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Does our risk tech all speak the same language? As needs move to predictive risks, how can that be better articulated? I've had many conversations in recent times on how there is a real need to shift from reactive risk to a more proactive and predictive risk ecosystem. Over the past year, much of the intel industry's efforts are often built around webinars and documents (often long PDF reads). Now you can transcribe webinars and utilise documents to use AI to do the deeper an

Do you know when AI is involved in your risk intel? Given how AI has hit the news again ... when do you know, for sure, what you are reading has come from AI or not? I ask this in context to People and Travel Risk Management ... when you see a notification, an event or a growing situation ... do you know where AI has been used to trigger that or form that conclusion? This will depend on what data sources you are using for intelligence, what tech is place monitoring situations

ITIJ July 2026 Its a huge pleasure to be alongside fellow Travel Risk Academy mentors Bruce McIndoe and Martijn van der Voort and of course founder Bex Deadman - AKA Travel Risk Bex to be in July's ITIJ: International Travel & Health Insurance Journal article ... "AI and the new travel risk intelligence cycle" by Chloé Fox. Additional contributions from Graeme Dean from Hotspot Cover and Gulnaz Ukassova from International SOS. Full article on the ITIJ website ... or the digit

Not taking everything at face value is a critical skill Sounds exactly what we all need right? But wait ... when you dive deeper into that statement is that really a good situation for an organisation to be in? Who decides on what truth is ... ok we might be getting overly philosophical with that statement, but hopefully you see why that concept of truth is so open to abuse and ambiguity. However, I see this statement used way too often when describing risk technologies and i

Is your risk tech able to help you predict and prevent risks? You only have to open your eyes and ears to recent global situations to realise that not everything happens in the blink of an eye. Some crises build slowly, not everything just happens in a moment. Most risk technologies, especially in the physical security space, have a few main modes in the way they utilise risk intelligence: Alerts ... where events 'trigger' a notification with some additional information. Some

Perceptions and beliefs at the scene of an event may not reflect the outside view of truth A quick thought for risk intelligence providers ... do we always want a curated truth? I don't mean this in a way that goes to suggest 'I want anything but the truth' ... I am saying that in our complex world, understanding alternate viewpoints can be useful. Naturally, we want to know your trusted position, but alongside the other news reported 'on the ground', so that I can gauge what