Professional Certification

FERMA RIMAP Certification Course

The “Hellenic Association of Risk Managers” (www.harima.gr) member of FERMA (Federation European of Risk Management Associations, www.ferma.eu) & FECMA (Federation of European Credit Management Associations, www.fecma.eu), with the support of “Academics University of London Worldwide” and SEV and in collaboration with the “Risk Training Institute” of ICAP CRIF, present the “FERMA RIMAP Certification Course training program that leads to the corresponding certification after examinations.

Description

The aim of the program is to provide a robust and coherent risk educational material of all key elements of today’s risk management practices, methodologies, tools and trends yet in line and compatible with FERMA rimap certification program as an attempt to organize and re-structure the risk management industry aiming to give a strong identity to the profession, making sure executives, boards, human resource departments and academics value the profession as it really is.

Professionals in the field of Risk Management (from junior to senior) but also in related areas (insurance, finance, operations, internal audit, compliance) who want to be prepared to participate in the exams organized by FERMA for RIMAP, an independent certification of a risk manager's professional competence and experience, recognized at European level. More information on https://www.ferma.eu/rimap-certification/

Management Executives
Risk Management Executives
Business Unit Managers
Internal / External Auditors
Investment Professionals
Decision makers, board members, CEOs
Corporate Insurance Officers

Practical applications for the design and development of Risk Management and ERM systems, guide to risk identification-assessment-treatment, monitoring and impact assessment, necessary qualifications, capabilities and skills of risk management executives, references to individual risk frameworks (e.g. Compliance, System Security, Third Party Risk Management, Crisis Management, Reputation Risk Management, ERM relation to ESG etc.)

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Subject Areas

Risk Complexity

Risk Identification

Risk Assessment

Impact and Likelihood Factors

Risk Illustration

Reporting Necessity

Risk Monitoring

Risk Frameworks (ISO, COSO, COBIT, NIST)

ERM Fundamentals

ERM Methodology

ERM and Sustainability

Strategic Alignment

Trends-Threats-Practical Examples

Principles and aims of enterprise-wide risk management  

Risks in daily life.

Enterprise risk management

Risk management objectives.

Increasing global complexity and risk

Risk management frameworks and standards

Risk management frameworks

Different frameworks.

COSO Enterprise risk management—Integrating with Strategy and Performance

ISO 31000:2018 Risk management—Guidelines.

Other standards

Risk management in the organization

The history of risk management.

Risk management in the organization.

The three lines of defense model.

Benefits and limitations of the three of lines of defense model

Developing a risk aware culture

Organization strategy, objectives, responsibilities, structure and program

Risk management responsibilities

Elements of a risk management framework.

Monitoring

Reviewing

Strategic risk management

The strategic direction of risk management

Risk appetite and risk tolerance

Strategy

Strategic management processes

Risk management and strategic planning

The corporate risk profile

Types and impact of risk on organizations

Defining risk

Types of hazards

Types of risk

Impact of risks

Recording risk assessments

Risk management process: identification, assessment, treatment,

The risk management process.

Establishing the context

Risk assessment

Reduction and controls

Risk financing

Feedback mechanisms

Added value, cost and benefits of risk management

Cost of risk

Benefits of risk management

Risk and uncertainty and their impact on strategy

Definitions of risk and risk management

Uncertainty and likelihood

Risk influenced strategy

Risk policy

Risk tactics

Risk identification and classification

Risk classification

Description and identification of principal risks

Correlated and consequential risks

Classification of loss exposure

Risk identification techniques

Methods of identifying risks and loss exposures

Risk identification

Other methods

Risk analysis tools and techniques

Analysing risks – an overview

Qualitative methods

Semi-quantitative methods

Quantitative methods

Risk modelling

Financial models for risk management

Capital asset pricing model (CAPM)

Economic capital

Key risk indicators

Risk register, risk matrix, risk profile, risk map

Documenting the risk identification process

Risk register

The risk matrix

The risk profile

Risk mapping

General aspects of risk treatment

Introduction to risk treatment

Risk appetite and risk tolerance

Risk criteria

Economics of risk treatment

Identifying and designing risk treatments

Identifying and designing risk treatments

The effects of risk treatments

Principles of risk allocation

Methods of allocating risk..

Cost-benefit analysis

Risk control/reduction techniques

Risk avoidance/suppression

Risk mitigation/preventive techniques

Loss reduction techniques

Separation, diversification and duplication techniques..

Introduction to disturbance management and BIA

Levels of disturbance and appropriate responses..

Business impact analysis

Business continuity, emergency and crisis management

What is business continuity?..

Recovery strategies

Business continuity planning

Testing and training programmes

Awareness

Communication and crisis management programmes

Individual Risk & General/financial risk-related controls

Individual risks

Compliance & Conduct Risk Management

Cybersecurity Risk Management

Third-Party Risk Management

Digital Risk in a Digital Era

World Risk Trends & Threats

Control set-up

Traditional vs. ERM Risk Management

The risk of silos

Strategic Objectives

Risk Appetite Statements

Monitoring and Reporting

CRO Role

CRO role, skills, requirements, position, expectations

CRO role in light of Corporate Governance Regulation

Risk financing techniques

Risk financing

Risk retention

Risk transfer

Insurance

Insurance market

Purchasing insurance covers

Claims history–based premiums

Limit setting on insurance contracts

Insurance terms and documents

Material contractual obligations

Reinsurance

Definition of reinsuranc

Reinsurance marke

Classifications

Choosing the method and type of reinsurance

Proportional reinsurance

Non-proportional reinsurance

Captive (re)insurance companies

Definition of captives

The commercial case for a captive

Classification

Alternative risk transfer

General introduction to capital markets products for risk financing

Contingent capital arrangements

International insurance market

The role of reinsurance in the international insurance market

International insurance programs

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Hours Live Online

Course Start Date 5 of November 2025
Early Bird: €1100
Cost of Attendance €1.320
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FERMA RIMAP Certification Course
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Our Team Experts

Scientific Associates

Dimitris N.
Koufopoulos, PhD

Director of University of London MBA Programmes
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