All GVNW News articles
-
NewsGVNW: Public-private backstop is vital
Chairman Alexander Mahnke is frustrated a backstop for extreme events, such as pandemics, cyber and natural catastrophes, has not yet emerged
-
NewsGVNW and German brokers call for state-backed pandemic solution
German risk and insurance association teams with brokers to call for a government-backed pandemic solution
-
NewsGVNW cancels risk symposium 2020
German risk and insurance association cites the limitations of the COVID-19 pandemic; will host virtual lectures and discussions instead
-
News#ChangingRisk at GVNW 2019
We set up shop in Munich to discuss what needs to change to help risk management move up the risk maturity curve. Here, four risk managers at this year’s symposium give their impassioned views
-
NewsCyber experts in short supply, says Bertelsmann
Digitalisation has emerged as a significant theme for discussion at this year’s GVNW symposium in Munich, Germany, as insurance and risk professionals consider the impact on their own corporate markets and on the insurance industry.
-
NewsLess talk, more action
To transform risk management and ensure we are effectively #ChangingRisk, we have to “look in the mirror and ask, what can you do better?” says Alexander Mahnke, president of GVNW and CEO Insurance (Controlling Finance, Financing) at Siemens
-
-
NewsHunting Black Swans
Benedikt Hintze, senior risk and insurance manager, Georgsmarienhütte Holdings shares thoughts on #ChangingRisk and his new book, ‘Insurance Manager Convinces Company Boss’
-
NewsGVNW Day 2 daily now available
The latest news from the second day of the conference, including a profile of incoming Ferma president, Dirk Wegener, and interviews with risk managers of Germany’s largest corporates Bertelsmann, Georgsmarienhütte Holdings and Würth Group
-
NewsMajor protection gaps in cyber, nat cats and intangible risks continue to challenge insurers
“We have growth in the insurance market, but significant protection gaps remain” says Giulio Terzariol, chief financial officer at AGCS
-
NewsWhy Alexander Manhke, president of GVNW, is urging insurers, brokers and corporates to share their risk data
Withholding data is “unacceptable” in an era where new and complex risks are emerging thick and fast, says Manhke
-
NewsGVNW Day 1 daily now available
The latest news from the first day of the conference, including interviews with GVNW president Alexander Mahnke on rate increases and digitalisation and our #ChangingRisk report
-
NewsA structural and sustainable process
Matthias Beck, head of group insurance and risk management, Würth Group, discusses #ChangingRisk and the challenge of establishing good processes
-
NewsGoogle glasses and GPS tracking transform logistics
Germany’s Bertelsmann Group risk manager, Ralf Mareczek, uncovers how digitalisation has optimised its logistics division
-
NewsAI influences industrial property and Chinese consumer markets
Speaking ahead of the AI workshop, the chair of today’s session, Benedikt Hintze, risk and insurance manager at Georgsmarienhütte Holdings, said: “AI is an important new technology with the potential to change the entire market insurance market.”
-
NewsStrategicRISK en route to Munich for GVNW 2019
In the departure lounge at London Heathrow about to board a flight to Munich – notepad, Dictaphone and cameras in hand – the StrategicRISK team are ready and raring to go, to bring you three solid days of risk management news and analysis from this year’s GVNW symposium
-
NewsFrom analogue to digital: What next?
On the eve of the GVNW symposium in Munich, Alexander Mahnke, president of the German risk management association and CEO Insurance (controlling finance, financing) at Siemens, warns of the challenges of hardening commercial insurance rates, digitalisation and silent cyber
-
NewsNew dimensions in risk
Just before the start of this year’s GVNW symposium, GVNW board member and FERMA’s president-elect spoke to StrategicRISK about how he will aim for the future, with a pinch of digitalisation and an eye to the next generation
-
NewsThe future for parametric insurance is bright
Germany’s demand for parametric insurance is growing, but its benefits extend beyond weather-related events, writes Thomas Keist, Innovative Risk Solutions director; and
-
NewsRise of the machines: how AI can help property risk engineering
The ability to access huge amounts of data from a wide variety of sources, coupled with increased use of automation and artificial intelligence, are transforming the way industries and companies work today