European Risk Manager Profile 2018: data per country

Published on 25/07/2019

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Risk Manager European Profile 2018 from FERMA

Above data came from an anonymous web-based survey (FERMA European Risk Manager Report 2018 – download full report and read full set of results) distributed through FERMA’s 22 members associations and the PwC European network between May and July 2018. It received responses from 734 respondents in 29 countries.

The survey was composed of 40 questions divided into 4 categories: European Risk Manager Profile (from Q1 to Q13), Insurance Management and Captives (from Q14 to Q23), Risk Management and Strategy (from Q24 to Q31) and Risk Management and Innovation (from Q32 to Q40).

Here are the results for each category:

1/ Part 1: European Risk Manager Profile (5 pages)

Organisation
Geographical distribution
ERM/IM Breakdown
Age and gender
Background
Professional experience in risk management
Risk and Insurance Managers’ remuneration

2/ Part 2: The risk Conductor (10 pages)

ERM and insurance management
The risk manager, a strategic and interconnected position within the organisation
Different levels of interactions
Development of the impact of other risk related functions on the risk manager’s role
The risk manager, a strategic adviser for the organisation
Risk management within the strategic process
Risk management and innovation
ERM is diversifying risk mapping

3/ Part 3: A challenging environment (4 pages)

The 2018 Risk Radar
Cyber threats
Economic and geopolitical risks
Environmental challenge – a fast growing concern

4/ Part 4: Insurance management and emerging risks (3 pages)

Results per County

In order to compare the results, the 29 countries were geographically aggregated into larger groups: Northern Europe, Western Europe and Central and Eastern Europe.

Below, countries files summarize the data per country or per cluster for countries with risk management association’s members of FERMA.

1/ France and Monaco (20% of respondents)

2/ Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg:14% of respondents)

3/ Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden: 13% of respondents)

4/ Italy (12% of respondents)

5/ Mediterranean countries (Greece, Malta, Portugal, Spain and Turkey: 12% of respondents)

6/ Central and Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia: 8% of respondents)

7/ United Kingdom and Ireland (8% of respondents)

8/ Russia (7% of respondents)

9/ Switzerland (3% of respondents)