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The winter months remain particularly critical. Four technologies are under consideration, each with its own cost, pace, and drawbacks.

News:Switzerland’s Electricity Shortage: Which Solution Will Really Work?

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Pax: In the future, the online business will be operated exclusively under its own brand.

News:Visana Acquires simpego: Pax Sells Majority Stake

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Much like Caesar, market leaders in the insurance industry do not adopt a passive stance, but instead emulate innovations, amongst other things.

News:What Caesar Teaches the Insurance Industry

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Charlie Munger's three paths to ruin were alcohol, women, and leverage.

News:Borrowed Time

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When prolonged heat turns into drought, and drought turns into dry vegetation.

News:When the Heat Wave Ends: Europe’s Summer Becomes an Ongoing Risk

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News:Longevity: The sick span is underestimated

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Demographic change is the greatest market opportunity for life insurance.

News:From Saving to Withdrawel: the Digital Evolution of Pensions

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A thought experiment brings an ancient philosophical method into the modern world of insurance.

News:What would Socrates ask the insurance industry?

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Charlie Munger's three paths to ruin were alcohol, women, and leverage.

News:The Floor, Not the Ceiling

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News:A New Approach to Claims: How Vectoryx Orchestrates Claims Settlement

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News:AI Doesn’t Replace CFOs – it Replaces Finance Professionals who Don’t Use AI

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A mistake made by a young consultant does not automatically lead to dismissal.

News:The Mistake That Makes a Difference

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Couldn't insurance also operate dynamically, decentralized, and in real time?

News:What if Insurance Worked Like a Free Market?

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Charlie Munger's three paths to ruin were alcohol, women, and leverage.

News:The Future Declines to Ignite

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Humanity versus the Human: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) versus what is known as Artificial Individual Intelligence (AII).

News:Humanity is an average: No single person fits that description

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News:“Stay Curious”: Reto Lipp on the Swiss Economy

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Swiss InsurTech Hub reports positive results for the past half-year.

News:Swiss InsurTech Hub Looks Back on an Eventful Half-Year

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Where does what is insurable end, and where does life begin?

News:Heartache With a Deductible

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Bewe Lab's gamified app helps reduce cravings and addictive behavior.

News:Bewe Lab Receives an Award

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What happens when a market that has been paying for the future for two years is presented with the bill?

News:Punished for Winning

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Older, more expensive, indispensable? Discussion about a higher retirement age.
Older, more expensive, indispensable? Discussion about a higher retirement age.
16 February 2026

Older, more expensive, indispensable?

The discussion about a higher retirement age is strongly influenced by the fear of unemployment. In the insurance…

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Precision instead of radicalism: The current PRESERVE study confirms Prof. Dr. Gernot Bonkat's approach of using the nanoknife system (IRE) to specifically eliminate the tumor and preserve the organ.
Precision instead of radicalism: The latest PRESERVE study confirms Prof. Dr. Gernot Bonkat's approach of using the NanoKnife system (IRE) to eliminate the tumor in a targeted manner and preserve the organ.
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Too much therapy for prostate cancer?

Radical removal or radiation of the prostate is still considered the gold standard for aggressive tumors. However, for…

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When troubles come in squadrons - in Eric Lefebvre's Tuesday Column.
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The Tuesday Column by Eric Lefebvre, today on Thursday. 11:45 – Restaurant Time, Zürich HB Last week, I was waiting for…

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From pilot to platform operation: AI controls claims processes.
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11 February 2026

From pilot to platform operation: AI controls claims processes

A British specialist insurer is scaling agent-based AI across the entire claims organization. The implementation shows…

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The young disruptor.
The young disruptor.
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The Young Disruptor

A visit to Johannesburg in the early 1990s shows how a small team conquered the motor insurance market with telephone…

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When AI works as a team: An interview with Roy Swisa.
When AI works as a team: An interview with Roy Swisa.
10 February 2026

When AI works as a team: An interview with Roy Swisa

Autonomous AI agents are just leaving the experimental phase and acting as independent actors in business processes.…

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Risk management in SMEs:The relevance trap - why good policies are no longer enough today.
Risikomanagement im KMU:Die Relevanz-Falle - Warum gute Policen heute nicht mehr reichen.
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Risk management in SMEs: creating added value that wins mandates

The insurance landscape is changing rapidly. Products are becoming more interchangeable, price transparency is…

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When AI keeps to itself: What Moltbook and Moltbot reveal about new risk profiles, security vulnerabilities and regulatory blind spots.
When AI stays among itself: What Moltbook and Moltbot reveal about new risk profiles, security gaps and regulatory blind spots.
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When AI keeps to itself

The subtitle of this article could also be: “What Moltbook and Moltbot reveal about new risk profiles, security…

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When Europe's "heat pump "falters: How real is the risk of an AMOC tipping point?
When Europe's "heat pump" falters: How real is the risk of an AMOC tipping point?
5 February 2026

When Europe’s “heat pump” falters

The possible collapse of the Atlantic Overturning Current is no longer considered a distant climate fairy tale. New…

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Insurance for high-risk jobs: an idea from São Paulo.
Insurance for high-risk jobs: an idea from São Paulo.
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Insurance for high-risk jobs: an idea from São Paulo

Every day, several motorcyclists die on the roads in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. For insurers, this risk is…

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When troubles come in squadrons - in Eric Lefebvre's Tuesday Column.
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Virality as a risk factor: when 5.9 trillion dollars evaporate in 30 minutes

Valuing Virality in a World Where $5.9 Trillion Can Vanish in Half an Hour, and when markets price belief faster than…

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Leadership in uncertain times: Marcus Selzer understands why risk is primarily a human issue today.
Leadership in uncertain times: Marcus Selzer understands why risk is primarily a human issue today.
2 February 2026

Leadership in uncertainty: Why risk today is above all a human issue

Volatile markets, increasing complexity and a permanent crisis mode are challenging the insurance and risk industry…

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