Financial Risks

World at risk as ocean warming accelerates

As risk managers arrived in Rotterdam the European Union has issued a damning report warning that the world’s oceans are changing at an “alarming pace”

FERMA 2026: Resilience vital as risk managers look to the future

Risk managers have been told that resilience is now a differentiator as businesses look to navigate an ever more complex risk landscape

Record-breaking El Niño is building – but is UK ready for increased flood risk?

Jonathan Jackson, CEO, Previsico, examines if the UK is really ready for the threat of the current exceptional El Niño and its potential impact on the country’s weather

FERMA 2026: Risk managers told they need to integrate strategies to avoid gaps

As the Federation of European Risk Management Associations’ (FERMA) Forum 2026 begins today in Rotterdam, there have been calls to better integrate risk management and business strategy to enhance resilience

Retail resilience under threat from short term focus

UK retailers have been told they need to take a longer-term view of the risks they face if they are to build the necessary resilience

All eyes on Rotterdam as risk managers consider a FERMA line on insurance

As fate will have it Rotterdam will once again be the focal point for the global risk industry for the second time in a fortnight as this weekend marks the opening of the Biennial conference of the Federation of European Risk management Associations (FERMA)