Sound Policy

“The easy part is to buy insurance.”
For Juliana Fernandez Loiacono, the global insurance manager for aerospace giant Embraer, the job is much more than getting a policy and filing claims when losses happen. It’s about deeply understanding Embraer’s operations. It’s about building relationships across the supply chain. It’s about working to prevent loss in the first place.
On the latest episode of Sound Policy, we break down how this approach is essential to managing risk in a complex, high-stakes industry.

More resources:
What are the biggest business risks manufacturers face?
https://www.fm.com/solutions/industries/manufacturing

On this episode of Sound Policy, we explore how organizations across the digital infrastructure ecosystem are thinking about resilience. As investment in data centers accelerates to support AI, cloud computing, and digital services, stakeholders are navigating a growing web of dependencies that extends far beyond any single facility.
Host Brian Amaral speaks with Jonathan Birdwell, global head of policy and insights at Economist Enterprise, about Built for What's Next: Designing Resilience into Digital Infrastructure, a new report based on a survey of 1,800 stakeholders across 21 countries. They discuss how organizations are approaching resilience, where risks exist across the digital infrastructure value chain, and why understanding interconnected systems is becoming increasingly important as no single stakeholder can manage every risk alone.
The conversation also explores the importance of collaboration, the growth-resilience balance facing the industry, and why the next evolution of risk management may depend on understanding the relationships between infrastructure, technology, people, and supply chains.

More resources:
Built for What's Next: Designing Resilience into Digital Infrastructure
https:/insights.economistenterprise.com/technology-innovation/built-for-what's-next/designing-resilience-into-digital-infrastructure?utm_source=economist&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=fm_global_2026__;!!OekYeeAJtX8!l1i2XRZNNQRe8aHQljROu8uPcmLT-1rXbqyzQ_

On this episode of Sound Policy, we explore how growing energy needs are reshaping the industry. From data centers and AI to manufacturing and electrification, organizations across the energy ecosystem are facing new challenges as infrastructure, investment, and technology continue to evolve.
Host Brian Amaral speaks with Michael Kolodner, leader of Marsh's U.S. Energy and Power Practice, about the forces reshaping today's power ecosystem and why risk management is becoming increasingly important as new technologies, stakeholders, and investment models enter the market.
They also discuss renewable energy, battery storage, nuclear technology, and the challenge of aligning stakeholders around a common understanding of risk in a rapidly changing energy landscape.

More resources:
Renewable Energy Property Insurance | FM
https://www.fm.com/About-Us/Our-Organization/FM-Renewable-Energy

On this episode of Sound Policy, we explore how organizations are building resilience in an increasingly interconnected business environment. As companies face operational disruptions and evolving risks, many are looking for better ways to understand their exposures and make more informed decisions.
Guest host Lew Abramson speaks with Jessica Mizenko, Global Manager of Business Risk Consulting at FM, about business interruption, business continuity planning, hidden dependencies, and the challenges of making the business case for resilience investments. They also discuss how risk quantification can uncover exposures that aren't always visible on financial statements.
More resources:
FM Business Risk Consulting
https://www.fm.com/solutions/services-we-provide/business-risk-consulting-and-bia

Jessica Mizenko LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicamizenko/

On this episode of Sound Policy, we explore one of the biggest infrastructure stories of recent years: the data center boom. As demand grows to support AI, cloud computing, and digital services, data center operators are working to build facilities that can scale quickly while maintaining resilience and reliability.
Host Brian Amaral speaks with Paul Heisel, chief underwriter for FM Intellium, about FM's framework for a well-protected data center. They discuss four qualities that help data center operators build resilience, support uptime, and prepare for evolving risks.
They also explore how emerging technologies,including liquid cooling, lithium-ion batteries, and on-site power generation, are changing the way data centers are designed, built, and operated.
The Four Qualities of a Well-Protected DataCenter
https://www.fm.com/solutions/industries/data-centers/four-qualities-of-well-protected-data-centers