Originally published in November 2013
Table of Contents
1. FERMA president Julia Graham’s profile
2. The 2014 survey – robust results with lasting value for members
3. Certification: next step by February
4. Letter from Brussels
5. ISO 31000 – report from the President
6. My First FERMA Forum
7. Former FERMA President representative to EIOPA
8. Solvency 2 back on track for 2016
9. Non-financial reporting wants to reach a new level of transparency
10. Disaster insurance: time for the Parliament to speak out
11. Another opportunity for Lloyd’s training
12. SAVE THE DATE FOR THE SEMINAR 2014
1) How hydro-geological risks like floods, landslides, and drought are assessed using models of hazard, vulnerability, and exposure.
2) How climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, raising hydro-geological risks.
3) Actions that can be taken to understand risks better, reduce hazards, vulnerabilities, and exposure through prevention, protection, and planning, and adapt to rising risks.
FERMA contribution to the French Presidency agendaFERMA
FERMA thought paper highlights the links between its work and the priorities of the French Presidency in three key areas :
Economic recovery (systemic risks and risk transfer, including captives)
Digital issues (cyber risks and cyber insurance)
Ecological transition (sustainability and insurability)
For each of these categories, FERMA presents the challenges faced by European businesses, explains how risk management contributes to the ambitions of the French Presidency and asks European policymakers for specific measures during this period.
The role of risk management in corporate resilienceFERMA
The report presents the views of risk and insurance professionals and senior executives about a post-pandemic view of resilience management in their organisations across sectors globally in the summer of 2021.
Webinar: the role of risk management in corporate resilience FERMA
FERMA and McKinsey will present the findings of our survey into resilience and risk management. The objective is to give risk and insurance professionals a richer understanding of resilience in a strategic and practical way. Two leading risk managers will discuss the results of our survey and will reflect more broadly on the link between risk and resilience. By the end of the webinar, you will be well versed in resilience from an enterprise risk management perspective.
People, Planet & Performance: sustainability guide for risk and insurance man...FERMA
On 31 March, FERMA releases the first guide specifically for European risk managers on sustainability risks.
People, planet, performance – The contribution of Enterprise Risk Management to Sustainability provides practical guidance on incorporating sustainability goals into enterprise-wide risk management.
Collaboration of the Year Award winner 2020: Pim Moerman and Rob van den Eijn...FERMA
Philips Global Resilience Platform: Breaking down silo approach of departments by collaborating in multidomain platform making our company more resilient
This document discusses establishing a situationally aware culture at an insurance company to better identify and address emerging risks and opportunities. It advocates linking emerging risk management to strategy and innovation. It provides examples of emerging risks like black swans, elephants in the room, and gray rhinos. It emphasizes the increased interconnectivity and velocity of risks due to technology. It outlines steps to promote situational awareness like embracing diversity, leveraging experience, and encouraging collaboration. It details elements of the insurance company's emerging risk framework including governance, identification, assessment, and integration with strategic planning. The overall aim is to turn unknown risks into known risks to better execute strategy and identify competitive advantages.
Argo Group: entry for emerging risk initiative of the year Award 2020FERMA
The document discusses an insurer's emerging risk strategy to evaluate threats and opportunities from fast-paced technological disruption. It implements a product portfolio disruption initiative to identify risks to existing products. Products are scored based on disruptive factors and underwriters assess vulnerabilities and mitigation actions. The analysis informs strategic planning to develop sustainable responses. The initiative strengthens the link between identifying risks and opportunities and the insurer's innovation and underwriting strategies.
1) How hydro-geological risks like floods, landslides, and drought are assessed using models of hazard, vulnerability, and exposure.
2) How climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, raising hydro-geological risks.
3) Actions that can be taken to understand risks better, reduce hazards, vulnerabilities, and exposure through prevention, protection, and planning, and adapt to rising risks.
FERMA contribution to the French Presidency agendaFERMA
FERMA thought paper highlights the links between its work and the priorities of the French Presidency in three key areas :
Economic recovery (systemic risks and risk transfer, including captives)
Digital issues (cyber risks and cyber insurance)
Ecological transition (sustainability and insurability)
For each of these categories, FERMA presents the challenges faced by European businesses, explains how risk management contributes to the ambitions of the French Presidency and asks European policymakers for specific measures during this period.
The role of risk management in corporate resilienceFERMA
The report presents the views of risk and insurance professionals and senior executives about a post-pandemic view of resilience management in their organisations across sectors globally in the summer of 2021.
Webinar: the role of risk management in corporate resilience FERMA
FERMA and McKinsey will present the findings of our survey into resilience and risk management. The objective is to give risk and insurance professionals a richer understanding of resilience in a strategic and practical way. Two leading risk managers will discuss the results of our survey and will reflect more broadly on the link between risk and resilience. By the end of the webinar, you will be well versed in resilience from an enterprise risk management perspective.
People, Planet & Performance: sustainability guide for risk and insurance man...FERMA
On 31 March, FERMA releases the first guide specifically for European risk managers on sustainability risks.
People, planet, performance – The contribution of Enterprise Risk Management to Sustainability provides practical guidance on incorporating sustainability goals into enterprise-wide risk management.
Collaboration of the Year Award winner 2020: Pim Moerman and Rob van den Eijn...FERMA
Philips Global Resilience Platform: Breaking down silo approach of departments by collaborating in multidomain platform making our company more resilient
This document discusses establishing a situationally aware culture at an insurance company to better identify and address emerging risks and opportunities. It advocates linking emerging risk management to strategy and innovation. It provides examples of emerging risks like black swans, elephants in the room, and gray rhinos. It emphasizes the increased interconnectivity and velocity of risks due to technology. It outlines steps to promote situational awareness like embracing diversity, leveraging experience, and encouraging collaboration. It details elements of the insurance company's emerging risk framework including governance, identification, assessment, and integration with strategic planning. The overall aim is to turn unknown risks into known risks to better execute strategy and identify competitive advantages.
Argo Group: entry for emerging risk initiative of the year Award 2020FERMA
The document discusses an insurer's emerging risk strategy to evaluate threats and opportunities from fast-paced technological disruption. It implements a product portfolio disruption initiative to identify risks to existing products. Products are scored based on disruptive factors and underwriters assess vulnerabilities and mitigation actions. The analysis informs strategic planning to develop sustainable responses. The initiative strengthens the link between identifying risks and opportunities and the insurer's innovation and underwriting strategies.
George Ong, Chief Risk Officer, Northern Ireland WaterFERMA
Nominations for the Public Sector Risk Manager of the Year for the European Risk Management Awards 2020.
George Ong is the Chief Risk Officer for Northern Ireland Water (NIW), a Government Owned Company (GoCo). George joined the business in 2006 with a clear remit of implementing a risk and insurance management system given that the ‘Government Protection’ was to be removed from 1st April 2007. Since then George has worked to adapt, enhance and embed risk management arrangements within NIW, developed partnerships with businesses, communities and institutions to improve resilience for the Company and the community. #euroriskawards
Webinar: Risk management in a global pandemic - Early lessons learned, EU – U...FERMA
FERMA's joint webinar with RIMS on 1 December provided insights into the way risk managers have experienced and dealt with the global pandemic and its consequences.
FERMA and RIMS teamed up to bring you content from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. The webinar began with a presentation of the results from FERMA’s COVID-19 survey, and then took a Transatlantic view on commonalities and differences.
Speakers:
Athina Pehrman, Group Risk Manager at Electrolux Professional Group, a sustainability leader in the appliance industry
Melanie Steiner, Board Member, US Ecology, Inc. a leading provider of environmental services to commercial and government entities. Former CRO
Typhaine Beaupérin, CEO of FERMA, moderator.
European Risk managers have helped maintain the continuity of their organisations during the pandemic crisis. They have participated in task forces and crisis units, promoted communication, supported new working practices, pursued insurance recoveries where possible and begun work on recovery, according to a survey published by the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA): https://www.ferma.eu/publication/covid-19-ferma-survey-shows-risk-managers-contributions-to-response-and-resilience/
GDPR & corporate Governance, Evaluation after 2 years implementationFERMA
FERMA’s live joint webinar with ECIIA on Monday 28 September gathered more than 300 participants
The objective of this joint webinar was to take stock of where we stand after 2 years of GDPR implementation and the practical consequences on businesses. For this, FERMA and ECIIA (European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing) invited the following speakers:
- Olivier Micol, Head of Data Protection Unit at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice. He highlighted key elements of the recent GDPR evaluation report of the European Commission, shared the latest data and feedback from companies and civil society. He also gave an overview of future planned initiatives.
- Jérôme Avot, Group Risk Officer and Data Protection Officer at Faurecia, a global leader in automotive technology.”The GDPR served as a common thread from the start to the end of the project. We feel we have turned what might have been perceived as a constraint into an opportunity. “
- Ralf Herold, Senior Vice President, Corporate Audit BASF, a leading chemical company. He is an expert in GDPR as Germany was a pioneer in this piece of legislation.
Jérôme Avot and Ralf Herold shared their experience as a Risk Manager and DPO and as an Internal Auditor by exchanging on the changes that the GDPR involved within their companies.
https://www.ferma.eu/webinar-replay-gdpr-corporate-governance-evaluation-after-2-years-implementation/
The European risk manager report 2020: webinar presentationFERMA
This 2020 edition is the opportunity to deepen four challenges that the Risk Manager is facing today:
his growing role in digital transformation
his contribution to sustainability
tougher insurance market conditions
education and skills evolution
The objective of this report is to launch the discussion on the new challenges posed by the European transition to climate neutrality and digital leadership for Risk Managers. How are the roles and responsibilities of European Risk Managers evolving in the face of this new reality? Are Risk Managers equipped to support their organizations in achieving this double transformation?
Our live webinar was scheduled on Monday 29 June 2020: risk managers from different backgrounds shared their experiences on the below themes and reacted to the results of the survey, in particular before and after the Covid-19 crisis.
The speakers were:
Adriana Cavaliere : Corporate Risk Manager at Skeyes, Belgium
Oliver Wild: Group Chief Risk, Insurance and Internal Control Coordination Officer at Veolia, France
Charlotte Hedemark: Chairman of the 2020 FERMA Survey Committee and Board Member of FERMA
Françoise Bergé: PwC Partner
FERMA European Risk Manager Report 2020: full set of results FERMA
This 2020 edition is the opportunity to deepen four challenges that the Risk Manager is facing today:
his growing role in digital transformation
his contribution to sustainability
tougher insurance market conditions
education and skills evolution
The objective of this report is to launch the discussion on the new challenges posed by the European transition to climate neutrality and digital leadership for Risk Managers. How are the roles and responsibilities of European Risk Managers evolving in the face of this new reality? Are Risk Managers equipped to support their organizations in achieving this double transformation?
Webinar: Why risk managers should look at Artificial Intelligence now?FERMA
Risk Managers can be key actors in highlighting to the organisation leadership the opportunities and challenges of AI technologies
On 19 May, the objective of this webinar was to discuss:
How AI can be implemented into the risk management practices?
Which opportunities is AI creating for better risk management?
What are the highlights of the European Commission’s risk-based approach to Artificial Intelligence?
Speakers were:
Philippe Cotelle, Head of Insurance Risk Management at Airbus Defence and Space and FERMA Board member, will highlight the key findings from FERMA’s report on “AI applied to Risk Management”.
Irina Orssich and Eric Badiqué are both working for the European Commission as Team leader and Adviser for Artificial Intelligence in the Unit for Technologies and Systems for Digitising Industry. They will present the Commission’s White Paper on AI and the other EU initiatives which aim at strengthening the EU legal framework regarding AI applications, especially in the field of privacy.
GDPR & corporate governance: the role of risk management and internal audit o...FERMA
The webinar discussed the full results and recommendations of a joint project between FERMA and the European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing (ECIIA), to assess how the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) impacted our professions, one year after its enforcement. This webinar helped to know:
- To which extent the risk manager and the internal auditor are involved in the GDPR corporate implementation
- How GDPR has affected the interactions between risk management, internal audit and Data Protection Officer (DPO)
- What are the best practices and recommendations to embed personal data protection in the risk and audit governance of your organisation
After one year of GDPR implementation, FERMA and ECIIA sent in May a common basis of five questions to their risk and internal audit members.
The objectives were to:
- Evaluate the roles of the risk management and internal audit functions regarding the GDPR and personal data related risks
- Provide a unique insight into the implementation of the GDPR by companies to the European policymakers
GDPR & corporate governance: The Role of Internal Audit and Risk Management O...FERMA
This paper is a collaboration between FERMA and the European Confederation of Internal Audit Institutes ECIIA and focuses on the impacts of the GDPR on corporate governance practices in the year following its implementation. Most specifically, it looks at the roles played by internal audit departments and risk management functions.
Ferma report: Artificial Intelligence applied to Risk Management FERMA
FERMA brought together a group of experts from within and beyond the risk management community to develop the first thought paper about AI applied to risk management.
Their aim was to perform an initial assessment of the potential value of AI to improve enterprise risk management (ERM), and second, to understand how risk managers can be key actors in highlighting to the organisation leadership the opportunities and challenges of AI technologies.
The working group expects that corporate risk management will benefit from AI in several areas. “From its ability to process large amounts of data to the automation of certain risk management repetitive and burdensome steps, AI could allow risk managers to respond faster to new and emerging exposures. By acting in real time and with some predictive capabilities, risk management could reach a new level in supporting better decision making for senior management.”
This paper aims to guide risk managers on applying AI from a basic understanding to developing their own strategy on the implementation of AI. It includes an action guide and a template for risk managers to develop their own AI risk management roadmap.
Facts and figures about our risk management associations in Europe 2019FERMA
The document provides information about FERMA, a network of 21 risk management associations from 20 European countries representing nearly 4,800 risk managers. It details FERMA's activities including advocacy, education, research, and events. It also provides brief summaries of several member associations, including information on their governance, activities, and members.
Risk managers are taking on more strategic responsibilities within their organizations. Their key activities include risk identification and assessment, developing risk management frameworks and tools, and aligning risk management with business strategy. Cyber threats surpassed economic conditions as the top risk to organizational growth according to risk managers. Most risk managers have 10+ years of experience and collaborate closely with IT, finance, and legal functions to holistically manage emerging risks.
Webinar: how risk management can contribute to sustainable growth?FERMA
This webinar will help risk management and sustainability practitioners apply enterprise risk management (ERM) concepts and processes to environmental, social and governance-related risks (ESG)
FERMA Webinar: At the Junction of Corporate Governance and Cyber SecurityFERMA
The recommendation for a cyber risk governance model came in a report published 29 June 2018 by the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) and the European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing (ECIIA).
FERMA and ECIIA presented their report at a high-level event at the European Parliament with representatives of the EU institutions, the World Economic Forum, risk and audit practitioners from European businesses, and other European stakeholders.
The report, At the junction of corporate governance and cybersecurity, aims primarily at supporting European organisations in meeting their obligations under the EU General Data Protection Regulation and Network Information Security Directive. Recent cyber attacks, however, increased concerns on what the risk experts see as a wider lack of focus on risk governance in cyber security.
More information here:
https://www.ferma.eu/ferma-webinar-junction-corporate-governance-and-cyber-security?type=events
What will you learn from this presentation?
- Compare and assess your own governance of cyber risks against the proposed cyber risk governance model
- Know where you stand in the evolutionary journey towards cyber resilience: reactive, proactive, predictive...
- Define the key stakeholders for cyber security and conditions for success
- Find mechanisms that help leadership determine effective and efficient resource allocation
- Plan for the next move to improve your cyber risk governance
Risk Manager, a career central to corporate strategy
The job of Risk Manager is becoming increasingly cross-disciplinary and digital in response to a fast-changing economic and regulatory environment.
44% of respondents can contact the CEO directly
56% of respondents believe their role is increasingly recognised internally
53% of respondents think that the risk manager is becoming the risk conductor by consolidating risk information to give a clear and comprehensive view to the senior management
Ferma PwC European Risk Manager Report_ full set results 2018FERMA
The FERMA European Risk Manager Survey 2018 highlights that risk managers are increasingly acting as "risk conductors", consolidating risk-related information from other functions. There is also a strengthened focus on cyber risks and embedding risk management into strategic activities like governance and risk culture. The survey findings are based on responses from 734 risk managers from 29 countries. It shows that risk managers are taking on more strategic roles in areas like assessing risks to an organization's strategy and using new technologies to enhance risk management. The top five risks identified are cyber threats, uncertain economic growth, geopolitical uncertainty, over-regulation, and changing consumer behavior.
European risk management sustainability seminar reportFERMA
Sustainability has always been at the heart of the role of the risk manager, so that their organisations are resilient to shocks and can continue to fulfil their objectives. In the 21st century, that vision has widened, because companies are increasingly asked to be good corporate citizens and to play a part in our overall adaptation to climate change.
Sustainability has always been at the heart of the role of the risk manager, so that their organisations are resilient to shocks and can continue to fulfil their objectives. In the 21st century, that vision has widened, because companies are increasingly asked to be good corporate citizens and to play a part in our overall adaptation to climate change.
European Risk Management Seminar 2018 - Cyber Report FERMA
Not long ago, it seemed like we could be heading for cybergeddon; the forecasts about the threats from cyber space posed such a threat to the digital revolution. Today, as this report illustrates, we are finding a way to make cyber risk manageable, quantifiable and insurable.
European Risk Management Seminar 2018 - Sustainability ReportFERMA
FERMA’s aim in focussing on sustainability in our 2018 European Risk Management Seminar and in publishing this report is to strengthen the risk manager in ensuring the sustainability of our organisations and ultimately our societies.
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George Ong, Chief Risk Officer, Northern Ireland WaterFERMA
Nominations for the Public Sector Risk Manager of the Year for the European Risk Management Awards 2020.
George Ong is the Chief Risk Officer for Northern Ireland Water (NIW), a Government Owned Company (GoCo). George joined the business in 2006 with a clear remit of implementing a risk and insurance management system given that the ‘Government Protection’ was to be removed from 1st April 2007. Since then George has worked to adapt, enhance and embed risk management arrangements within NIW, developed partnerships with businesses, communities and institutions to improve resilience for the Company and the community. #euroriskawards
Webinar: Risk management in a global pandemic - Early lessons learned, EU – U...FERMA
FERMA's joint webinar with RIMS on 1 December provided insights into the way risk managers have experienced and dealt with the global pandemic and its consequences.
FERMA and RIMS teamed up to bring you content from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. The webinar began with a presentation of the results from FERMA’s COVID-19 survey, and then took a Transatlantic view on commonalities and differences.
Speakers:
Athina Pehrman, Group Risk Manager at Electrolux Professional Group, a sustainability leader in the appliance industry
Melanie Steiner, Board Member, US Ecology, Inc. a leading provider of environmental services to commercial and government entities. Former CRO
Typhaine Beaupérin, CEO of FERMA, moderator.
European Risk managers have helped maintain the continuity of their organisations during the pandemic crisis. They have participated in task forces and crisis units, promoted communication, supported new working practices, pursued insurance recoveries where possible and begun work on recovery, according to a survey published by the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA): https://www.ferma.eu/publication/covid-19-ferma-survey-shows-risk-managers-contributions-to-response-and-resilience/
GDPR & corporate Governance, Evaluation after 2 years implementationFERMA
FERMA’s live joint webinar with ECIIA on Monday 28 September gathered more than 300 participants
The objective of this joint webinar was to take stock of where we stand after 2 years of GDPR implementation and the practical consequences on businesses. For this, FERMA and ECIIA (European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing) invited the following speakers:
- Olivier Micol, Head of Data Protection Unit at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice. He highlighted key elements of the recent GDPR evaluation report of the European Commission, shared the latest data and feedback from companies and civil society. He also gave an overview of future planned initiatives.
- Jérôme Avot, Group Risk Officer and Data Protection Officer at Faurecia, a global leader in automotive technology.”The GDPR served as a common thread from the start to the end of the project. We feel we have turned what might have been perceived as a constraint into an opportunity. “
- Ralf Herold, Senior Vice President, Corporate Audit BASF, a leading chemical company. He is an expert in GDPR as Germany was a pioneer in this piece of legislation.
Jérôme Avot and Ralf Herold shared their experience as a Risk Manager and DPO and as an Internal Auditor by exchanging on the changes that the GDPR involved within their companies.
https://www.ferma.eu/webinar-replay-gdpr-corporate-governance-evaluation-after-2-years-implementation/
The European risk manager report 2020: webinar presentationFERMA
This 2020 edition is the opportunity to deepen four challenges that the Risk Manager is facing today:
his growing role in digital transformation
his contribution to sustainability
tougher insurance market conditions
education and skills evolution
The objective of this report is to launch the discussion on the new challenges posed by the European transition to climate neutrality and digital leadership for Risk Managers. How are the roles and responsibilities of European Risk Managers evolving in the face of this new reality? Are Risk Managers equipped to support their organizations in achieving this double transformation?
Our live webinar was scheduled on Monday 29 June 2020: risk managers from different backgrounds shared their experiences on the below themes and reacted to the results of the survey, in particular before and after the Covid-19 crisis.
The speakers were:
Adriana Cavaliere : Corporate Risk Manager at Skeyes, Belgium
Oliver Wild: Group Chief Risk, Insurance and Internal Control Coordination Officer at Veolia, France
Charlotte Hedemark: Chairman of the 2020 FERMA Survey Committee and Board Member of FERMA
Françoise Bergé: PwC Partner
FERMA European Risk Manager Report 2020: full set of results FERMA
This 2020 edition is the opportunity to deepen four challenges that the Risk Manager is facing today:
his growing role in digital transformation
his contribution to sustainability
tougher insurance market conditions
education and skills evolution
The objective of this report is to launch the discussion on the new challenges posed by the European transition to climate neutrality and digital leadership for Risk Managers. How are the roles and responsibilities of European Risk Managers evolving in the face of this new reality? Are Risk Managers equipped to support their organizations in achieving this double transformation?
Webinar: Why risk managers should look at Artificial Intelligence now?FERMA
Risk Managers can be key actors in highlighting to the organisation leadership the opportunities and challenges of AI technologies
On 19 May, the objective of this webinar was to discuss:
How AI can be implemented into the risk management practices?
Which opportunities is AI creating for better risk management?
What are the highlights of the European Commission’s risk-based approach to Artificial Intelligence?
Speakers were:
Philippe Cotelle, Head of Insurance Risk Management at Airbus Defence and Space and FERMA Board member, will highlight the key findings from FERMA’s report on “AI applied to Risk Management”.
Irina Orssich and Eric Badiqué are both working for the European Commission as Team leader and Adviser for Artificial Intelligence in the Unit for Technologies and Systems for Digitising Industry. They will present the Commission’s White Paper on AI and the other EU initiatives which aim at strengthening the EU legal framework regarding AI applications, especially in the field of privacy.
GDPR & corporate governance: the role of risk management and internal audit o...FERMA
The webinar discussed the full results and recommendations of a joint project between FERMA and the European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing (ECIIA), to assess how the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) impacted our professions, one year after its enforcement. This webinar helped to know:
- To which extent the risk manager and the internal auditor are involved in the GDPR corporate implementation
- How GDPR has affected the interactions between risk management, internal audit and Data Protection Officer (DPO)
- What are the best practices and recommendations to embed personal data protection in the risk and audit governance of your organisation
After one year of GDPR implementation, FERMA and ECIIA sent in May a common basis of five questions to their risk and internal audit members.
The objectives were to:
- Evaluate the roles of the risk management and internal audit functions regarding the GDPR and personal data related risks
- Provide a unique insight into the implementation of the GDPR by companies to the European policymakers
GDPR & corporate governance: The Role of Internal Audit and Risk Management O...FERMA
This paper is a collaboration between FERMA and the European Confederation of Internal Audit Institutes ECIIA and focuses on the impacts of the GDPR on corporate governance practices in the year following its implementation. Most specifically, it looks at the roles played by internal audit departments and risk management functions.
Ferma report: Artificial Intelligence applied to Risk Management FERMA
FERMA brought together a group of experts from within and beyond the risk management community to develop the first thought paper about AI applied to risk management.
Their aim was to perform an initial assessment of the potential value of AI to improve enterprise risk management (ERM), and second, to understand how risk managers can be key actors in highlighting to the organisation leadership the opportunities and challenges of AI technologies.
The working group expects that corporate risk management will benefit from AI in several areas. “From its ability to process large amounts of data to the automation of certain risk management repetitive and burdensome steps, AI could allow risk managers to respond faster to new and emerging exposures. By acting in real time and with some predictive capabilities, risk management could reach a new level in supporting better decision making for senior management.”
This paper aims to guide risk managers on applying AI from a basic understanding to developing their own strategy on the implementation of AI. It includes an action guide and a template for risk managers to develop their own AI risk management roadmap.
Facts and figures about our risk management associations in Europe 2019FERMA
The document provides information about FERMA, a network of 21 risk management associations from 20 European countries representing nearly 4,800 risk managers. It details FERMA's activities including advocacy, education, research, and events. It also provides brief summaries of several member associations, including information on their governance, activities, and members.
Risk managers are taking on more strategic responsibilities within their organizations. Their key activities include risk identification and assessment, developing risk management frameworks and tools, and aligning risk management with business strategy. Cyber threats surpassed economic conditions as the top risk to organizational growth according to risk managers. Most risk managers have 10+ years of experience and collaborate closely with IT, finance, and legal functions to holistically manage emerging risks.
Webinar: how risk management can contribute to sustainable growth?FERMA
This webinar will help risk management and sustainability practitioners apply enterprise risk management (ERM) concepts and processes to environmental, social and governance-related risks (ESG)
FERMA Webinar: At the Junction of Corporate Governance and Cyber SecurityFERMA
The recommendation for a cyber risk governance model came in a report published 29 June 2018 by the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) and the European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing (ECIIA).
FERMA and ECIIA presented their report at a high-level event at the European Parliament with representatives of the EU institutions, the World Economic Forum, risk and audit practitioners from European businesses, and other European stakeholders.
The report, At the junction of corporate governance and cybersecurity, aims primarily at supporting European organisations in meeting their obligations under the EU General Data Protection Regulation and Network Information Security Directive. Recent cyber attacks, however, increased concerns on what the risk experts see as a wider lack of focus on risk governance in cyber security.
More information here:
https://www.ferma.eu/ferma-webinar-junction-corporate-governance-and-cyber-security?type=events
What will you learn from this presentation?
- Compare and assess your own governance of cyber risks against the proposed cyber risk governance model
- Know where you stand in the evolutionary journey towards cyber resilience: reactive, proactive, predictive...
- Define the key stakeholders for cyber security and conditions for success
- Find mechanisms that help leadership determine effective and efficient resource allocation
- Plan for the next move to improve your cyber risk governance
Risk Manager, a career central to corporate strategy
The job of Risk Manager is becoming increasingly cross-disciplinary and digital in response to a fast-changing economic and regulatory environment.
44% of respondents can contact the CEO directly
56% of respondents believe their role is increasingly recognised internally
53% of respondents think that the risk manager is becoming the risk conductor by consolidating risk information to give a clear and comprehensive view to the senior management
Ferma PwC European Risk Manager Report_ full set results 2018FERMA
The FERMA European Risk Manager Survey 2018 highlights that risk managers are increasingly acting as "risk conductors", consolidating risk-related information from other functions. There is also a strengthened focus on cyber risks and embedding risk management into strategic activities like governance and risk culture. The survey findings are based on responses from 734 risk managers from 29 countries. It shows that risk managers are taking on more strategic roles in areas like assessing risks to an organization's strategy and using new technologies to enhance risk management. The top five risks identified are cyber threats, uncertain economic growth, geopolitical uncertainty, over-regulation, and changing consumer behavior.
European risk management sustainability seminar reportFERMA
Sustainability has always been at the heart of the role of the risk manager, so that their organisations are resilient to shocks and can continue to fulfil their objectives. In the 21st century, that vision has widened, because companies are increasingly asked to be good corporate citizens and to play a part in our overall adaptation to climate change.
Sustainability has always been at the heart of the role of the risk manager, so that their organisations are resilient to shocks and can continue to fulfil their objectives. In the 21st century, that vision has widened, because companies are increasingly asked to be good corporate citizens and to play a part in our overall adaptation to climate change.
European Risk Management Seminar 2018 - Cyber Report FERMA
Not long ago, it seemed like we could be heading for cybergeddon; the forecasts about the threats from cyber space posed such a threat to the digital revolution. Today, as this report illustrates, we are finding a way to make cyber risk manageable, quantifiable and insurable.
European Risk Management Seminar 2018 - Sustainability ReportFERMA
FERMA’s aim in focussing on sustainability in our 2018 European Risk Management Seminar and in publishing this report is to strengthen the risk manager in ensuring the sustainability of our organisations and ultimately our societies.
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1. Newsletter N°56
November 2013
Passionate about FERMA
“I am passionate about FERMA,” says Julia Graham the new
president. “I've had a marvellous career in an industry that matters
a great deal to me. I've built up knowledge and a network - and I
want to use this role to give something back to the profession. I am
a European first and a Brit second and I support FERMA's mandate
and its unique position in Europe. What an opportunity!”
After a brief consideration of a career in the military, Julia started
her professional career with Yorkshire General that eventually
became Zurich and General Accident that became AVIVA moving
Julia Graham
to Royal Insurance - where she spent over 25 years. Starting as an
underwriter, she made a fairly traditional, gradual advance through the business, but it
was something of an unusual career path at the time for a woman in the industry.
p.2
Former
FERMA
president
MarieGemma
Dequae
has been named to
represent
the
interests
of
professional
Marie-Gemma Dequae associations on the
insurance
and
reinsurance
stakeholder
group
for
the
European
Insurance
and
Occupational Pensions Authority
(EIOPA).
p.5
The 2014 survey – robust results with lasting value for members
Fewer questions with more “practical and tactical results” for risk managers: this is how Cristina Martinez
describes plans for the 2014 FERMA Benchmarking Survey. Cristina is the head of the working group that is
planning the survey. The other members are vice president Michel Dennery, board member Isabel Martinez,
scientific adviser Marie Gemma Dequae, executive director Florence Bindelle, EU affairs adviser Julien
Bedhouche and project assistant Christel Jaumoulle.
Cristina Martinez
The current economic climate has increased the importance for risk managers of getting recognition of their
value to their companies. The 2014 Benchmarking Survey is part of FERMA’s vision to support its member
associations in their work for the risk management profession, in combination with the planned certification of
professional competence.
p.3
Certification: next step by February
FERMA’s plans to create a pan-European certification for risk managers are moving
strongly forward, following agreement by the FERMA board to move from the research to
the planning stage for the project.
The certification steering group has devised a project and governance structure for
planning towards certification, and by February 2014, it intends to have a first draft
prepared for each of the four pillars of certification: knowledge, experience, ethics and
continuing professional development (CPD).
p.4
Elements of Solvency 2 to go into place in 2014
The European Commission officially proposed a new "go-live" date for Solvency 2 set
for 1st January 2016 with a draft Directive (a.k.a. Quick-Fix 2) that was published on 2
October and is giving the necessary, but tight, space to finalise all the details of the
new European insurance regulatory framework.
One month later, on Wednesday 5 November, with this new delay officially set, a
trialogue session between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission
took place and struck an agreement on the Omnibus 2 text
p.6
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Also in this Issue...
Letter from Brussels
p.3
ISO 31000 - report from the
p.4
president
My First FERMA Forum
p.5
Non-financial reporting wants
to reach a new level of p.6
transparency
Disaster insurance: time for
p.7
the Parliament to speak out
Another opportunity for Lloyd’s
p.7
training
FERMA Newsletter N°56 ● November 2013
2. FERMA president Julia Graham’s profile
(Continued from front page)
Having drafted a paper for the board of the
Royal about developments in corporate
governance at the time of the Cadbury Report
in 1992 and how the firm might respond, Julia
found herself as the firm's first head of risk
management in 1994 and moved back to the
firm's headquarters in London.
Julia has always given her time generously to professional
organisations, including FERMA. She has held senior roles in the
UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute, of which she’s a fellow, and
the Business Continuity Institute of which she is also a fellow.
She was a board member and then chairman of Airmic before
becoming a board member of FERMA in 2010.
Developing the profession
In 1996, Royal merged with Sun Alliance to
become Royal Sun Alliance - now RSA - and
One of Julia’s most important and continuing interests is the
Julia was appointed the merged firm’s first global head of risk
development of the profession, and she sees building
management and compliance at group head office London.
international standards and recognition as fundamental to that
objective. She believes strongly in FERMA’s certification project
She became secretary to the firm's risk committee - which
and is a member of the certification working group. Delivery of
operated (ahead of its time) on an enterprise-wide-basis and was
the certification project is one of her main goals in her term as
a member the company’s gold global crisis management team.
president.
This latter role included dealing with the aftermath of the 9/11
terrorist attacks and various other strategic events including
Julia has also been involved in the development of ISO 31000
several episodes of kidnap, as the firm had a material foot print in
and 31004 and is the UK head of delegation for the ISO Risk
South America. She maintained an active role in insurance
Management Standard Technical Committee and a member of
through overseeing procurement of the group’s own UK and
the associated working group for both standards.
global insurance programmes
Julia Graham
Over the next two years, Julia believes, the role of the FERMA
board will be one of building on good foundations. “In the past
two years, we have invested time in developing the FERMA
In 2004, headhunters approached Julia for a job she might never
Vision and I do not propose reinventing what we have.”
have considered otherwise: a risk management and insurance
role for an emerging international law firm on the move. DLA
In addition to certification, her aims include developing and
Piper had big ambition and was growing globally. It realised it
strengthening the organisation and its permanent staff, focussing
needed someone with a risk management background for
on things that member associations cannot easily do for
support for the journey.
themselves – helping them to grow and support their members –
and seeing FERMA continue to take a leading role with the EU.
Today Julia is the International Director of Risk Management and
"We are a natural ‘go to’ place for the Commission to approach
Insurance for the firm, which globally now has more than 4200
on matters of governance, risk, compliance and insurance". She
lawyers in 35-plus countries. She manages a team of dedicated
also wants to see FERMA continue expanding its contacts with
risk and insurance professionals operating in Europe, the Middle
other risk management associations and building partnerships
East and Asia Pacific. She travels a lot; it’s not unusual to hear
with other organisations with an interest in risk.
from her riding the time zones from Singapore, Brussels or
Chicago.
“Most of these objectives are not new, and while there may be
other objectives, I would like to see these through to successful
Her responsibilities include designing and embedding the firm’s
conclusion building on the work already done. If we achieve all of
enterprise risk management framework and system. She is
these then I think we will have done a good job as a board.”
involved in all aspects of the firm’s risk management, including
membership of the board’s risk committee and firm’s client
Julia sums up her approach to the FERMA presidency: “I like to
committee, chair of the global business continuity and gold crisis
work hard and be serious, but have fun too. If there was no
management team, and risk management training for its lawyers,
enjoyment, then this would not be the role for me. I want others
among others.
to feel the same and travel this journey with us all at FERMA.”
Headhunted
Julia Graham
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Picture taken during the FERMA Forum 2013 in Maastricht. From left to right : Pierre Sonigo, Florence Bindelle, Alessandro De Felice, Isabel
Martinez, Edwin V. Meyer, Julia Graham, Jorge Luzzi, Anders Esbjörnsson, Cristina Martinez, Jo Willaert, Helle Fribert, Michel Dennery, Carl
Leeman and Fernand De Winter.
FERMA Newsletter N°56 ● November 2013
3. Letter from Brussels
Florence Bindelle
After the Forum, of course, we
all took a few days to pause
and restore our energy. Then it
was on with the future! Our
plans for 2014 aim at
reinforcing the position of the
profession. Our key activities
are
our
seventh
risk
management
benchmarking
survey and the certification
project.
Demonstrating what risk management does is not
always straightforward; the principles remain the
same, but job descriptions vary a lot across
organisations. The survey, however, will gather
data that all of us can use to explain the role of
risk management in the success of business
today. In the previous survey in 2012, one of the
most important findings was that companies with
mature risk management policies and processes
produce better, more sustainable results.
This is serious research. It is part of the value that
membership of FERMA gives to national
associations, because they can use it to
strengthen the relationship with their members.
Risk managers will be able to use the results to
show what they do and why it’s important. This
sort of internal marketing is particularly worthwhile
when other, more clearly defined job roles are
looking to bring risk into their territory.
Our second big project for 2014 is to advance
certification, which will help risk managers
communicate the high standard of knowledge and
experience that defines their professional
standards. The certification steering group will be
reporting on its progress throughout the year.
On 20 and 21 October, we will
welcome our members to
Brussels for the announcement
of the survey results and the
seminar. This will be an
opportunity for us to show how
we work with the European
Commission
and
other
institutions and represent the
views of our members and their memberships.
We were thrilled with the 2013 Forum. The
interest from stakeholders, members and press
has never been so high, and it showed how much
value FERMA can offer. Julia Graham started her
term as president “sur des chapeaux de
roues” (which is French for ‘to hit the ground
running!’). It is now a challenge to do better, but
we have many ideas.
By Florence Bindelle, Executive Director
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2014 Benchmarking Survey
(Continued from front page)
With this in mind, plans are already well underway for a
fresh approach in the seventh edition, including bringing in
potential new partners. As Cristina says, this will be the
seventh edition of the survey, so the working group has
more than 12 years of experience of the survey and
feedback from member associations and individual
members to guide it. This will allow them to capitalise on
Annemarie Schouw
knowledge from previous years when coming to the
analysis.
“We plan to format the questionnaire to reduce the number of questions and
make it more ‘user friendly.’ We are also looking at the structure of the report
so it is a practical and tactical tool for risk managers,” she explains.
From her actuarial background, Cristina wants to make the results as robust
as possible so they can have continuing applications. She says the use of the
survey results will not end with the announcement of the results at the 2014
FERMA Seminar, although that will be a highlight. “We intend to use all the
data – not just by announcing the key findings at the seminar – but to create
the basis for further analysis of the issues with the national associations.”
For example, the working group hopes to engage the national associations
and specialised partners to go deeper into the creation of the questionnaire
and the implications of the results.
Revised structure
With this in mind, the survey working group has agreed a revised structure
for the questions and the results, which will be divided into three sections:
• Professional insight – including salaries, head counts, budgets and
responsibilities
• European risk map – combining risk governance and identification of
typical and emerging risks
• Insurance – including more information on budgets
The detail, however, has not yet been agreed, and Cristina stresses that
FERMA needs member associations to be actively involved in the design of
the questionnaire and the presentation of the results. Each member has been
asked to appoint a survey representative to take part in the discussions.
“There are many risk management surveys, but FERMA is really the only
one in a position to provide a deep, independent and transparent analysis of
risk management across Europe,” she concludes.
Save the DATE for the SEMINAR 2014
FERMA is now putting efforts into the celebrations of its 40th anniversary
during the Seminar that will take place in Brussels from 20 to 21 October
2014. More information will follow soon!
FERMA Newsletter N°56 ● November 2013
4. Certification
(Continued from front page)
The steering group members are FERMA president Julia Graham, vice presidents Michel Dennery and Jo Willaert, and board
member Isabel Martinez supported by scientific adviser Marie Gemma Dequae, executive director Florence Bindelle, general
secretary Pierre Sonigo and EU affairs adviser Julien Bedhouche. They have cut the project work into a number of sub-projects to
reflect the four pillars, plus a further group looking at the business model and implementation, including the financials. In these
project groups, the steering group will also involve FERMA member associations. “Although we might not work by committee, it is
certainly going to be worked by consultation. We are very keen to make sure our members are engaged and help us drive this
work,” says Julia.
Neither planned, nor expected
The group is anxious to emphasise that FERMA is not going to become a provider of education, nor will it tell member associations
that they cannot develop their own solutions.
When it comes to individuals, FERMA will not expect risk managers with existing qualifications and experience to start over again.
As Julia says, “It is very important for everyone to realise that whatever education or qualifications members already have, they are
not going to be thrown away or disregarded. You may need to do some extra work to get certification but what you have will have a
value.”
In the end, risk managers will be certified by FERMA through a combination of knowledge, experience, ethical standards and the
CPD they receive from education providers and other bodies, including their FERMA member association.
FERMA will establish a framework to allow certification of learning programmes run by associations, commercial education bodies,
institutes and universities. The steering group is currently talking to education and training providers to confirm whether completion
of their programme would be up to the standard of the FERMA certification.
“The certification standard will give learning providers, professionals and students a sense of what ‘good’ looks like
and an idea of what they need to do to achieve and maintain the FERMA certifiable standard,” according to Julia.
“Evidence suggests that in this complex and ever faster moving world, the profile of risk management is set to
increase, and with this the profile of risk managers. A certification that you can hold up as a recognised credential
can only help your cause.”
ISO 31000 - report from the President
FERMA president Julia Graham represented FERMA as a liaison member at the latest meeting of the International Standards
Organisation (ISO) technical committee on risk management. Julia also represents the UK (head of delegation) on behalf of the
British Standards Institution. Here is her report.
Members of the ISO Technical Committee 262, responsible for risk management standards, met in Chicago during the week of the
23 September 2013. Fifteen countries represented by more than 30 individuals collected together to debate the future of the two
main global risk management standard documents: ISO 31000 ‘Risk Management – Principles and Guidelines’ and ‘Guide 73 Risk
Management Vocabulary’.
Over the following four days, the working group debated the breadth of choices, ranging from leaving the documents unchanged
for another five years through to major re-writes. In true risk management spirit, a decision tree was eventually created to support
the delegates through a sequence of votes before a consensus decision was reached.
On the final day of the meeting, the working group put forward the agreed proposal, to carry out a limited review of both
documents, and the group accepted the recommendation by a majority vote. Work will take place over the next months both to
draft a design specification in relation to those revisions and to decide if there is a need for any further work items beyond the two
standards.
In addition to this main stream of activity during the week, further risk management standard documents were discussed including
a planned revision of ISO 31010 Risk Assessment Techniques and publication of the technical report ISO 31004 Guidance for the
Implementation of ISO 31000. So, a busy and productive week overall.
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5. My First FERMA Forum
Jorge Luzzi and Julia Graham: the first person I met and the last I heard in the
meeting - so started and finished my FERMA Forum 2013. Four intensive days all lived in one breath between
workshops, networking, Ladies in Risk Management lunch, young risk professionals’ breakfast, Fermapero and
Fermanight.
But I am not here to tell you how every single event went and what happened. Many of you were there and the
rest of you, who were not, will have already read many articles about it.
Iolanda Didonna
You may wonder, then, what more can I say than what has already been said. Well, in my small way I can tell you
my impression as a young, professional woman of 25 years old, who as a board member of UGARI, the Italian union of young
insurers and reinsurers, had the chance to attend the most important European event of the industry…the FERMA Forum!
I certainly can’t make comparisons with previous FERMA events, because as you may have guessed, it was my first Forum, but I
can guarantee that the air that we breathed was an air of great change, as evidenced by the figure of the woman - from the Ladies’
Lunch to the appointment of the new President, Julia Graham. The change cannot possibly be ignored.
Furthermore, young risk professionals received ample time with the our breakfast to pursue the objectives fixed by FERMA, to
educate, inspire and influence to a greater awareness of risk. They became, for me the true nourishment of these four days. As
Nelson Mandela wrote: "Education is the most powerful weapon to change the world!"
I think that this statement could sum up the values and goals that we have mentioned before and, in my opinion, the foundation of
change that our industry is experiencing. Thus, this is what FERMA is so well placed to communicate.
So let's help to make good luck for Julia Graham for her term of office. I'll see you in Venice in 2015!
By Iolanda Didonna
Former FERMA President representative to EIOPA
Marie-Gemma says, “I look forward to exchanging views with colleagues at the stakeholder group and bringing risk
management aspects into the proposed regulatory technical standards and their implementation. I will be
discussing and defending the important needs of our members, as industrial buyers of insurance and reinsurance,
and taking care of the influence of changing regulations on available insurance capacity and price for changing and
emerging risks. “As FERMA members often have their own captive (re)insurance companies, the discussion on the
Solvency II implementation will be followed with great care taking this captive aspect into consideration.”
President of FERMA from 2005 to 2009, Marie-Gemma remains closely involved with FERMA as scientific adviser.
Her professional experience involved 23 years as group risk and insurance manager for the Belgian-based
international materials production group Bekaert. She is now a board member of Belfius Bank and Belfius Insurance in Belgium.
Marie Gemma Dequae
Marie-Gemma has both an academic and practical background in risk management. She has a PhD in applied economics, and
before going into industry, she taught economics and finance at the Catholic University of Leuven and at the business school Vlekho
in Brussels. She maintains strong links with a number of European management schools in risk and governance.
EIOPA consults the stakeholder groups on actions concerning regulatory technical standards and their implementation as well as
guidelines and recommendations that do not concern individual financial institutions.
Members of the stakeholder groups can submit opinions and advice to EIOPA on any issue related to its tasks.
Additionally, the stakeholder groups are expected to notify EIOPA of inconsistent application of European Union
law and inconsistent supervisory practices in the different European member states.
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6. European Affairs
Elements of Solvency 2 to go into place in 2014
(Continued from front page)
A plenary vote by the Parliament should now take place around February 2014. There is, indeed, a strong consensus about getting a
vote before May 2014 and the European elections. The EU could not afford to have Solvency 2 handled by a new Parliament and a
new Commission, with the new people spending additional time to get up to speed on this file.
The new trialogue agreement is also paving the way for the Commission to prepare the implementing measures in 2014, detailing
how Solvency 2 will work in practice. FERMA welcomes this agreement as it is taking us out of the uncertainty for the time being at
least. This creates a momentum and brings some stability for all the stakeholders involved in Solvency 2: insurers, policyholders,
regulators and investors. The timeline is now clear: vote before the election in May 2014 and January 2016 as the "go live" date for
Solvency 2.
Beside this legislative work, EIOPA, the European insurance authority released on 27 September its final Guidelines on preparing
Solvency 2. The press used to call them “interim measures” but EIOPA always refused to name them in such a way.
The recipients of the Guidelines are the National Competent Authorities (NCAs - i.e. every national regulator that would enforce
Solvency 2 at local level). They will find here a framework to prepare the implementation of some Solvency 2 specific parts.
The guidelines are covering the system of governance, the ORSA, the pre-application for Internal Models and how information
should be submitted to the NCAs. It’s a “comply or explain” process, NCAs will have 2 months starting January 2014 to comply or
explain why they won’t.
FERMA is now aware that the real challenge is the design of the implementing measures, planned for mid2014 as confirmed by Michel Barnier, the EU's internal market and services commissioner on Wednesday 20
November at the EIOPA conference 2013 held in Frankfurt. This is quite a short period of time and FERMA
will remain careful on the outcomes of these Level 2 measures, especially regarding the treatment of captives.
Non-financial reporting wants to reach a new level of transparency
FERMA urges caution as two European Parliamentary committees propose to extend the scope of non-financial reporting even
further to include country-by-country disclosure.
In April 2013, the European Commission released a proposal for a Directive on Non-Financial Reporting (NFR - here), introducing
for companies new elements of disclosure on their policies, risks and results on environmental matters, social and employeerelated aspects, respect for human rights, anti-corruption and bribery issues.
Now in the hands of the European Parliament, the Legal Affairs (JURI) and Economic & Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committees
have decided to move even further in a series of amendments in September and October 2013.
Pushed by the conclusions of the European Council in May 2013 (here), last page, point i.), that encouraged greater fiscal
transparency, they decided to introduce amendments to the proposed Directive that would extend the scope of the non-financial
reporting to include country-by-country disclosure.
According to the Parliamentary committees, this means that a company would have to publicly disclose a report annually for each
member state and third country in which they operate, containing the name(s), nature of activities and geographical location,
turnover, number of employees, pre-tax profit or loss, tax on profit or loss, and public subsidies received.
These requirements were originally introduced in 2011 for the extractive industries and voted June 2013 (here). The trend is now
to extend to all sectors the disclosure of all types of payments made to governments in the EU.
For FERMA, regulation should limit disclosure that could affect companies’ competitive advantage, in particular in comparison
with non-EU countries. There should be a balance between relevant information provided to shareholders on which to base
investment decisions, and the protection of these investments, which requires a certain level of confidentiality. The later
includes information on contracts, management, results, level of profitability and agreements with the tax authorities of host
countries.
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