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Building a forever business: BHSI’s European growth strategies

Since 2016, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has taken a measured, disciplined approach to building its presence and product lines across Europe. Alessandro Cerase, Head of Europe at BHSI, shares the company’s latest advances and future plans in the region.

Directors face rising compliance and enforcement risk as ECCTA rules bite

New ECCTA rules bring mandatory identity checks and tougher anti-fraud obligations, raising compliance and enforcement risks for UK directors at a time when many admit gaps in their statutory knowledge.

Risk briefing: how to protect your employees and business through civil unrest and riots

As tensions continue to simmer across the globe in 2025, StrategicRISK speaks to experts about how organisations can navigate an increasingly volatile landscape and safeguard their people on the ground.

Five minutes with Christian Fuchsenthaler, head of insurance at Daimler Truck AG

FERMA’s latest additions to the table bring wide-ranging expertise and a dose of fresh perspective to the board representing Europe’s risk management community. We caught up with the new appointments to find out who they are and what they stand for.

Ransomware ban may backfire, experts warn

Industry experts warn government restrictions could displace attacks from public services to private companies, increasing pressure on boards to strengthen cyber resilience.

Enterprise risk management frameworks key to meeting CSRD reporting requirements

As CSRD reporting beds in, risk managers are emerging as key players – using ERM tools to connect compliance, sustainability and long-term strategy.

Regulation watch: the Omnibus Simplification Package

As the Omnibus Simplification Package reduces scope and reporting burdens, FERMA’s Adrien Boudet urges balance: efficiency must not come at the cost of environmental goals.

The uninsurables: how climate change is redrawing the global insurance map

Intense climate volatility combined with risk-based pricing is pushing traditional insurers to retreat from entire regions across the globe. With no safety net, businesses and communities are left to confront the rising cost – and painful consequences – of uninsurable risk.

What risk managers need to know about new lithium battery safety rules

Airlines and regulators are stepping up safety campaigns amid a surge in onboard lithium battery fires. Risk managers must ensure staff understand how to “travel smart” when carrying electronic devices.

DORA: The buck now stops at the top

In a new regulatory era heralded by DORA, accountability is on a whole new level. If you are a decision-maker, you could be held responsible for compliance failures far down your vendor chain. Companies must be insurance ready, warns BHSI’s Koen Cambré and Adrienne Sitbon.

FERMA 2025: Imagining the unimaginable - why foresight must replace false certainty

At FERMA 2025, Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies chief executive Daria Krivonos urged Europe’s risk community to rethink its entire approach to uncertainty. Her message was clear: the greatest threat facing organisations is not disruption itself, but their own inability to imagine alternative futures.

FERMA 2025: 20 minutes with new FERMA president, Philippe Cotelle

StrategicRISK editor Sara Benwell caught up with FERMA’s new president to find out his views on key risk priorities, and what’s in store for his tenure

FERMA 2025: Risk managers must lead corporate response to climate threat, warns WBCSD’s Fiona Watson

At the FERMA Seminar, WBCSD vice-president Fiona Watson urged businesses to move beyond the value chain in tackling physical climate risks, arguing that corporate risk managers must become the strategic architects of resilience.

FERMA 2025: The skills risk managers will need for the future

At the FERMA senimar in Zurich, five experts took to the stage to discuss how risk management is evolving and the skills practitioners will need to succeed

Commodity traders face geopolitical turbulence, Willis warns

Tariffs, maritime disruption and regional conflicts are reshaping global commodity flows, as a Willis report highlights the sector’s exposure to escalating geopolitical and geoeconomic risk

SR 500: Cyber resilience takes centre stage

Previously a back-office function, resilience in the digital space is now in the spotlight. At an SR:500 roundtable in asssociation with Marsh, risk leaders explored how AI, regulation and culture are highlighting new strategies and demanding board-level attention.

UK faces record surge in cyber attacks, warns NCSC Annual Review

Britain is experiencing an average of four nationally significant cyber attacks every week, according to GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, which has urged business leaders to make cyber resilience a boardroom priority.

Roundup: Leadership shake-up at Europe’s top risk associations

Senior leadership changes at Airmic and FERMA signal a new era for Europe’s risk associations, as Julia Graham prepares to hand over to Diane Maxwell in the UK and Philippe Cotelle and Laurent Nihoul take the helm at FERMA.

Soft market, shifting ground: why mining risk managers must hold their nerve

Mining insurers are cutting rates and expanding capacity, creating tactical opportunities for buyers. Yet WTW’s latest analysis points to tightening scrutiny on tailings, seismicity, flooding and project approvals. The right move in a soft cycle is not to ease off, but to turn cheaper premium into stronger resilience.

The visionary: How Charlotte Hedemark guided FERMA through a new era of strategic influence

As Charlotte Hedemark’s FERMA presidency comes to a close, we reflect on an impressive legacy – elevating the risk profession on a platform of strategic thinking, resilience and advocacy.