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Adequate property insurance coverage isn’t the only reason why your staff should invest the time to develop accurate values, writes Jeff Beauman, FM Global's chief underwriter.

With rapid growth in computational power and artificial intelligence, there is an increased desire across risk management functions to have better tools that can improve decision making, says Pentti Tofte, staff sr. vice president, data analytics at FM Global.

The Australian insurance industry has many women smashing the glass ceiling and climbing to the top of the career ladder in recent years - including those like Andrea Garske in Insurance Business' 'Elite Women in Insurance 2021.'

The latest insights released by mutual insurer FM Global emphasize six threats to companies' supply chain resilience and how businesses can go about addressing them.

Electricity from renewable sources creates new risks for how the world's energy is supplied and distributed. Read why FM Global believes resilience is a choice to be made in the transition to a low-carbon economy.

As demand for warehousing space, driven by e-commerce and various other trends, continues to grow, it's vital that warehouse users remain mindful of the risks that these facilities can face and the disruption that can be suffered, writes FM Global's Russ Kirby, operations engineering manager.

2021 was a significant year when it comes to both the impact of the changing climate and also in terms of awareness of this risk. FM Global's Adriano Lanzilotto looks at the most impactful climate risks affecting businesses and provides risk management advice on some of the best mitigation strategies.

With modern applications of lithium-ion batteries relatively new, property owners are just beginning to understand the risk implications of thermal runaway, writes Paul May, Australia operations engineering manager at FM Global.

Following the tornadoes that struck the Southern U.S., an area critical to U.S. supply chains, FM Global's Katherine Klosowski explains how affected businesses can rebuild their facilities stronger and more resilient.

As discussions escalate as to how society will deal with changes to the climate, for risk managers, the challenge will be how to be resilient to them — both financially and otherwise, according to FM Global.