Strengthening our risk management expertise to better support you and your clients

This month, we're taking the time to recognise 13 of our Risk Consulting colleagues who have recently passed the CFPA Europe Diploma in Fire Prevention – Technical Cycle.

This respected qualification deepens knowledge across fire science, human behaviour in fire, prevention strategies, and risk assessment. It's also an important marker of technical capability within our discipline.

With many members across our Risk Consulting team already holding this credential, this added success is strengthening the expertise of the whole function further. This continued development reinforces our technical depth and supports our ability to deliver high‑quality, informed fire‑related risk management guidance to our brokers and customers.

What this means for brokers

Stronger technical insight to support better placement conversations

With more of our colleagues now qualified at this advanced level, brokers can benefit from a deeper pool of technical evidence and analysis to support risk presentations — especially for complex or fire‑exposed risks.

Clearer risk improvement pathways for broker's customers

Enhanced capability means we can provide sharper, more actionable recommendations that help customers understand where to invest, how to prioritise improvements, and how to reduce interruption potential.

More robust risk confidence for underwriting

Our fire‑prevention expertise helps ensure that underwriting decisions are backed by high‑quality technical understanding. This supports smoother placement, more confident discussions, and a shared understanding of risk quality.

Additional support in helping clients reduce loss frequency

Fire remains one of the largest drivers of major property losses. Better insight means better prevention — helping to protect your customers’ people, operations and finances.

Professional growth powered by collaboration

A defining feature of this achievement has been the team’s collaborative approach. Colleagues shared revision materials, explained complex concepts to one another, and worked through case studies together — all while managing busy workloads.

This reflects two of our core values in action:

These values underpin how we work with each other internally and — crucially — how we engage with brokers and customers in the market.

A stronger platform for broker and customer support

With this additional expertise in place, our Risk Consulting team is even better positioned to support fire‑related risk management across a wide range of industries.

Please join us in congratulating our colleagues who achieved the diploma:

Allan Sysum, Cherry Briggs, David Verrall, Jeff Partridge, Laurence Carter, Pat Dee, Bright Wansaksri, Sam Lang, Sarah Hughes, Stephen Mowbray, Steve Watts, Steve Sandalls and Stuart Wood.

Their expertise strengthens our ability to help you navigate complex risks, deliver better outcomes for clients, and contribute to safer and more resilient businesses.