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MavenBlue: Sales Are Scaling, but Pricing Isn’t
Insurance at checkout, in the banking app, in the car configurator: Embedded insurance is seen as a growth opportunity…
Oil Crisis: What Can Be Insured – and What Can’t
Since late February 2026 the Strait of Hormuz has been severely disrupted by the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran. Before…
150 Years of Pax: “In my view, returns and sustainability are not a contradiction”
Pax is celebrating its 150th anniversary, a milestone for one of Switzerland’s most long-standing insurance companies.…
Interview with Pierre Perrenoud: Reimagining Insurance Through Stories
Twenty books, one question: What remains of insurance when you strip it of its technical jargon and describe it once…
Dancing on the Volcano
A strait through which one-fifth of the world’s oil flows recorded only one-tenth of its usual traffic volume; the Fed…
Hail Damage to Cars: Insurers Spring into Action
The hailstorm on August 28, 2026, left a trail of destruction across large parts of the Mittelland. On Friday morning,…
A single weak point
A single company now accounts for eight percent of the S&P 500, and the sentiment of the entire market can be…
Longevity: The sick span is underestimated
Ten years between good health and the end of life a period that hardly any insurance company factors into its pricing.…
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…
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…
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…
Making decisions in the cockpit: What brokers can learn from pilots
When the blizzard comes, it’s not perfection that counts, but judgment. At the Finanz und Wirtschaft Insurance…