This year marks the 10th edition of the European Risk Management Awards, which will once again bring us together to celebrate the best of the best in risk management. Ten editions on, the Awards remain a moment for the whole community to recognise the people, teams and associations driving the profession forward.
We are delighted to announce the 2026 finalists, each of whom has shown outstanding commitment and fresh thinking in strengthening the risk management profession.
EXCELLENCE IN RISK MANAGEMENT
Finalists for the Captive Programme of the Year
- Supply Chain Resilience Insurance, adidas AG / adidas International Re dac, Germany
- Captive Programme of the Year, JSC Lithuanian Railways / LTG, Lithuania
- Reshaping the financing of insurable risk at Siemens AG, Siemens AG, Germany
Finalists for the European Risk Management Association Award 2026
- DARIM elevate, DARIM, Denmark
- KRYD’s Re-Launch & Transformation Journey, KRYD, Turkey
- Members Empowering Members: A Network of Knowledge Centers, NARIM, Netherlands
Finalists for the Innovation of the Year
- Credit Risk Management Ecosystem, Akçansa Çimento Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Turkey
- Digital Risk Shield, Serra Verde Group AG, Switzerland
- RCSA Agent – AI-Powered Risk Assessment Solution, SOCAR Türkiye, Turkey
Finalists for the Rising Star of the Year
- Luca Cachia, Structural Engineer and Project Manager, University of Malta, Malta
- Assunta Cima, Risk Manager, Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Italy
- Nanda Smeets, Risk & Insurance Manager, Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands
Finalists for the Risk Manager of the Year
- Dirk Foerster, Vice President Insurance, Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG, Germany
- Edgar Garcia Corominas, Head of Internal Audit & Risk Control, Celsa Group, Spain
- Özge Güngör, Global Risk & Insurance Director, CoreX Holding, Turkey
TRAINING AND EDUCATION EXCELLENCE
Finalists for the Training and Education Programme of the Year
- AI Culture at Nest Bank, Nest Bank S.A., Poland
- SAAF Project – Shared Audit Agents Framework, SAAF Project, Netherlands
- Zurich Resilience Solutions UK Risk Engineering Learning & Development Program (RELDP), Zurich Insurance Company, Switzerland
INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE
Finalists for the Broker Innovation of the Year
- Aon – Harnessing analytics to unlock better decisions
- Marsh – Nimbus: Building data centre resilience
- WTW – WTW introduces market-first parametric insurance policy based on weather forecasts
Finalists for the Claims Innovation of the Year
- Marsh – Central claims & incident management platform
- Zurich Insurance Company – NextGen fraud detection in claims
- Zurich Insurance Company – Zurich Claims excellence through education
Finalists for the Insurance Company Innovation of the Year
- AXA XL – Cyber risk consulting services
- Swiss Re Corporate Solutions – Red Weather Alert: Forecast-based parametric protection for climate resilience
- Zurich Insurance Company – Data Center Project Guard
Finalists for the MGA Innovation of the Year
- Descartes Underwriting – Parametric flood at location insurance
- SRS Altitude – Stepform
- Stoïk – 360° Cyber MGA model: Integrating insurance, prevention and incident response for European SMEs
Finalists for the Technology Innovation of the Year
- Hellios Information – FSQS: Transforming third-party risk management through collaborative digital assurance
- Jupiter Intelligence and Arcadis – The PRICE adaptation framework: from risk exposure to capital-ready adaptation strategy
- Munich Re – Location risk intelligence
- Vantel – The AI coverage review brokers are already using
Congratulations to this year's finalists!
The winners will be announced at the 10th anniversary Gala Dinner. For more information regarding the Awards Ceremony that will take place in London on the 9th November: