Hannover Re

(IN BRIEF) Patrick Tiernan, CEO of Lloyd’s, has been named Vice-Chair of the Reinsurance Advisory Board (RAB), succeeding John Neal. Tiernan’s background as Lloyd’s Chief of Markets and roles at Aviva, StarStone and Zurich position him to guide the RAB … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) Jean-Jacques Henchoz, a member of Talanx AG’s Board of Management and head of the Reinsurance division, will step down on 31 March 2025 after choosing not to extend his contract. Clemens Jungsthöfel, the current Chief Financial Officer and … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) Schroders Capital’s Insurance-Linked Securities team received the Best Decentralised Finance (DeFi) Initiative award at the 2024 Digital Assets Awards for its innovative tokenisation pilot. In partnership with Hannover Re, the pilot demonstrated how reinsurance contracts can be tokenised … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) During the Annual General Meeting of Hannover Rück SE, all proposed resolutions were approved. CEO Jean-Jacques Henchoz reflected on the successful financial years of the past strategy cycle, emphasizing the company’s reliability amidst challenges. Moving forward with the … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) Hannover Re announces the establishment of a new specialty reinsurance business unit, effective April 1, 2024, aimed at consolidating its global operations in cyber and digital domains to bolster underwriting proficiency. Led by Stefan Sperlich, the unit will … Read the full press release →

Agreed vision for an innovative industrial partnership with Viridium Gruppe for the sustainable management of the Generali Leben Life portfolio. Total evaluation for 100% of Generali Leben up to €1 bln, incl. €125 mln as earn out in case of … Read the full press release →

Transition to independent legal entity significant milestone for B3i B3i Services AG to commercialize blockchain solutions for re/insurance First product demonstrated efficiency gains of up to 30 percent in initial testin MUNICH, 28-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative … Read the full press release →

23 additional companies join the Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative (B3i) B3i will form company in 2018 for further R&D and commercialization of blockchain prototypes More use cases beyond P&C reinsurance to be developed MUNICH, 04-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Blockchain Insurance … Read the full press release →