HORIZON Risk Thought >> Fast Forward
Our HORIZON initiative has always stood as a beacon for those who dare to strive forward in business. HORIZON is a platform where boundaries are pushed and the future is envisioned with clarity and determination.
This year, we embrace a renewed spirit of courage – a quality that is not simply admirable in business, but essential. This campaign brings together thinkers and innovators who are challenging the status quo across key areas – risk, sustainability, social change, technology, and governance. Their reflections invite you to consider what courage means personally: how it shapes your ambitions, fuels your imagination, and helps transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.
In the risk management context of these systemic transformations, we classified these “risk changers” that directly affect a company and use the terms:
- “Environment in danger” for ecological,
- “Beyond globalisation” for geopolitical,
- “Digital transition” for technological and
- “Social disruption” for social transformation.
We have created Horizon, firstly as a print publication and now as a platform for sharing the latest insights about ongoing transformations. Our risk specialists will continue to provide their expertise and knowledge to shine a light on the challenges of the future.
We have created HORIZON to share the latest insights about ongoing transformations.
Our risk specialists provide their expertise and knowledge to shine a light on the challenges of the future.
Discover all their latest insights, thoughts and viewpoints, or choose from our systemic risk categories to find out more.
Finding the right speed and assessing the market correctly is the biggest challenge. Transformation must take place, but at what speed?
DECCI is a Czech energy group founded in 2007, focused on modern and renewable energy sources. DECCI pioneered renewables with one of the first solar power plants in the Czech Republic.
Nearly one in four companies in Romania (23%) has already experienced a cyberattack, yet many still treat the risk as moderate until disruption becomes real.
Daniel’s message to companies is simple: give people with disabilities the chance to do an apprenticeship, show appreciation, and make work assistance available.
The courageous move is not the grand statement. It is the willingness to be inconvenienced, today, for fairness, and to take responsibility for impact, not just intent.
Fragmentation is usually discussed as a weakness. However, I believe that for the Georgian insurance market, it can also be an advantage.
Through directives and requirements, we try to improve cybersecurity in general. But in cybersecurity, the courage to transform does not lie only in adopting new technologies.
What the world faces currently is not a single crisis. Some will define it as a “reset” – not a conspiratorial event, but a fundamental restructuring of economic rules, valuations, and mechanisms.
Lukáš Vodička, Group Practice Leader Trade Credit Specialties at GrECo Holding speaks with Gejza Trgiňa, Senior Underwriter at Atradius about what Czech exporters need to watch today and what it takes to build resilience when geopolitical unrest becomes a business issue, not background noise.
“The important thing here is that managers not only need continuity, but also openness to innovation and change. At the same time, they must stand on a foundation of values and principles that is stable.” – interview with Heimo Scheuch, CEO at wienerberger.
From one of the leading hotels in Innsbruck we learn how the world’s focus on ESG is affecting the hospitality industry and what businesses can do about the increased pressure to change.
Michael Groiss, CFO at F/LIST, talked with Norbert Bucher, Account Manager of F/LIST at GrECo Austria, about how they balance their vision of handcrafting the future of interiors with the growing demand for sustainable production.
HR alone cannot promote the openness to this learning journey; it needs ambassadors to help anchor the green mindset in the corporate culture.
With many countries across the world looking at coal and oil substitutes, renewable energy sources are becoming an increasing part of insurers’ and brokers’ portfolios.
In the face of growing environmental challenges and climate change, insurance companies like UNIQA Group are taking significant steps to embrace sustainability.
“At Erste Group, we have an ESG Office, a dedicated unit focused on sustainability. We are situated within the strategy department, and our main responsibility is to implement the entire regulatory framework of the EU Green Deal within the bank. ”
Procredit Bank, compared to its competitors in Georgia, is leading the charge when it comes to reducing the Georgia’s environmental footprint.
If carefully designed and managed, a captive is a tool in the risk manager’s toolbox for large companies that can help build resilience to future transformation risks as a result of climate change, amongst other things.
Europe needs to cover gas demand with alternative sources. The EU energy security is compromised if there is no diversification to cover Russian gas imports.
Since the outbreak of the Corona pandemic two years ago, disrupted supply chains have threatened the existence of many companies.
The value of intangible relative to tangible corporate assets has steadily increased. Emerging risks threaten the value of both tangible and intangible assets.
With new insurers having entered the market in the past few months, we should see a dampening of the price increases we experienced in the previous two years.
On average, premium rates are expected to increase between 5% to 10%, even for policies with a no-claim history.
An interview with Martin Cerny and Jörg Schönenborn, Telecommunication Executives, and Andreas Schmitt, Insurance Professional.
In the last two years, supply chains were exposed to unforeseen risks. The impact of the pandemic, Evergiven’s blockade of the Suez Canal, or the recent disruptions as a result of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, to name a few. What else must we prepare for?
Finding the right speed and assessing the market correctly is the biggest challenge. Transformation must take place, but at what speed?
DECCI is a Czech energy group founded in 2007, focused on modern and renewable energy sources. DECCI pioneered renewables with one of the first solar power plants in the Czech Republic.
Nearly one in four companies in Romania (23%) has already experienced a cyberattack, yet many still treat the risk as moderate until disruption becomes real.
Daniel’s message to companies is simple: give people with disabilities the chance to do an apprenticeship, show appreciation, and make work assistance available.
The courageous move is not the grand statement. It is the willingness to be inconvenienced, today, for fairness, and to take responsibility for impact, not just intent.
Fragmentation is usually discussed as a weakness. However, I believe that for the Georgian insurance market, it can also be an advantage.
Through directives and requirements, we try to improve cybersecurity in general. But in cybersecurity, the courage to transform does not lie only in adopting new technologies.
What the world faces currently is not a single crisis. Some will define it as a “reset” – not a conspiratorial event, but a fundamental restructuring of economic rules, valuations, and mechanisms.
Lukáš Vodička, Group Practice Leader Trade Credit Specialties at GrECo Holding speaks with Gejza Trgiňa, Senior Underwriter at Atradius about what Czech exporters need to watch today and what it takes to build resilience when geopolitical unrest becomes a business issue, not background noise.
In a world rapidly advancing toward quantum computing, have we underestimated the risks and will our reluctance to act now leave our digital world exposed and vulnerable?
How technology will contribute to increasing resilience and why personal responsibility is an important part of risk management.
In an era where artificial intelligence is woven into every aspect of business, the hidden dangers of unsanctioned AI tools are increasingly coming to light.
During a recent panel discussion organised by GrECo Czech Republic, experts in insurance and cyber security examined the most critical cybersecurity challenges and strategies.
The insurance industry is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the rapid adoption of AI and predictive analytics.
Within healthcare, many doctors and nurses see AI as a promising tool to ease their heavy administrative workload and are eagerly anticipating further advancements.
In an era where artificial intelligence is woven into every aspect of business, the hidden dangers of unsanctioned AI tools are increasingly coming to light.
José Luis Abad Garcia, Competence Center Manager Motor, at GrECo Austria shares GrECo’s groundbreaking journey in integrating AI to transform motor insurance claims processing.
In an unpredictable global landscape, the resilience of food supply chains is no longer a luxury but a necessity.
Dive deep into our HORIZON print edition which focuses on various transformations and looks at all the challenges they pose from different angles.
Georg Winter
CEO GrECo Group
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