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Benchmarking risk management in Europe

Over 460 risk managers across European have responded to the 2006 benchmarking survey conducted by the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) in co-operation with Ernst & Young and AXA Corporate Solutions. ToLuna, an independent, online market research company, has collected the replies and is now analyzing the results, which will be announced at the FERMA seminar on 11 October 2006 in Brussels.

Risk management in a changing environment is the theme of the 2006 seminar, which is open only to risk manager members of the national associations which make up FERMA and the individual members from countries which do not yet have a national association.

Topics include:

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  Change in the positioning of risk management and its relationship to corporate governance
• The impact of new regulations, links between risk management and internal control, internal audit
• Mergers and acquisitions and new solutions to the risk management and insurance issues they create
• Contract certainty, broker remuneration and competition in the insurance industry
• Globalisation: new cultures, new territories

The seminar, an event which takes place in alternate years from the more extensive FERMA Forum, will also be the occasion of the launch of Prorim, the risk management training course for small and medium sized (SMEs) organizations created by FERMA with the co-operation of members and academic institutions from France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. It is already attracting a lot of interest, especially from Eastern Europe.

Registration opens in June (members risk managers only event).

The national risk management associations of 12 countries form the Federation of European Risk Management Associations – FERMA. It represents over 5000 individual members and a wide range of business sectors from manufacturing to financial services, charities and health organisations as well as local government organisations. Member associations are from the following countries: Belgium (BELRIM), Denmark (DARIM), France (AMRAE), Germany (Bfv & DVS), Italy (ANRA), Netherlands (NARIM), Portugal (APOGERIS), Russia (RussRisk), Spain (AGERS), Sweden (SWERMA), Switzerland (SIRM) and United Kingdom (AIRMIC). www.ferma-asso.org

Florence Bindelle
Tel: +32 (2) 227 11 38 or by email: florence.bindelle@ferma-asso.org