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 How can Europe become more resilient to natural hazards in an increasingly uncertain world?

This week, the CFPA-Europe Natural Hazards Commission (NHC) met in Cologne, Germany, for a joint […]

CFPA-E
Oct 2026

This week, the CFPA-Europe Natural Hazards Commission (NHC) met in Cologne, Germany, for a joint meeting with the EG6 Prevention Forum of Insurance Europe. The meeting brought together experts from across Europe to exchange experiences, discuss emerging natural hazard risks, and strengthen cooperation between the prevention, resilience and insurance communities.

 We welcomed new members from Austria, Finland and Italy, exchanged experiences from across Europe, and explored how our guidance can better support organisations facing floods, wildfires, severe weather events and other emerging risks.

Some highlights:

✅ Presentations from AIAS (Italy) and CNPP (France) on natural hazards, climate risks and resilience approaches
✅ Ongoing revision of key CFPA-Europe Natural Hazards Guidelines
✅ New topics under development, including Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fire safety, georisks and business resilience
✅ Discussion on how AI can support guideline development and the future activities of the Natural Hazards Commission
✅ Proposal for a Europe-wide survey to better understand how CFPA-Europe guidelines are used in practice and where additional guidance is needed
✅ Improvements to our website, private member area and collaboration environment

The meeting was attended by representatives from the Czech Republic, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, reflecting the broad European cooperation that underpins CFPA-Europe’s activities.

A big thank you to all commission members, EG6 representatives and guests for sharing expertise and helping strengthen prevention, preparedness and resilience across Europe.

Participants

The meeting was attended by representatives of the CFPA-Europe Natural Hazards Commission (NHC) and the EG6 Prevention Forum of Insurance Europe:

  • Jan Smolka (Chair), Majaczech, Czech Republic
  • Guillaume Becker, CNPP, France (EG6 Prevention Forum)
  • Lars Brodin, The Swedish FPA, Sweden
  • Damien Filip, Swiss Safety Center, Switzerland
  • Michael Stur, BVS, Austria
  • Maurizio Ardingo, AIAS, Italy
  • Vincenzo Zaffarano, AIAS, Italy
  • Hanna-Leena Tikkanen, SPEK, Finland
  • Miriam Dühnforth, Versicherungskammer Bayern, Germany (EG6 Prevention Forum)
  • John Briggs, CFPA-Europe Management Committee

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