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Innovation takes no summer break.

News: Four new insurtech companies, a software giant, and an award with five trophies

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Asmir Imeri and his team are celebrating and want to help shape the next phase of growth in the mortgage brokerage industry.

News: S.O.I. AG Celebrates Five Years of Mortgage Expertise

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Time and space are not fixed quantities; rather, they depend on one's perspective.

News: The Illusion of Control

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Two events, two worlds, the same disease.

News: Fear of the Unknown: What Saxony-Anhalt and Harari’s AI Speech Have in Common

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When the inflation figures were released on Friday, gold and Bitcoin fell—at the same time.

News: Under Supervision

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Peter Kappeler, CEO of Pax, welcomed his guests to the anniversary celebration at the company's headquarters in Basel.

News: 150 years, a green sofa, and a man from Zurich with a Schnitzelbangg

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Resilience is not a product you buy, but an ecosystem you build together. Photo: Silvia Signoretti, President of SIH.

News: Resilience is not a product, but an ecosystem

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Christian Bosshard's life motto: You never stop learning, and you're never too old to change your mind.

News: When Machines Learn Faster Than Humans

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A butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, and weeks later, a tornado forms in Texas.

News: The Butterfly in the Cyber Portfolio

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The only thing Wall Street cares about is the price of money.

News: Bad news, please

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On August 28, a hailstorm damaged car bodies, windows, and building exteriors and tore off roofs in Aarau, Olten, Solothurn, and Zurich.

News: Hail Damage to Cars: Insurers Spring into Action

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thebrokernews checked the figure—with a clear and surprising result.

News: Fact Check: Does cybercrime (really) cause three times as much damage as all natural disasters combined?

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Why Insurers and Brokers Can No Longer Put Off Governance, Risk, and Compliance Tasks. Image: Thomas Schubert

News: The storm is approaching

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Thermodynamics shows that nothing disappears; it simply changes form.

News: Insurance as a Heat Engine

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The only thing Wall Street cares about is the price of money.

News: A single weak point

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Laura Arenas does not view tokenization as a substitute for trust.

News: Tokenization: Why Insurers Need to Rethink Risk, Value, and Trust

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Psychological safety is not a one-way street, according to Marcus Selzer.

News: Who Asks the Manager?

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Insurers that combine expert advice with smart technologies will remain competitive in the market over the long term.

News: LBC Insurance Radar #17: The Insurance Industry – Between Strength and New Risks

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"Paul the Insurer" is making the leap from quantum physics to the world of insurance.

News: The Cat in the Policy

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The only thing Wall Street cares about is the price of money.

News: Margin Call

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Latest News

Anyone who focuses solely on taking out insurance is looking only at the symptom, not the cause.
Anyone who focuses solely on taking out insurance is looking only at the symptom, not the cause.
2 July 2026

D&O Insurance for SMEs: Those Who Are Liable Usually Don’t Know It

In Swiss SMEs, D&O insurance is now considered standard. What nobody explains is that the policy protects against…

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Francisco's secret about the human side of business.
Francisco's secret about the human side of business.
1 July 2026

Francisco’s Secret

What a Small Insurance Company Teaches Us About Reputation, Niche Thinking, and the Human Side of Business in a new…

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Within just a few trading days, more than 1.3 trillion dollars in market value was wiped out from the semiconductor sector.
Within just a few trading days, more than 1.3 trillion dollars in market value was wiped out from the semiconductor sector.
30 June 2026

Falling Is Not Breaking

A trillion dollars leaves the artificial-intelligence giants, a doomed burger chain levitates on a Reddit chant, and…

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Start-up CEO Dr. Antonios Gkikakis on crossing the Lab-to-Market gap with active safety wearables and Ringscrew actuators for the space economy.
Start-up CEO Dr. Antonios Gkikakis on crossing the Lab-to-Market gap with active safety wearables and Ringscrew actuators for the space economy.
29 June 2026

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…

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AI Meets Everyday Brokerage Life with Alexander (Gigi) Kunz of Union Swiss Brokers Holding AG and Silvio Siegenthaler of Sothura.
KI trifft Brokeralltag mit Alexander (Gigi) Kunz von Union Swiss Brokers Holding AG und Silvio Siegenthaler von Sothura.
26 June 2026

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…

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Decision fatigue is not a sign of personal weakness.
Decision fatigue is not a sign of personal weakness.
25 June 2026

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…

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Big or Fast? Why Insurance Companies Haven't Had Their Day Yet?
Gross oder schnell? Warum Versicherungen nicht ausgedient haben?
24 June 2026

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…

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A central banker learns to live with inflation, the two per cent that came from a television studio, and the stranger company the Fed keeps abroad
Ein Zentralbanker lernt, mit der Inflation zu leben – jenen zwei Prozent, die aus einem Fernsehstudio kamen – und mit den seltsamen Verbindungen, die die Fed im Ausland unterhält.
23 June 2026

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…

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Fulvio Maccarone: The most dangerous lapses on the board of directors don't come with warning; they quietly accumulate over time.
Fulvio Maccarone: The most dangerous lapses on the board of directors don't come with warning; they quietly accumulate over time.
22 June 2026

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…

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Reinsurance Rendezvous Zurich: Where Does AI Actually Deliver Business Results? Silvia Signoretti & Raphael Troitzsch.
Reinsurance Rendezvous Zurich: Where Does AI Actually Deliver Business Results? Silvia Signoretti & Raphael Troitzsch.
19 June 2026

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…

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People have been talking about longevity for years, but they've been focusing on the wrong phase.
LBC Insurance Radar #14: The risk landscape is changing not in isolated instances, but on multiple levels simultaneously.
18 June 2026

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…

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The Return of the Druids: Actuaries calculate the unpredictable.
17 June 2026

The Return of the Druids

Actuaries calculate the unpredictable, but now they are faced with a mirror that thinks faster than they do. Actuaries…

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