Asia Pacific

Special report: Climate change 2024

The race to tackle climate-related risks is on, and many businesses know what they need to do. But how can they overcome barriers and get the support needed to really make a difference?

SR Q3 2024: The best laid plans…

As risk managers, we spend lots of time preparing for the worst. And yet, preparation can’t protect you from everything. When disaster strikes, sometimes the best you can do is keep smiling – even if it is through gritted teeth – and carry on, logging lessons for next time.

How to use geostrategic intelligence to protect your business from geopolitical instability

Growing political risks are forcing risk owners and managers to rethink their approach to geostrategic intelligence, writes Henry Wilkinson, chief intelligence officer at Dragonfly

Skills shortage continues to challenge aviation - how the industry can respond

Experienced staff lost during pandemic cuts are proving hard to replace, impacting both profitability and safety in the aviation sector, writes Dele Fajimolu, senior executive, technical underwriting at the Lloyd’s Market Association

Sector focus: the growing threat of political risk to energy companies

Geopolitical risks continue to be an increasing threat to business and risk managers need to put in place systems that allow them to identify those risks, before it’s too late

Three strategies for a modern risk manager

Today’s risk managers are focusing on the wrong things, says Alex Sidorenko, chief risk officer and founder of RISK-ACADEMY, and group head of risk, insurance and internal audit at Serra Verde Group. Here’s what they should being doing instead

Managing reputation risk in a politically polarised world

When it comes to managing reputation, businesses must assess long-term exposures, understand stakeholder expectations, and align actions with core values. Nathan Hambrook-Skinner, director at FTI Consulting, explores how to navigate this new complex and dangerous corporate landscape.

Risk research: How to manage the threat of digital obsolescence

Businesses need to adopt a robust risk mitigation strategy and perform diligent horizon scanning when adopting new technology.

The rise and rise of ‘China Plus One’ risk strategies

Companies are protecting their supply chain by diversifying beyond China and Southeast Asia is cashing in

Risk briefing: how the renewables sector can manage growing construction risks

As new projects and construction in the renewables sector ramps up, firms need a high concentration of risk management, insurance and claims expertise to prepare for an inevitable increase in losses

Risk briefing: Scenario planning lessons from the CrowdStrike Falcon outage

The CrowdStrike outage showed that risk managers need a nuanced approach to risk assessment that allows organisations to focus their resources on addressing the most critical vulnerabilities first, maximising the effectiveness of their resilience efforts.

Risk management lessons to learn from earthquake disasters in 2024

WTW’s Arash Nassirpour and Elide Pantoli look at the reasons behind building failures, highlighting the ongoing need for seismic risk assessments, retrofitting and improved construction codes; and the implications these have in other earthquake vulnerable cities around the world.

Risk briefing: Why is air turbulence getting worse - and what does it mean for aviation risk?

Recent high-profile air turbulence events highlight broader, long-term climate risks

The challenges for NATO and why this should matter for business

General Sir Richard Shirreff – chair of the Healix security and risk advisory board, delves into the key challenges facing NATO post-summit and their implications for the business community.

Spotlight on: the risks facing the global retail sector

Many have rung the death knell for retail over the years, but the sector isn’t dying – it’s just changing. Retail risk managers have their hands full, managing disruptors like AI integration and the next generations’ consumer habits, alongside supply chain issues and loss prevention. Trevor Treharne reports.