A trio of COVID-19 related risks heads up the recently published 2021 Allianz Risk Barometer, reflecting the potential disruption and loss scenarios that companies are facing in the wake of the pandemic.
Traditional enterprise risk management models based on analysis of historical trends are no longer valid in isolation, and agile adaptation to changing circumstances in a new enterprise resilience management model is now required for organizational survival and success says Resilience First.
The continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, or a new public health crisis, emerged as the top risk concerns for Indian companies, according to a joint study conducted by Marsh and RIMS.
On Friday 15th January the UK Supreme Court made the final ruling on a long running legal process concerning whether insurers needed to pay out on tens of thousands of business interruption claims from organizations impacted by pandemic-related losses.
As the pandemic crisis and lingering economic and political volatility increasingly threaten businesses and recovery globally, WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation (WCD) is seeing many companies consider establishing a stand-alone board risk committee.
European risk managers have helped maintain the continuity of their organizations during the pandemic crisis. They have participated in task forces and crisis units, promoted communication, supported new working practices, pursued insurance recoveries where possible, and begun work on recovery, according to survey results published by FERMA.
Control Risks has released its RiskMap 2021, which includes an assessment of the top five global risks facing organizations and how they may develop through 2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating consequences caught plenty of organizations off guard. While it can be difficult to contemplate the next big crisis in the midst of the current one, this is exactly the time to look ahead to minimize any future surprises, says Jim Wetekamp, and topping many experts’ lists of the next big crisis is climate change.
While it may sound straight forward there is more to creating an effective external communication policy than meets the eye. Deon Binneman digs deeper into this vital area of risk management and provides a useful checklist.
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Business continuity can be defined as 'the processes, procedures, decisions and activities to ensure that an organization can continue to function through an operational interruption'. Read more about the basics of business continuity here.
