FERMA Forum 2026: Your Home Base in the Heart of Rotterdam

Every two years, Europe’s risk and insurance community chooses one city and takes it over for a week. In 2026 that city is Rotterdam. If you are working out where to stay for the FERMA Forum 2026, held at Rotterdam Ahoy from 4 to 6 October, the answer that keeps three busy days running smoothly is a serviced apartment in the centre: close to the station, the restaurants, and the receptions, with the venue a short metro ride away.

More than 3,000 delegates will be in town at the same time, and most of them fly in from abroad, so the best addresses go early. Below is what the Forum involves and how to set yourself up properly for it.

Good to know

• The event: FERMA Forum 2026, Europe’s biennial gathering for risk and insurance professionals
• The theme: Widening the Lens, From Risk Insight to Strategic Foresight
• The dates: Sunday 4 to Tuesday 6 October 2026
• The venue: Rotterdam Ahoy, Ahoyweg 10, 3084 BD Rotterdam, in the south of the city
• The crowd: risk and insurance managers, CFOs, brokers, reinsurers, and compliance leaders from across Europe
• Your base: Maurits Apartments and Suites, Mauritsweg 49, in the city centre near Rotterdam Central Station

A forum built on conversation

The FERMA Forum is the flagship event of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations, and it runs only once every two years, which is part of why it draws such a crowd. The 2026 programme spans three days of plenary debates with senior voices, thematic breakouts, hands on workshops, and an exhibition floor full of insurers, brokers, and service providers. Just as much happens in between: this is an event people attend to meet each other, and a large share of the real value lands in the corridor chats, shared lunches, and evening drinks.

Past editions were hosted in Berlin, Barcelona, Brussels, Maastricht, Stockholm, and most recently Madrid. Rotterdam is the 2026 stage, and the delegates who get the most from it treat the whole week as the event, not only the hours inside the hall. That is easier when your base sits where the city actually gathers after dark.

The hours that happen after the sessions

Anyone who has done a three day congress knows the schedule does not end when the last panel wraps. There are client dinners to host, association drinks to join, and quieter catch ups over a table by the water. From a central apartment on the Mauritsweg you can step off the metro, drop your bag, change, and be at dinner within minutes, rather than committing to a taxi back to somewhere on the ring road.

For brokers and insurers hosting guests, a calm and comfortable base also does quiet work of its own. You are minutes from the restaurants of the centre, close enough to walk clients back toward their hotels, and never far from a good coffee before an early breakfast meeting.

From the airport to your door, and from your door to Ahoy

Basing yourself by Rotterdam Central Station pays off the moment you land. A direct train links Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam in around half an hour, and fast services run to Amsterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht if your trip includes stops beyond the Forum. Once you have settled in, Rotterdam Ahoy is an easy metro run south toward Zuidplein, roughly fifteen minutes from the centre door to door, so the daily commute to the venue never eats into your morning.

What an apartment adds to a stay of several nights

A hotel room is fine for one night. Over three or four, a serviced apartment simply fits the week better:

• A kitchen, so breakfast runs on your schedule rather than the hotel’s
• A separate living area to prepare a panel or take a confidential call in private
• Fast, reliable WiFi included throughout
• Laundry on site, with a washer dryer in selected apartments, which earns its keep across a longer stay
• Layouts from compact suites to three bedroom apartments, whether you travel solo or bring the team

Browse our apartments and suites to see which fits your trip.

Travelling as a group, or hosting a delegation

Firms rarely send one person to the FERMA Forum, and many delegates arrive the day before and leave the day after to work the full programme. If you are coordinating several bookings, we keep it painless: agreed corporate rates, a single invoice to your organisation, and one contact who knows exactly what you have reserved. It turns a logistical headache into a short email. Our long stay and corporate page has the detail.