Tokyo Olympics a reminder of risk landscape beyond the pandemic, says WTW
The coronavirus pandemic has underscored the need for the organisers of events like the postponed Tokyo Olympics and risk managers in general to give serious consideration to every item in their risk registers, a research team at Willis Towers Watson has said.
The Willis Research Network recently published an overview of all the various risks facing the Tokyo Olympics, now rescheduled for July and August 2021.
Hélène Galy, director of the Willis Research
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