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Fintech risks exceed insurance benefits: Why Swiss startups face coverage gaps
The fintech and Web3 scene in Switzerland is booming, but innovation is lagging behind when it comes to insurance. In […]
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Forget Your Job: AI is more thann a tool – it is a potentially devastating weapon.
Forget Your Job: AI Might Be After Your Security
Everyone is talking about AI taking jobs. Fair enough. But what if that is not the most pressing risk? This […]
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Paul the Insurer 6: Ever Heard of a Stowaway?
Paul the Insurer 6: Ever Heard of a Stowaway?
The insurance world is on the brink of a potential upheaval and one of the most famous innovators of our […]
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Health insurance premiums will rise by an average of 4.4 per cent in 2026.
Health insurance premiums to rise by 4.4 percent in 2026
Health insurance premiums will rise significantly again in 2026: adults will pay an average of CHF 465 per month. Despite […]
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Future of Health Grant Conference: F.l.t.r.: Brijesh Luthra (SIH), Karin Tremp (Boston Consulting Group), Patrick Griss (Zühlke Ventures), and Manuel Römer (Exploris Health).
Future of Health Grant Conference: Prevention as a new paradigm
Prevention was a recurring theme at the event in Zurich. The panelists noted that healthcare systems and insurers benefit most […]
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Overshoot Day: Switzerland had already used up all its resources for 2025 by 7 May. From left to right: Mathis Wackernagel + Carolin Roth (moderator).
Overshoot Day: living on credit is becoming the norm
Ecologist Mathis Wackernagel coined the term “ecological footprint”. In an interview at the NZZ Sustainable Switzerland Forum 25, he warns: […]
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Paul the Insurer 5: Standardised compliance language Simplifying regulations digitally.
Paul the Insurer 5: Computers communicate with computers in a compliance language
Find out how artificial intelligence and automation are revolutionizing the insurance industry in today’s podcast by Paul the Insurer. Compliance, […]
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The data revolution: Using AI to achieve Individual Intelligence with BestFit.
The Data Revolution: from AGI to AII
Artificial intelligence (AI) was created with the aim of serving humanity. However, humanity is not a homogeneous collective, but is […]
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Celebrating 125 years of the SVV: from left to right: Jan Mühlethaler (SVV), Dr Stefan Mäder (SVV), Dr Melanie Häner-Müller (University of Lucerne), Claudia Wirz (editor, author), Prof. Dr Tobias Straumann (University of Zurich).
Insurance – the foundation of the Swiss economy
This afternoon, the Swiss insurance industry celebrated its 125th anniversary at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich. The book launch […]
Interviews
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“The broker becomes an entrepreneurial risk manager for SMEs,” says Marco La Bella.
“The Broker Becomes an Entrepreneurial Risk Manager for SMEs”
Risk management has long been considered a compulsory exercise, especially for SMEs. But with increasing complexity and growing uncertainties and […]
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From practitioner to pioneer: Alex Sidorenko (left) alongside Hugo Foster from Commercial Risk Magazine. The award goes to the training and education program of the year 2024, FERMA.
From Practitioner to Pioneer: Alex Sidorenko’s Journey to Becoming Europe’s Leading Risk Management Voice
An exclusive interview with Alex Sidorenko, FERMA Risk Manager of the Year 2021, RIMS International Honoree 2021, and founder of […]
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“You have to stage deals with Trump – not negotiate”says Dr. Thomas Borer, former ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany.
“You have to stage deals with Trump – not negotiate”
Thomas Borer, former head of the Swiss World War II Task Force, advocates unconventional diplomacy in dealing with US President […]
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Find out who “Paul the Insurer” is from Pierre Perrenoud.
Who is “Paul the Insurer”?
Have you ever heard of “Paul the insurer”? Pierre Perrenoud, who worked for Swiss Re in Zurich for over 35 […]
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Why employee retention is becoming the new key performance indicator – and Elvee is setting the pace
Elvee, formerly Curvtech, focused on developing generic AI models and recognized a critical gap in the market. Recently, the new […]
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Preventing burnout instead of treating it – How Helsana is rethinking mental health
Helsana presented its new “Ensuring lifelong health” strategy at its annual media conference at the beginning of March 2025. In […]
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Calvin Risk: Interview mit dem CEO und Mitbegründer Julian Riebartsch. ©Daniel Kunz danielkunzphoto.com, Adliswil.
Calvin Risk: Innovative AI governance and risk management for companies
For almost three years, the ETH spin-off Calvin Risk has been helping companies transition to high-quality, high-performance and low-risk AI. […]
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Negotiating with machines – How AI can help manage chaos. Image: Tomy Lorsch, Binci Heeb and Dr Maya Ben Dror.
Negotiating with machines – how AI can help to master chaos
The founders of “ComplexChaos”, Maya Ben Dror and Thomy Lorsch, want to rethink negotiations with the help of artificial intelligence. […]
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Still a taboo: Interview with a young woman suffering from depression
After the editor-in-chief and publisher of thebrokernews “came out” and told us that she had also been in a clinic […]
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Forget Your Job: AI is more thann a tool – it is a potentially devastating weapon.
Forget Your Job: AI Might Be After Your Security
Everyone is talking about AI taking jobs. Fair enough. But what if that is not the most pressing risk? This […]
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Beyond pilots: Is AI being overrated in the insurance industry in 2025?
Beyond pilots: AI in insurance
AI in insurance in 2025 is overhyped and underdelivering. This article was originally published on finsurtech.ai, where I share unfiltered insights […]
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Swipe, tap, settle: Better payments without replacing your core system.
Swipe, tap, pay: Payments are the decisive factor for insurance companies
For years, payments in the insurance industry were considered a minor matter: they were invisible, insignificant and often neglected. But […]
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Führung und andere Monster: Lektionen in Sachen Führung.
Leadership and other monsters
In this little article, I want to make you think and encourage you to laugh at my leadership lessons. It’s […]
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Who Owns my Health Data?
Who Owns my Health Data?
I close my eyes, hoping the brain won’t play tricks on me and send me into a panic mode. The […]
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Versicherungen am Limit: Weshalb nicht nicht das Alte neu denken und einfacher machen?
Insurance at the limit: Why operational excellence is the new innovation
Operational excellence is the new innovation. Before you jump on now, please listen to me. Innovations in the insurance industry […]
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Interview mit Laura Ferraro in der eindrücklichen Bibliothek des B2 Hotels in Zürich.
Making claims more human: How technology helps us focus on what matters most
After hearing Claire H. speak at grape about the power of recognition and culture, I wanted to see how these […]
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Wie Schadensfälle und Kundenservice durch KI-Agenten neu gestaltet werden können.
How AI agents will reshape claims and customer service
AI agents are quietly shaping the processing of insurance claims and customer service. It’s often said that change in the […]
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Warum brauchen wir finanzielle Inklusion?
Why do we need financial inclusion?
Today we are talking about financial inclusion. “There is enough for everyone’s needs, but not enough for everyone’s greed” said […]