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Duty of care under pressure as Middle East conflict spreads across the region

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.

From missiles to markets: how the Middle East crisis is reshaping corporate risk – and what businesses should do next

From travel disruption to energy shocks, the escalating crisis is creating new operational risks for organisations worldwide. Experts share the warning signs risk teams should monitor and the actions companies can take to protect staff, supply chains and business continuity.

Cyber threats shift from encryption to data theft, prompting rethink in risk strategy

A growing focus on data theft, identity compromise and vendor vulnerabilities is reshaping the cyber threat landscape, with experts warning that organisations must rethink how they manage cyber risk.

The challenger: How Luiza Karolina Rosinska is strengthening digital risk prevention at CIMB Bank Philippines

CIMB Bank Philippines’ Luiza Karolina Rosinska boasts a varied career path shaped by curiosity and courage. We have to be ready to embrace change, she tells SR, because the big things only happen outside the comfort zone.

When disruption becomes ordinary: the global supply chain story of 2025

From geopolitics and cyber to climate and tariffs, 2025 proved that supply chain disruption is no longer episodic. It is embedded. Fresh research highlights the scale of losses and the resilience gap risk managers must now close.

Safety under strain: how digital ambition is outpacing operational reality in Australian workplaces

Despite significant investment in digital systems and AI, new Australian research suggests safety performance is being undermined by reporting friction, weak enforcement and uneven adoption. The challenge for leaders is not more tools, but closing the gap between strategy and frontline reality.

Converging risks push resilience and insurance up the board agenda

Beazley’s latest Risk & Resilience data suggests that risk categories once treated as separate are now overlapping, prompting companies to rethink how insurance and risk management fit into long-term strategy.

Shock after shock: Why risk leaders say climate resilience models are no longer fit for purpose

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.

Country spotlight: Learning from Malaysia renewed focus on risk as a strategic lever

Positioned at the intersection of Southeast Asia’s economic hopes and geopolitical tensions, Malaysia’s attitude to risk is also at a critical juncture. No longer just a compliance checklist, risk management is being seen as a tool to guide strategy and reshape resilience.

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