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SR Q2 2025: Lost in translation?

From the Middle East to the North of England, conference season is in full swing. And so are the fascinating conversations around risk priorities and strategies. But if we hope to take what we’ve learnt to the board, we need to be speaking their language.

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From sport to corporate risk: How concussion claims are reshaping liability cover

With group lawsuits progressing against football and rugby bodies over historic concussion injuries, the insurance market is already tightening. Sports risk managers and CROs should take note - these cases could set a precedent for how duty of care is judged, and whether cover is even available in the future.

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Challenging assumptions: how Roche and Tetra Pak are rethinking risk

At Risk-!n 2025, senior risk leaders from Roche and Tetra Pak shared how they are embedding scenario planning into core business processes, helping shift risk management from reporting to strategic action and decision-making at the highest levels.

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Regulation watch: Time to change the PPD, says FERMA

The EU Public Procurement Directives create roadblocks for public-sector insurance purchases, hindering flexibility and increasing costs. FERMA is advocating for amendments to give better access to a  ordable coverage, says CEO Typhaine Beaupérin.

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Long-term thinking essential to tackle Europe’s systemic risk landscape

Short-term thinking is leaving European organisations exposed to systemic risks, warns FERMA’s new NEXT Report. Here’s how strategic foresight can help risk managers confront emerging threats and build long-term resilience.

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Risk-!n 2025: How cognitive bias distorts risk perception – and what risk managers can do about it

At Risk-!n 2025, Pierre Lauquin, risk and business continuity manager for the Swiss Government, urged risk professionals to challenge instinctive thinking and rewire how they respond to uncertainty

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Business urge governments across the globe to accelerate energy transition plans

New landmark report shows businesses are prepared to relocate if governments fail to prioritise energy transition plans. Here’s what risk managers need to know

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“This is a warning shot”: what businesses must learn from Tesla’s ESG crisis

Swedish insurance and pension group Folksam’s decision to divest its $160million holdings in Tesla is a warning shot to the wider business community, take ESG seriously, or face the consequences

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Businesess must get cyber risk assessments right as regulatory pressure grows

Regulators across the globe are cracking down on ensuring that businesses have robust cyber assessment policies in place. Here’s what businesses need to consider

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Where connections thrive: The unparalleled networking power of Risk-!n

Stéphane Martin, CEO Smart Risk Consulting & Co-Founder at Risk-!n, shares what attendees can look forward to at this year’s conference

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Risk briefing: Getting to grips with new business requirements to protect against terrorism

Martyn’s Law will have significant impacts for risk managers, UK businesses, insurers, and brokers. Here’s everything you need to know

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SR Q1 2025: Risk management – a kind of magic

I’m sure organisations would love to wave a wand and eliminate the latest geopolitical tension, cyberattack threat or supply chain disruption. But instead they have risk managers, who weave their own magic spells to navigate their businesses past the perils that lurk around every corner

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Risk briefing: Strategies for risk managers as Europol warns businesses face enhanced cyber threats

EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment warns that organised crime is fundamentally changing, making it more entrenched and more destabilising than ever before. Here’s what risk managers need to know

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Scenario analysis: What risk managers need to know about Trump’s tariffs

Trump’s so-called “flexibility” on tariffs — marked by delays and shifting targets — has plunged global trade into uncertainty, forcing risk managers to brace for every scenario.

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Strategies to reduce the risks of road crime and cargo theft

1.5 trucks in Europe will be attacked during the time it takes to read this article. Pascal Matthey, VP, Marine Risk Control, Continental Europe at Sompo explores what risk managers can do to tackle the issue

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Cyber resilience starts with SMEs, says FERMA CEO Beaupérin

Risk managers in major companies across Europe have been urged to use their expertise and resources to support SMEs in closing the cyber insurance and resilience gap.

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Why can’t Britain build a high-speed rail network? Perhaps risk appetite is to blame

“HS2, once envisioned as the backbone of modern rail connectivity, has instead become a case study in how poor risk allocation can derail ambition, says StrategicRISK’s Asia correspondent, Trevor Treharne

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Regulation watch: Four steps to get ready for new post-trade settlements regime

BoE’s Sasha Mills urges risk managers whose businesses operate or trade in the UK to get ready for the switch to faster post-trade settlements

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Briefing: Soaring EV sales spark new underwriting concerns over fire risks

Electrified vehicles now represent a 7.7% share of the UK’s used car market, which could impact the severity of lithium-ion battery risks insurers are grappling with

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Regulation Watch: Niinistö report - an opportunity?

FERMA’s CEO, Typhaine Beauperin, considers how the groundbreaking report on preparedness by former Finnish president Sauli Niinistö could further raise the profile of risk management.

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