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Hurricane Melissa: Testing the limits of resilience
Hurricane Melissa has left Jamaica counting the cost of record-breaking winds and a widening protection gap, highlighting the need for faster recovery tools and stronger regional resilience.
Briefing: Insurers feel the heat as climate fires new risks for UK businesses
‘Wildfires are no longer a seasonal threat. They are a persistent and growing risk to life, property and the environment,’ says membership association chair
Inside the hidden vulnerabilities weakening global data centre resilience
Data centres are at the heart of the digital economy, but rapid growth, energy constraints and evolving risks are testing their resilience. At an SR:500 event in partnership with FM, experts discussed the challenges facing the sector and how risk managers are responding.
Ransomware ban may backfire, experts warn
Industry experts warn government restrictions could displace attacks from public services to private companies, increasing pressure on boards to strengthen cyber resilience.
From economic slowdown to AI disruption: the emerging risks keeping executives awake
Gartner’s latest survey finds risk leaders under pressure to manage the dual challenge of economic stagnation and AI disruption as emerging risk signals multiply.
FERMA 2025: Imagining the unimaginable - why foresight must replace false certainty
At FERMA 2025, Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies chief executive Daria Krivonos urged Europe’s risk community to rethink its entire approach to uncertainty. Her message was clear: the greatest threat facing organisations is not disruption itself, but their own inability to imagine alternative futures.
Captives emerge as a powerful lever for ESG transformation, says FERMA
A new FERMA report argues that captives can embed environmental, social and governance principles across underwriting, claims, investment and data activities, turning risk financing into a practical driver of sustainable value.
The £64 trillion energy transition: five risks redefining resilience
Swiss Re’s latest market analysis warns that the global shift to renewable energy will reshape corporate risk profiles, creating new exposures in technology, supply chains and extreme weather.
Geopolitics moves to the centre of the risk agenda
The Healix Risk Radar Report 2026 warns that geopolitics is now the defining force behind business disruption, shaping cyber exposure, supply chain fragility, climate volatility and digital surveillance. For risk managers, the message is clear: connected risk is the new reality, and resilience planning must evolve accordingly.
Risk briefing: how to protect your employees and business through civil unrest and riots
As tensions continue to simmer across the globe in 2025, StrategicRISK speaks to experts about how organisations can navigate an increasingly volatile landscape and safeguard their people on the ground.
Directors face rising compliance and enforcement risk as ECCTA rules bite
New ECCTA rules bring mandatory identity checks and tougher anti-fraud obligations, raising compliance and enforcement risks for UK directors at a time when many admit gaps in their statutory knowledge.
Regulation watch: the Omnibus Simplification Package
As the Omnibus Simplification Package reduces scope and reporting burdens, FERMA’s Adrien Boudet urges balance: efficiency must not come at the cost of environmental goals.
Captives emerge as a powerful lever for ESG transformation, says FERMA
A new FERMA report argues that captives can embed environmental, social and governance principles across underwriting, claims, investment and data activities, turning risk financing into a practical driver of sustainable value.
Workplace absence climbs to record levels – why risk managers should act now
UK employees are taking almost two weeks off sick each year, according to the latest CIPD and Simplyhealth report. With absence rates at a 15-year high, risk managers must treat workforce wellbeing as a core resilience challenge, not just an HR issue.
Why resilient supply chains need more than emissions targets
A new World Resources Institute (WRI) study finds most corporate sustainability goals focus on emissions and environmental footprints, while overlooking the workers who make supply chains function. Risk managers must act now to safeguard resilience and reputations.
Transforming supply chains is key to resilience, cost savings and long-term value
Rider Levett Bucknall’s latest procurement trends report urges the construction and property sectors to shift from short-term cost focus to outcome-driven, value-based supply chains. Without change, the consultancy warns, the UK’s infrastructure, housing and net zero ambitions will be at risk.
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