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12.06.2009FERMA Press release 11 June 2009
New President elected
Peter den Dekker, corporate insurance risk manager at Dutch multi-national Stork, has been elected President of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA). He took over from Marie-Gemma Dequae, who held the post for two years, following the meeting of the general assembly of FERMA in Brussels this week. Den Dekker represents the Dutch risk management association NARIM on the board of FERMA.
Den Dekker worked as a broker and underwriter in the industrial insurance market before becoming group insurance risk manager at the quoted Dutch multinational Hagemeyer in 1999. He joined Stork in 2006.
Stork is one of the oldest industrial companies in the Netherlands and has four groups serving a number of markets worldwide. The groups are aerospace, food systems, technical services and print.
Den Dekker said: "I am delighted to become chairman of FERMA as it continues to grow in its ability to represent the interest of risk managers across Europe, as shown by our activities during the year and Prague as the venue for our 2009 Forum. I look forward to welcoming FERMA members and our friends from the risk management community there in October."
The FERMA general assembly meeting in Brussels this week also elected to the board Michel Dennery, Deputy Chief Risk Officer of GDF Suez, as the representative of the French risk management association AMRAE. Stefan Sigulla of the German association DVS and Paul Taylor of the UK association AIRMIC continue as FERMA's vice-presidents for 2009-2010.
FERMA is made up of the national risk management associations of 16 countries. It represents over 5,000 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), Bulgaria (BRIMA), Czech Republic (ASPAR CZ), Denmark (DARIM), Finland (FinnRiMa), France (AMRAE), Germany (Bfv & DVS), Italy (ANRA), Netherlands (NARIM), Poland (POLRISK) Portugal (APOGERIS), Russia (RusRisk), Spain (AGERS), Sweden (SWERMA), Switzerland (SIRM) and United Kingdom (AIRMIC).
The FERMA Forum 2009 will take place from 4-7 October at the Congress Centre in Prague with the theme "Global Village: the future of risk management". The programme and registration details are available on the FERMA Forum website.
Press contacts
UK/US media
Lee Coppack
+44 (0)20 8318 0330 or by email
Other press
Florence Bindelle
Tel: +32 2 761 94 31 or by email
FERMA website.
18.05.2009FERMA European Newsletter - May 2009 - available Now!
Dear FERMA Members,
The latest FERMA EU Newsletter is now available for download on the FERMA Website
FERMA EU Newsletter nr. 7, May 2009
The Newsletter reviews the latest EU regulatory developments with articles
- on Insurance (Solvency II and status of Captives),
- on Competition (EU Insurance inquiry and cooperation among insurers; BER / Insurance Pools)
- on Liabilities (Consumer collective redress)
and outlines FERMA's position and contacts on these different subjects.
link to the EU Newsletter (pdf)
Sincerely yours,
Dominique Roels
Assistant to Florence Bindelle,
Executive Manager FERMA
Florence BINDELLE FERMA
06.04.2009FERMA WELCOMES THE COMMISSION REPORT ON RENEWAL OF THE INSURANCE BER
Press release 6 April 2009
The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) welcomes the European Commission Report in favour of renewal of the Insurance Block Exemption Regulation (BER). The legal certainty provided by the current BER has fostered cooperation among insurers to create competitive insurance markets with sufficient capacity to meet the needs of large international insurance programmes. A renewed BER in March 2010 will continue to achieve this fundamental objective by exempting joint calculations, tables and studies, and co-(re)insurance pools from EU competition rules.
Regarding joint calculations and studies, FERMA is pleased to note that the Commission Report takes on board the concerns raised by large commercial buyers and agrees that there is a continued need for a BER in this area. Joint calculation on the actual cost of risk is key to market access by new entrants. While the Commission intends to clarify existing boundaries and to limit the scope of exemption to valuable information exchange, FERMA welcomes the transparency initiative, which would allow insurance buyers to take part in and to have access to data jointly generated by insurers.
In relation to pools, the Commission finds that renewal of the BER is necessary not only to clarify the safe harbours, but also to induce compliance by pool members. FERMA agrees with this approach while recognising that pools should be a last resort to cover risks that are new or difficult to insure where a large capacity is required. FERMA believes that pools should be an alternative to commercial insurers and operate in a competitive environment. FERMA will articulate views and recommendations to ensure that pooling arrangements operate to the benefit of large commercial buyers.
Finally, FERMA takes note that the Commission has not endorsed the view of the industry to the effect that cooperation in relation to standard policy conditions (SPCs) should continue to be covered by the BER. Cooperation on SPCs is, however, very valuable to large commercial buyers as it reduces transaction costs, facilitates the comparison between policy conditions and provides better contract certainty. Accordingly, FERMA believes that, to the extent that SPCs will fall outside of the BER, the Commission should at the very least issue guidance so as to provide sufficient comfort and legal certainty as of March 2010.
The President of FERMA, Marie-Gemma Dequae, has stated, "FERMA is pleased with the Commission's support for renewal and will continue to be closely involved in the debate for the adoption of a recast BER next year".
Press contacts
UK/US media
Lee Coppack
+44 (0)20 8318 0330 or by email
Other press
Florence Bindelle
Tel: +32 2 761 94 31 or by email
The national risk management associations of 16 countries form the Federation of European Risk Management Associations - FERMA. It represents over 5,000 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), Bulgaria (BRIMA), Czech Republic (ASPAR CR), Denmark (DARIM), Finland (FinnRiMa), France (AMRAE), Germany (Bfv & DVS), Italy (ANRA), Netherlands (NARIM), Poland (POLRISK) Portugal (APOGERIS), Russia (RusRisk), Spain (AGERS), Sweden (SWERMA), Switzerland (SIRM) and United Kingdom (AIRMIC).
02.02.2009FERMA EU Newsletter Nr. 6, December 2008 / FERMA Newsletter Nr 32, December 2008
Dear FERMA Members,
The latest FERMA Newsletters are now available for download on the FERMA Website
FERMA EU Newsletter nr. 6, December 2008
The Newsletter reviews the latest EU regulatory developments with articles on Insurance (Solvency II and Captives), on Competition (Co-insurance and co-reinsurance; Cooperation among insurers) and on Liabilities (REACH: Price of Non-Compliance to Pre-register "phase-in" Substances; Consumer collective redress) and outlines FERMA's position and contacts on these different subjects.
Link to EU Newsletter 6
FERMA Newsletter nr 32, December 2008
(Ferma Highlights, Members news)
Link to Newsletter 32
Wishing you a Happy New Year
Sincerely yours,
Dominique Roels
Assistant to Florence Bindelle,
Executive Manager FERMA
Florence BINDELLE
10.07.2008FERMA Newsletter 31 - Juni 2008
Dear FERMA Members,
The latest FERMA Newsletter (nr. 31 - June 2008) is now available for download on the FERMA website. Please follow this link to access the file:
http://www.ferma.eu/PressNews/Newsletters/
Sincerely yours,
Dominique Roels
Assistant to Florence Bindelle,
Executive Manager FERMA aisbl
13.05.2008FERMA Newsletter 30 - April 2008
Dear Members,
The latest FERMA Newsletter (nr. 30 – April 2008) is now available for download on the FERMA website.
Please follow this link to access the file:
http://www.ferma.eu/PressNews/Newsletters/
Sincerely yours,
Dominique Roels
Assistant to Florence Bindelle, Executive Manager
FERMA - Federation of European Risk Management Associations
Avenue Louis Gribaumont, 1 /B4, 1150 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32 2 761 94 32 - Fax: +32 2 771 87 20
e-mail: dominique.roels@ferma.eu
29.02.2008Kartellrechtliche Sektorenuntersuchung der EU Kommission in der Unternehmensversicherung
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
der BfV hat mit dem BDI und dem DVS zusammen eine Stellungnahme zu diesem Thema abgegeben. Nun liegt der Endbericht der Kommission vor, den wir Ihnen zur Kenntnis geben.
Sicherlich werden die Themen zur Mitversicherung und zur Maklervergütung insbesondere uns weiter beschäftigen.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
BfV Hans-Otto Geiger
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11.02.2008RESULTS OF FERMA MEMBERS SURVEY 2007
Dear Members,
Thank you very much for your views and opinions on the Ferma benchmarking survey "How do members see the present and the future of Ferma?" A total of 137 members participated in the survey
The Key messages from the survey are:
- Most relevant activities provided by FERMA are FERMA forum, surveys, seminars and EU Affairs
- Time constraint is the main reason for not attending the FERMA events
- Quality of topics of FERMA events is significant
- Large demand for information
- on risk management practices and techniques
- on E.U. issues affecting members
- Large demand to increase the communication around FERMA's actions/activities
- While being positive about what FERMA is doing and could do in the future, there was a low level of interest in providing active support/involvement mostly due to time constraints
Full results available on the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=PjLCZqc0peQzsVIPm4R3NATnEUozlFrcSvM0V9ZgIlo_3d
Password: sharedsurvey07
The analysis is available in a PDF format in the Risk Managers only section of the FERMA website:
Link: http://www.ferma.eu/RiskManagersOnly/RiskManagementhottopics/tabid/131/Default.aspx
Based on this feed-back, the Extended Executive Board met in January in a strategic brainstorming session. The members' input has been extremely valuable and helped us to set up a document describing the key elements of our strategy and the future evolution. This will be shared with the members after Board approval.
Once again thank you for supporting the development of FERMA!
Sincerely yours,
The Executive Board of FERMA FERMA - Federation of European Risk Management Associations
Avenue Louis Gribaumont, 1 /B4 - 1150 Brussels,
Belgium Phone: +32 2 761 94 32 Fax: +32 2 771 87 20
Email: info@ferma.eu
30.10.2007FERMA Press Release 21/10/2007
Dear Members,
Please find enclosed the latest FERMA Press release (21/10/2007), entitled: FERMA Responds to Commission Report on Insurance
Would you please be so kind as to distribute this article to your press contacts and place it on your website?
Thank you for your attention.
Sincerely yours,
Dominique Roels
Assistant to Florence Bindelle, Executive Manager
FERMA - Federation of European Risk Management Associations
NEW ADDRESS !!!
Avenue Louis Gribaumont, 1 /B4, 1150 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32 2 761 94 32 - Fax: +32 2 771 87 20
e-mail: dominique.roels@ferma.eu
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