About the Risk & Resilience Research
During January 2025, we commissioned research company Opinion Matters to survey the opinions of over 3,500 business leaders and insurance buyers of businesses based in the UK, US, Canada, Singapore, France, Germany and Spain with international operations.
Survey participants were asked about their views on insurers and insurance, as well as on four categories of risk:
- Cyber & Technology – including the threat of disruption, failure to keep pace with changing technology, cyber risk and IP risk.
- Geopolitical – including strikes and civil disruption, changes in legislation and regulation, economic uncertainty, inflation and war & terror.
- Business – including supply chain instability, business interruption, boardroom risk, crime, reputational and employer risk and failure to comply with ESG regulations and reporting requirements.
- Environmental – including climate change and associated catastrophic risks, environmental damage, greenhouse gas emission, pandemic, and energy transition risk.
Of the firms surveyed there was a split across company sizes in each territory of: US$/CA$/SG$/GB£/EUR€ - 250,000 - 999,999 / 1m - 9.99m / 10m - 99.99m / 100m - 999.99m / 1 billion plus.
With a minimum of 50 respondents per country per industry sector, respondents represented businesses operating in:
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Manufacturing, Retail, Wholesale and Food & Beverage
- Commercial Property, Real Estate and Construction
- Hospitality, Entertainment and Leisure (including Gaming)
- Financial Institutions and Professional Services
- Energy and Utilities (including Mining), Marine and Warehousing
- Public Sector and Education
- Tech, Media and Telecoms
- Transportation, Logistics, Cargo and Aviation
This year’s survey was undertaken between 06.01.25 and 20.01.25. In 2021 the survey was undertaken with respondents based in the UK and US only. In 2022 and 2023, the sample base also included respondents based in Canada and Singapore, and in 2024 the sample base was expanded to include respondents in France, Germany and Spain.
