Why SMEs can’t afford to ignore cyber resilience
Cyber risk isn’t just a problem for big business. With attacks rising and many SMEs underprepared, experts say small firms must act now to strengthen resilience – or face serious financial and operational fallout.
Risk-!n case study: Inside Sonepar’s mutual model for cyber resilience
As cyber threats escalate and insurance markets tighten, a group of major corporates—including Sonepar—are using a mutual captive model to share risk, intelligence and resilience strategies.
Heathrow’s fire was a wake-up call – here’s what risk managers must learn
The March 2025 substation fire that grounded Heathrow Airport for more than 16 hours disrupted over 270,000 passenger journeys and exposed systemic weaknesses across the UK’s critical infrastructure. StrategicRISK speaks to seven senior experts to explore what went wrong – and how to prepare for what’s next.
The strategist: FERMA’s new president has a gameplan to elevate the influence of risk
As Charlotte Hedemark takes up her dream role as FERMA president, she tells StrategicRISK editor Sara Benwell that helping risk managers to professionalise and elevate their strategic influence are key goals.
Rethinking risk for a new era
Simona Covaliu, Chief Risk Officer at PayU GPO explores how risk management must evolve to tackle to the new world of emerging risks
Have you got what it takes to become a value creator?
Advanced technology is making it easier than ever to turn data into powerful insights, which the modern risk leader must then use to create forward-thinking strategies. As the role continues to evolve, our webinar discusses how you go from risk mitigator to value creator
Spotlight on: the risks facing the global retail sector
Many have rung the death knell for retail over the years, but the sector isn’t dying – it’s just changing. Retail risk managers have their hands full, managing disruptors like AI integration and the next generations’ consumer habits, alongside supply chain issues and loss prevention. Trevor Treharne reports.
Cyber response readiness: Why risk managers must lead from the front
Recent cyberattacks targeting prominent UK retailers have exposed the far-reaching consequences of digital disruption. Helen Nuttall, UK head of cyber incident management at Marsh, explains how risk managers can enhance organisational preparedness, facilitate cross-functional coordination, and refine crisis response strategies.
Facing into risk: Interconnected threats demand a smarter, faster response from risk managers
AXA XL is enabling businesses to tackle everything from natural disasters to cyber threats with smarter tools, clearer insights and joined-up strategies between risk managers and insurers.
The boardroom of the future: elevating risk to a strategic priority
As risks grow in complexity—spanning cybersecurity threats, ESG considerations, and geopolitical uncertainties—boards and executive teams are elevating risk management to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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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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