In Italy, IT risks and business interruption are ranked first and second in the ranking of the top 10 risks for the second consecutive year. Natural Disasters …
In Italy, IT risks and Business interruption are ranked first and second in the ranking of the top 10 risks for the second consecutive year. The Natural disasters enter the top three with 33% of the answers (instead of Outbreak of the Pandemic which falls from the third to the fifth position).
The cybersecurity it is also the greatest concern for companies globally. Lhe threats of ransomware attacks, data breaches or lengthy IT system suspensions worry companies even more than business disruption (including supply chain downtime), natural disasters or the Covid-19 pandemic, all factors that have heavily affected companies in the last year. The trend emerges from an Allianz report.
I IT risks rank at the top of the Allianz Risk Barometer for only the second time in the history of the survey (44% of responses),‘Business interruption drops slightly to second place (42%) and the Natural disasters they are in third place (25%), from the sixth of 2021. Climate change rises to sixth place from ninth, that is to the highest position ever reached (17%), while the Pandemic drops to the fourth (22%).
The poll annual of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) gathers the views of 2,650 experts from 89 countries, including CEOs, risk managers, brokers and insurance experts. Yes they can view complete rankings of global risks, by country and by 20 different sectors (Transport, Aviation, Defense and Space, Maritime and Shipping, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Engineering, Construction and Real Estate, Hotel, Leisure and Tourism, Energy and Utilities, Manufacturing – including Automotive -, Renewable Energy).
“The interruption of activities will probably remain the underlying theme in the 2022”Summarizes AGCS CEO Joachim Mueller. “For most companies, the biggest fear is that they won’t be able to make the products or provide the services. 2021 has seen unprecedented levels of disruption caused by various triggers, and this year is only expected to improve gradually. Disastrous cyber attacks, the impact on the supply chain of extreme weather events related to climate change, as well as problems linked to production due to the various pandemic waves e the bottlenecks that have been created in the transport sector. Building resilience to react to the multiple causes of business interruptions is increasingly becoming a competitive advantage for companies “.