You have worked hard to ensure supply chains are diversified – yet in practice, when you look past tier one, those suppliers all run back to the same manufacturer, site or raw material. And that means it only takes a single failure to spell disaster for the entire system.
Business interruption claims are becoming more expensive, even as their frequency remains relatively stable. New analysis from Allianz Commercial highlights how concentrated production, rising recovery costs and dependence on critical suppliers are magnifying the financial consequences of disruption.
A run of attacks on Japanese logistics and distribution companies shows how quickly one breach can empty shelves when supply chains carry almost no slack
A breach at CRM provider Beacon left customers across the charity and cultural sectors assessing what data may have been taken and how to respond before the full picture was clear.
Audemars Piguet uses risk appetite, continuity planning and predefined crisis triggers to decide when disruption can be managed operationally and when leadership needs to step in.
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.
‘The more you mitigate claims, the more risk you can take on your balance sheet – and then insurance becomes a stopgap insurance, as opposed to just something I need for day-to-day activity,’ says division managing director
David Ferbrache of Beyond Blue argues that as geopolitical conflict increasingly spills into the digital domain, organisations in critical supply chains must prepare for destructive cyber attacks designed to disrupt, disable and destabilise.
The compounding shocks created by climate change were the topic of our latest SR:500 roundtable. Organisations are being forced to reassess their long-held assumptions about resilience, continuity and operational risk as they navigate the road ahead.
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.
Facing escalating geopolitical tensions and climate conditions, the maritime industry faces increasing vulnerabilities to disruption. AI and data analytics are stepping in to support future transformation, says Alice Kwok.
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
Four risk experts explore how organisations can quantify risk against business objectives, demonstrate the return on investment of risk management and use AI and modern GRC tools to support better strategic decisions, while retaining the human judgement needed to turn data into meaningful insight.
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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