All articles by Sara Benwell
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FeaturesOur state of the industry survey reveals risk managers' top concerns for 2024
Our 2024 State of the Industry survey reveals a risk profession that is evolving, with more practitioners than ever moving beyond insurance buying to focus on enterprise risk management. But with new threats emerging at a dizzying rate, the pressure is on to improve controls and communicate your value. Sara ...
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InterviewsInterview: Five minutes with David Arick, the new president of RIMS
As David Arick begins his new role as RIMS president, StrategicRISK caught up with him to find out about his top priorities for his tenure and how he thinks the profession can evolve to meet the challenges of the future.
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FeaturesDealing with disaster: how to make sure your business is prepared for the worst
When catastrophic weather devastates businesses, insurance alone can’t – or won’t – be enough. Know your exposures and devise mitigation plans now, before it’s too late.
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AnalysisTop tips for managing the biggest risks facing businesses in 2024
A new barometer identifies the biggest threats to organisations wordwide as cyber, business interruption, and nat cats. Here are the report’s top tips for managing the risks
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AnalysisRisk briefing: how to manage supply chain risks in the red sea
Businesses must brace for higher shipping costs and a bottleneck of supplies as a consequence of the red sea attacks. Here’s what risk managers need to know
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Case StudiesCase study: How Sandvik put its supply chain to the ultimate test
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.
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Special ReportsHow to manage people-risk and win the war for talent
The war for talent rages on as we continue to grapple with the post-COVID work landscape and fall out from the Great Resignation. At our roundtable, four risk experts shared how they attract and retain the best talent and future-proof against people-related threats.
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FeaturesHow risk managers can lead the way on the transition to net zero
Sustainability requirements are constantly growing. A green transition demands the enterprise-wide purview of the risk manager to understand not only the risks but the opportunities along the path to net zero. Sara Benwell reports.
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FeaturesGaining the power to change your risk culture
Our trio of experts share the steps they’ve taken to create a positive risk culture and how you can use these to embed risk into organisation-wide decision-making.
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InterviewsThe historian: Dirk Wegener shares the lessons he’s learnt in over 20 years of risk management
Dirk Wegener is stepping down as president of FERMA. After more than two decades in risk management, he has seen it all. Here he reflects on the world-changing events that altered the way we think about resilience forever.
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AnalysisFive ways boards can get better at anticipating and adapting to emerging risks
Only 23% of boards are classified as highly resilient, according to research from EY. Here’s how they can step up and help manage the risks that threaten the organisations they serve
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InterviewsPutting science and data behind climate risk management
Bill Bradshaw, operations manager at FM Global talks to StrategicRISK about how the insurer is trying to move the needle on climate risk.
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FeaturesPreparing for pandemic
As Coronavirus sweeps the globe, StrategicRISK examines how European businesses are dealing with the crisis and what steps risk managers can take to safeguard their organisations and employees
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AnalysisRisk managers are turning alternative risk transfer due to dissatisfaction with insurers and brokers
Risk and insurance managers in the UK and Germany say there has been a fundamental shift in pricing and the scope and availability of cover, and have revealed widespread dissatisfaction with the handling of the changing conditions by insurers and brokers.
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AnalysisThree emerging risks facing renewable energy companies
Risk managers working in the renewables sector must face up to the ever growing risks presented by geopolitics, climate change and cyber interruption.
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AnalysisReflecting on five years at the helm of AMRAE
As Brigitte Bouquot enters her last six months as president of Amrae, StrategicRISK caught up with her to find out how risk management has changed in the five years she’s been in office and what she thinks lies ahead
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AnalysisHow the insurance model is coping with lasting negative rates and protectionist sanctions
Ahead of his speech at the Amrae conference, Strategic Risk spoke to Hervé Houdard, managing director at Siaci Saint-Honore to find out how the insurance market is transforming to deal with rising protectionism and persistently low interest rates and – critically – what the changes mean for risk managers
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AnalysisToday’s risks are of unknown magnitude and impact, but they still need to be managed
Typhaine Beauperin, chief executive of Ferma talks to Strategic Risk about the greatest risks facing risk managers and how AI could be the most important tool for meeting them head on
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AnalysisThe economic factors impacting insurers’ business models
A combination of the rise of protectionism, persistently low interest rates and complex risks is forcing insurers to change their business models. Ahead of his speech at Amrae 2020, Strategic Risk caught up with Ludovic Subran, chief economist at Allianz SE, to find out what the implications are for risk ...
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AnalysisNo risk is an island – so we must communicate better
Risk management is changing, which means that those who work in the profession need to change too. Strategic Risk caught up with Anders Esbjörnsson, Group Risk Manager, Construction company NCC to find out why he thinks communication is critical and how an MBA helped transform his approach to risk
