FERMA News

FERMA Pushes Brazil to Relax Reinsurance Regulatory Restrictions

The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) announced that it has sent “specific recommendations to the Brazilian insurance regulator SUSEP to limit the impact of regulations 225 and 232 on market capacity and security in the interest of business …

Europe’s Risk Managers Concerned by Social Media Reputation Damage

The U.S. isn’t alone in having to deal with the increased threats from social media and the potential they pose to reputation risk, as well as the protection of confidential information. These risks are also becoming more significant for European …

Aon, Zurich Launch Innovative $100 Million Reputational Risk Coverage

A company’s reputation often constitutes one of its most valuable assets; however, as the damage to value, as well, as the nature of the risks that may cause it, are hard to calculate, obtaining coverage has been a complex process. …

FERMA’s President on the Risk Managers’ Role, Transparency, Innovation

Peter den Dekker has been a busy man. However, the President of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations* (FERMA) took time out to talk to the IJ on the expanding role risk managers are playing in these troubled times, …

Record Numbers Attend FERMA Conference in Stockholm

the bi-annual conference of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) got under way at 9:00 sharp in Stockholm’s striking new conference center. President Peter den Dekker, who will step down at the end of the conference, got things …

FERMA Elects Luzzi as Next President, Dennery as VP

Jorge Luzzi, Group Risk Management Director for Italian tire maker Pirelli worldwide, has been elected as the next President of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA). His mandate as President will start at the end of the FERMA …

Malta, Slovenia Risk Management Associations Join FERMA

The risk management associations of Malta (MARM) and Slovenia (SI.RISK) have been accepted as the latest members of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA). Their adhesion brings to a total of 19 the number of countries whose risk …

EU Doesn’t Need More Corporate Governance Rules Say Risk Managers

The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has told the European Commission that it should start with “implementation and robust enforcement” of existing EU corporate governance rules on risk management, rather than creating new ones now. FERMA made the …

FERMA Elects New Board Members

The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has elected three new board members who will serve from now until June 2014. They are: Helle Friberg of the Danish association DARIM Igor Mikhaylov from the Russian association RUSRISK Arnout van …

FERMA:Brazil’s Response on Regulation Change Complaints O.K.;More Needed

The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) described the Brazilian government’s response to complaints about proposed changes in re/insurance regulations as “a good first step” in rolling back “restrictive executive orders,” which threatened to undermine recent legislative reforms governing …