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Country spotlight: key risks for businesses operating in Venezuela – and how to manage them

Political intervention, sanctions uncertainty and renewed competition over Venezuela’s vast natural resources have sharply altered the risk landscape for companies operating in the country or relying on Venezuelan supply chains. For risk managers, the challenge is no longer how to monitor Venezuela, but how to operate amid fast-moving political, legal ...

Sector focus: Banks and insurers caught between cyber threats and regulatory pressure

Banks are walking a narrowing tightrope as AI-enhanced cyber threats and growing regulatory demands pull in opposite directions. Financial risk managers must build agility to stay on their feet when, not if, they experience a cyber attack.

New world order fears rise as geopolitical and economic risks top business agenda

Businesses worldwide are reassessing strategy as geopolitical confrontation, economic fragmentation and technological disruption dominate the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2026, signalling a shift towards a more competitive and less predictable global system.

Cyber-enabled fraud overtakes ransomware as CEOs’ top cyber concern

Cyber-enabled fraud has overtaken ransomware as CEOs’ top cyber concern, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026, as AI-related vulnerabilities rise and resilience gaps widen across regions and organisations.

Global cooperation is fragmenting in ways risk managers need to understand

The World Economic Forum’s Global Cooperation Barometer 2026 suggests global cooperation is holding steady overall, but shifting away from multilateral systems towards smaller, interest-led coalitions. For risk managers, that evolution matters more than the headline score.

Case study: What the Fukushima water release reveals about risk perception and communication

Managing risk means managing perception, even when the two don’t align. Two studies reveal how the public saw the Fukushima water release as a ‘high-dread, low-controllability’ risk, and what we can learn about communication in such sensitive circumstances.

When the stabiliser becomes a variable: evaluating the U.S. as a geopolitical threat in 2026

As U.S.political and geopolitical behaviour breaks from decades of predictability, businesses and risk teams face a landscape where stability can no longer be taken for granted.

SR Q4 2025: What’s in a name?

And if it’s what you do that counts, what exactly should that be? We lay out the blueprints for tomorrow’s most effective risk leader and explore the attributes and approaches needed to take on 2026.

From silos to strategy: how boards are rethinking risk

Webinar: With boards more engaged, our next mission is clear: offer a wide-angle lens on how risks interact, and why risk management and opportunity can co-exist. Our panellists share candid insights on how to turn silos into the strategies a board wants to see.

Breaking point: why ageing infrastructure is becoming a critical risk for developed economies

Ageing infrastructure in developed economies is the silent, but spreading, decay all around us, threatening lives, businesses and economies. We must act before, not after, catastrophe hits.

Embed geopolitics into strategy as tariff era reshaping global trade, Willis warns

Political risk report from WTW says US tariff deals are redrawing alignments and creating a new risk environment for internationally exposed companies

Civil unrest risks set to intensify in 2026: what businesses need to know

New analysis points to rising protest size, more frequent disruption and growing damage to commercial property, with Europe and the US emerging at the highest risk of becoming SRCC flashpoints

Case study: How a risk control failure triggered a $3m loss in just six weeks

A routine cash-handling function turned into a multimillion-dollar loss when a misconfigured ATM enabled six weeks of fraudulent withdrawals. The case exposes deeper weaknesses in governance, data flows and assurance that allowed the incident to escalate unchecked.

Secondary perils: Why businesses must strengthen resilience as severe weather intensifies

Rising losses from floods, hail, wildfires and other under-recognised hazards show that secondary perils are no longer secondary. New data highlights the scale of the threat – and why risk managers need a more systematic, site-specific approach to resilience.

Sector spotlight: why universities must rethink risk in an era of disruption

Once defined by tradition, universities are now facing degrees of change that are forcing a fundamental rethink of how they fund themselves, how they manage student interests and their approaches to handling evolving technological threats.

Elemental exposures: what changing natural hazards mean for global risk leaders

New analysis from Hiscox highlights the shifting pressures behind global natural hazard exposure and what they mean for corporate resilience.

Shaken, not stalled: How TSMC protected operations during Taiwan’s strongest quake in 25 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.

APAC’s risk landscape is shifting fast: why resilience is now a strategic differentiator

Asia Pacific’s high-growth markets are facing rising geopolitical tensions, climate impacts, supply chain disruption and escalating cyber threats. Aon’s 2025 Global Risk Management Survey shows that organisations across the region are already feeling the strain, and many are rethinking resilience as a driver of competitive advantage.

PARIMA Singapore 2025 highlights AI, climate pressure and geopolitical uncertainty

Sessions across the conference examined how Asian organisations are adapting their risk strategies, from AI governance and parametric innovation to climate-driven disruption and new geopolitical realities.

The uninsurables: how climate change is redrawing the global insurance map

Intense climate volatility combined with risk-based pricing is pushing traditional insurers to retreat from entire regions across the globe. With no safety net, businesses and communities are left to confront the rising cost – and painful consequences – of uninsurable risk.