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Solar PV fire incidents rise as ageing systems expose maintenance gaps

Fire incidents linked to solar photovoltaic systems have increased sharply in the UK, with insurers warning that ageing components, historic installation flaws and weak maintenance regimes are turning renewable energy assets into a growing property and business interruption risk.

Regulation watch: Shore power rules force ports to confront infrastructure and risk trade-offs

As EU rules make shore power mandatory, ports are under pressure to deliver on onshore power supply while managing major infrastructure, safety and insurance risks.

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.

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.

The connector: How Philippe Cotelle is strengthening trust and cohesion across Europe’s risk community

As FERMA president, Philippe Cotelle is leaving ego at the door. For him, this role is about bringing together member associations and what they can achieve through trust and community. His focus – developing a consistent voice and a strategic position to build on.

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.

Retroactive reckoning: why construction liability is now a board-level risk

Construction liability now stretches back 30 years, forcing boards to confront risks rooted in long-completed projects.

Five minutes with Luis Lancha chief risk & insurance officer at Sener

FERMA’s latest additions to the table bring wide-ranging expertise and a dose of fresh perspective to the board representing Europe’s risk management community. We caught up with the new appointments to find out who they are and what they stand for.

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

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.