Category: Interviews

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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‘We make pension planning as easy as online banking,’ says Jan Kundert, Head of Customer and Market Management/Member of the Executive Board at Helvetia Switzerland.
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“The broker becomes an entrepreneurial risk manager for SMEs,” says Marco La Bella.
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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 programme of the year 2024, FERMA.
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.
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From Practitioner to Pioneer: Alex Sidorenko’s Journey to Becoming Europe’s Leading Risk Management Voice

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“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…

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Find out who "Paul the Insurer" is from Pierre Perrenoud.
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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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Calvin Risk: Interview mit dem CEO und Mitbegründer Julian Riebartsch. ©Daniel Kunz danielkunzphoto.com, Adliswil.
Calvin Risk: Interview mit dem CEO und Mitbegründer Julian Riebartsch. ©Daniel Kunz danielkunzphoto.com, Adliswil.
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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,…

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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 manage chaos. Image: Tomy Lorsch, Binci Heeb and Dr Maya Ben Dror.
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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…

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After the editor-in-chief and publisher of thebrokernews “came out” and told us that she had also been in a…

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The Pacific Palisades district in the southwest of Los Angeles has been burning since January 7. By January 16, an area…

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