Factories are shutting down, supply chains are fracturing and regulators are tightening the tap. For risk managers across Asia Pacific, water scarcity has moved from the sustainability report to the risk register.
New Allianz Risk Barometer analysis suggests businesses are increasingly concerned about extreme systemic shocks, with supply chain paralysis and a global internet outage emerging as the most plausible Black Swan scenarios over the next five 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.
The 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident and preceding earthquake and tsunami devastated the region in a matter of hours. Managing Lendlease’s risk response from the region, Kevin Bates describes putting a pause on other business concerns to focus on what mattered most – people.
Relying on links across 150 countries to produce a very specific, high-quality product, Swedish engineering firm Sandvik’s supply chain is more high risk than most. Sara Benwell reports on how the company set out to uncover exactly how it would respond to disruption.
As farming becomes increasingly digitised, cyber risk is emerging as one of the most under-appreciated threats facing the sector. From automated machinery and connected supply chains to underinsurance and climate volatility, agriculture is evolving into a complex risk environment that challenges traditional assumptions about protection and resilience.
Rapidly shifting airspace restrictions, infrastructure disruption and threats to maritime trade are testing corporate travel policies and crisis planning. James Henderson, chief executive officer of Healix International, explains the key risks organisations must manage as the situation evolves.
As conflict in West Asia sends disruption through cyber systems, supply chains, energy markets and shared infrastructure, Dr Luke Carrivick, executive director at ORX, argues that operational risk leaders must respond to a faster, broader and less geographically contained threat than the Russia-Ukraine war.
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.
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
The growing complexity of global trade networks makes managing supply chain risks more critical than ever.
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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