During the coronavirus lockdown, mental health risk has been growing among employees, prompting the NHS to issue fresh advice. But are businesses and managers able to provide support to their staff given the stringent social distancing policies now Read more

We asked a senior IRM member and global financial services expert for a quick update, here’s what they said:

So far I am quite confident that our company is effectively responding to the outbreak. The first thing Read more

Given the extreme lockdown measures taken by the UK government, organisations are beginning to ask whether businesses, suppliers, customers and commercial partners can continue to perform their contractual obligations. And if they cannot, what risks does this pose?

Two Read more

The current Covid-19 pandemic is having devastating affects world-wide to health and the economy with numbers of confirmed cases escalating on a daily basis and governments intervening with closures of non-essential services and restrictions on travel and movement. This Read more

Many countries could be plunged into recession if the coronavirus extends into the summer.  The European Commission (EC) recently revised its 2020 forecasts downwards, for example.

“Assuming an extension of the health crisis up to the beginning of Read more

Last updated: 18 March 2020

The current coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19) presents a challenge for the whole world, and for the risk management profession. We will see how our education, training and professional development has equipped us, and our organisations, Read more

Data breach fines have grown since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force, according to the law firm DLA Piper. There have been over 160,000 data breach notifications across Europe May 2018, according to the DLA Piper Read more