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Falling Is Not Breaking
A trillion dollars leaves the artificial-intelligence giants, a doomed burger chain levitates on a Reddit chant, and…
From Research to the Market – and from Earth to the Moon
What happens when excellent research stalls on the threshold of the market? Dr. Antonios Gkikakis, a Start-up CEO and…
AI Meets Everyday Broker Life: Sothura Safe Takes a Test Run
In mid-June, Union Swiss Brokers hosted its first training session in Burgdorf featuring the new AI-powered advisory…
The Worst Decision of the Day
It’s 4:47 p.m. There’s a proposal on the table that I wanted to send out that very afternoon. Tomorrow…
Big or Fast? Why Insurance Companies Haven’t Had Their Day Yet?
Holcim is splitting up its North American and Rest of the Americas divisions. ABB is spinning off its robotics…
The Week the Oracle Began to Fall Silent
When Kevin Warsh scrapped the Fed’s forward guidance on Wednesday, he said almost nothing—and yet his actions spoke…
When Capital Fails, Funding Is Rarely the Problem
Fulvio Maccarone has spent over 12 years inside financial institutions and family offices and as a board director and…
AI in Reinsurance: Between Hype and Measurable Value
At the Reinsurance Rendezvous Zurich, organized by the Swiss Insurtech Hub in collaboration with the Boston Consulting…
LBC Insurance Radar #14: AI, Climate, and Demographics
In the 14th episode of the LBC Insurance Radar, Marco La Bella takes a close look at the current developments that are…
The Return of the Druids
Actuaries calculate the unpredictable, but now they are faced with a mirror that thinks faster than they do. Actuaries…
Pax is giving away emergency aid to mark its 150th anniversary
To mark its anniversary, the Pax Cooperative is launching “Pax Care,” a free insurance plan available throughout…
Planet Finance: The Engine Room
The financial market has no patience. While the economic chassis can hide a bad decade behind fine words, the engine…