Sector Risks
Sector spotlight: Food firms strengthen continuity as confidence falls
Food, beverage and agriculture businesses are formalising continuity plans, but confidence has fallen as risks spread across operations and gaps in resources and insurance protection persist.
Strait of Hormuz disruption exposes risks far beyond oil
Renewed disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is showing how quickly a shipping crisis can spread through global energy, trade and food systems
Strait of Hormuz disruption exposes risks far beyond oil
Renewed disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is showing how quickly a shipping crisis can spread through global energy, trade and food systems
PFAS crackdown expands to new sectors amid extended EU timeline
European regulators have published an updated proposal to restrict PFAS under REACH, alongside a new timeline that pushes the scientific evaluation process out to the end of 2026. Risk managers must prepare for a protracted but far-reaching regulatory shift.
Sector focus: Entertainment’s hidden workplace injury exposure
Workplace injuries are common across film, television and theatre, yet many never appear in claims data. New research is examining the reporting gap and what could improve prevention.
Case study: How an AI cyber test led to unsanctioned real-world actions
A routine cyber evaluation at the UK AI Security Institute resulted in autonomous agents taking unsanctioned action against real people and organisations, exposing gaps in internet controls, monitoring and test design.
Case study: How two companies used financial modelling to reshape cyber investment
A decentralised construction group and a biotechnology company used cyber risk quantification to prioritise controls, justify spending and build security plans around potential financial loss.
SR Q2 2026: Reflections at 40,000 feet
Recent conferences have left me more convinced than ever that platforming risk voices is our raison d’être. Innovators are telling me that it’s all about improving decision-making, and this issue is dedicated to helping you do that.
Lithium chokepoints put global supply chains at risk
WTW research shows how shocks across South America’s Lithium Triangle could spread through contracts, logistics networks and balance sheets without causing direct physical damage.
Opinion: Heatwaves are exposing a hidden balance sheet risk for power generators
Alistair Moodie, chief product officer at risk analytics platform SAMP Risk, discusses how heatwaves are impacting the power market, pinpointing that static surveys do not provide coherent enough data to support risk transfer
Banks’ biggest operational risk concerns do not match their largest losses
Loss data from 79 banks shows that conduct and transaction failures remain major sources of financial loss, despite cyber and third-party risk dominating industry concerns.
Middle East conflict driving nuanced repatriation people risk
Broker senior managing director warns that employees’ desire to depart the Middle East amid fluctuating geopolitical conditions is ‘not an insurable risk’ for global firms – but it can shift ‘the way their business operates’
Case study: how The Co-operative Group put value creation at the heart of risk management
Former Co-op head of risk and governance Stefan Gershater explains why risk teams need to stop leading with registers, controls and heat maps, and start with the business objectives they are trying to protect.
How AI is pushing risk management from control to strategy
At Risk-!n, Lisa Bechtold of Nestlé and Mindy Simon of Aon said AI can help risk managers make faster, better-informed decisions, but only if organisations get the data, governance and accountability right.
Opinion: What happens when artificial intelligence is enabled to monitor strategic enterprise risks?
An enterprise risk manager’s view on how artificial intelligence (AI) can be implemented into day-to-day risk management tasks, taking care of the mundane so that risk professionals can deliver what AI cannot – expertise and judgement
Case study: How two companies used financial modelling to reshape cyber investment
A decentralised construction group and a biotechnology company used cyber risk quantification to prioritise controls, justify spending and build security plans around potential financial loss.
Sector focus: Entertainment’s hidden workplace injury exposure
Workplace injuries are common across film, television and theatre, yet many never appear in claims data. New research is examining the reporting gap and what could improve prevention.
Case study: What Ueno Park reveals about climate stress in Asian cities
HDI Risk Consulting’s assessment of Tokyo’s Ueno Park shows how extreme heat and heavy rainfall can expose wider risks to tourism, infrastructure, public health and business continuity
Group litigation risk puts historic records under scrutiny
Polly Sayers, legal advisor and insurance market analyst at HCR Law, says companies need to preserve historic policies, training records and exposure data as PFAS, environmental and product liability claims become harder to contain.
Manufacturers face severe ransomware losses as cyber controls fail
New Resilience analysis finds ransomware accounts for 90% of incurred manufacturing cyber losses, despite making up just 12% of claim volume, highlighting the need for better MFA validation, vulnerability management and incident response.
Case study: how a single phone call cost Marks & Spencer £300m
A social engineering attack through a third-party helpdesk forced retailer Marks & Spencer into an online order shutdown that decimated profits. The incident provoked serious questions about vulnerabilities in detection, response planning, and outsourced risk.
European product recalls hit record high as regulatory complexity grows
Record levels of product recalls across Europe highlight growing regulatory scrutiny, supply chain pressures and expanding lifecycle liability risks facing manufacturers and risk managers.
Heat stress: When dehydration becomes an operational risk
Rising temperatures are increasing heat exposure across ports, terminals and warehouses, including in regions where extreme heat was once unusual. TT Club says operators need to treat dehydration and heat stress as safety-critical risks rather than seasonal welfare issues.
Case study: British Transport Police expands risk management strategy by adopting drone in a box technology
The policing service is working hard to balance the aviation risk of using drones with operational risks, especially as is it able to take advantage of legal exemptions to operate outside of current regulation, says BTP’s head of drones programme
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