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October 14, 2025
Industry Insights: Findings from Aon's Global Risk Management Survey
Business risks impact industries in different ways. Aon’s 2025 Global Risk Management Survey reveals how organizations across nine sectors are responding to today’s most pressing threats—from geopolitical volatility and cyber risk to supply chain disruption and talent shortages.
Key Takeaways
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Industry nuance matters: Risk rankings vary significantly across sectors, reflecting unique exposures, operating models and regulatory environments.
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Resilience is evolving: Organizations are shifting from reactive risk management to proactive strategies that embed resilience into decision-making.
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Data-driven decisions: Leaders are using new insights to prioritize risk investments and align risk strategies with business goals.
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Building Resilience to Support Growth in Construction and Real Estate
Construction and real estate organizations are navigating a risk landscape shaped by economic volatility, digital acceleration and workforce disruption.
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Managing Risk and Unlocking Opportunity in the Food, Agribusiness and Beverage Industry
Surging input costs, supply chain fragility and geopolitical instability are reshaping the risk landscape for the food, agribusiness and beverage (FAB) industry. As organizations face mounting pressure on margins and operations, leaders are rethinking risk strategies to unlock resilience and growth.
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Adapting to Disruption: How Financial Institutions are Reframing Risk
Financial institutions are navigating a landscape of converging risks, from cyber threats and regulatory complexity to economic volatility and geopolitical disruption.
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Turning Risk into Resilience in the Industrials and Manufacturing Industry
From commodity price volatility and economic uncertainty to supply chain disruption and cyber threats, the industrials and manufacturing industry faces a convergence of risks that are reshaping the operating environment and requiring a new approach to risk.
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Navigating Risk in Insurance: Turning Complexity into Competitive Advantage
Aon’s Global Risk Management Survey shows insurers face a convergence of risks — cyber, climate and geopolitical volatility — that demand strategic resilience, sharper underwriting and innovation to stay relevant in a shifting landscape.
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Navigating Risk in Life Sciences: Building Resilience to Support Growth
Faced with fragile supply chains, regulatory upheaval and rising competition, life sciences firms are reframing risk as a strategic enabler – using analytics and alternative capital to protect innovation and unlock growth.
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Navigating Volatility in Natural Resources: Risk Management as a Value Driver
From business interruption and commodity price volatility to shifting regulations and cyber threats, risks are converging to reshape the operating environment for the natural resources industry.
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Navigating Risk in Transportation and Logistics: Gearing Up for Big Transitions
As geopolitical instability, workforce disruption and rapid technological change converge, the transportation and logistics industry is undergoing a strategic transformation. Organizations are rethinking supply chains, investing in automation and reshaping workforce strategies to build resilience.
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Technology, Media and Communications: Rethinking Risk in a Shifting Landscape
As disruption accelerates across the TMC industry, organizations face a complex web of risks — from cyber threats and AI upheaval to regulatory shifts and intensifying competition. Leaders are rethinking risk to build resilience, unlock growth and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving landscape.
Building Resilience to Support Growth in Construction and Real Estate
Construction and real estate organizations are navigating a risk landscape shaped by economic volatility, digital acceleration and workforce disruption. The sector’s top risks are increasingly interconnected — amplifying each other and challenging traditional approaches to resilience. Managing them effectively requires a shift in mindset: from operational necessity to strategic capability.
