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.
Employers must tackle rising workplace stress driven by job insecurity, the American Psychological Association has warned, as new research links policy changes and economic uncertainty to poor mental health and organisational risk.
How one risk manager has brought HR under his control to help address talent and people-related risks
As Japan gears up to host the highly anticipated World Expo, the nation is taking proactive measures to safeguard the event from the increasing threat of natural disasters.
Philippines conglomerate Ayala knew it needed to build a whole new roadmap to talent management, in order to tackle the twin challenges of talent scarcity and retention in a highly competitive market.
Singapore’s fast-moving economy is a model of innovation – but the city state faces intensifying risks, from cyber threats to geopolitical tensions, an ageing workforce and climate change. Can it steady its desire for transformation against the need for resilience?
Danny Lin is guiding Qisda through a time of intense change, as it navigates a digital transformation and Taiwan’s talent crisis. But with a role that blends risk, HR and sustainability, Lin is uniquely positioned to change mindsets and prepare for the future.
Organisations must develop agile and adaptive strategies to tackle climate risk. Steve Greenstein, CBCI, Fusion Risk Management’s go-to-market SME, explains how.
Talent is not a cost centre, it’s a multi-faceted risk that requires nuanced controls but offers huge opportunities. At the inaugural SR:500 event in Dubai, experts discussed why businesses must make people risk their top priority.
Poor people management can have a profound effect on a business – hitting productivity, innovation and morale. More attention must be given to the roots of people risk if we don’t want the talent to run dry.
Global businesses are sitting on a hidden productivity problem, as traditional approaches to people risk fail to see the bigger picture. It’s time for a reset, with business strategy at its core, says Howden’s Ian Bagnall.
Geopolitical instability is making executive travel more risky, but RSA and Healix are taking an innovative approach to supporting their customers. Here are their tips for reducing risks and continuing with business as normal
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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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