GrECo Group Specialist Insurance and Risk Management News and Insights

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Industry Insights

Our Industry Specialists offer market insights and analyses about new developments in the insurance industry.

We invited stakeholders along the value chain to shed light on their strategies, new success models, opportunities and risks in the fight against climate change as part of a mini-series on the topic of “sustainable construction”.
The decision made by the European Court of Justice requires a change in approach for freight forwarders when it comes to handling cargo insurance. This change must be made while ensuring that IDD requirements are not violated.
Heiko Wannick, Richard Krammer, and Philip Sander review current practice of seeking insurance cover for projects, highlight potential benefits from earlier involvement of insurers, and propose a pilot initiative
General Manager of GrECo Sagauta, Katerina Pavlidi, recently met with Dr Tomas Kontautas, partner at the law firm Sorainen to discuss the sustainable development of the Baltic insurance market and just how green its future will be.
With the new embedded insurance solution, all Viena saskaita customers are now insured with Payment Protection Insurance.
With the ESG spotlight upon us all, company’s need to meticulously craft their future communications strategies, making sure they truly understand the sustainable profile of their products, services, or activities.
The success of the global grid overhaul effort is instrumental to the success of green energy transition and indeed to the improvement of living conditions for the global population in this century and beyond. 
Steffen Robbi tells Laura Hochegger about how digitalization can contribute to a sustainable transformation and risk minimization in the construction and real estate industry, especially in the circular economy and in the refurbishment of existing buildings.
In the light of impending annual ESG reporting, the challenges in the dimensions of sustainability cannot be fully met by the existing certificates. The requirements of the EU taxonomy and the growing demand on the real estate market for climate-friendly buildings require uniform assessment criteria and thus indirectly a harmonization of assessment systems.

Company News

Read about new developments, initiatives and business decisions in the GrECo Group.

The market leader in risk and insurance management in Austria and Eastern Europe is preparing a reorganisation in the Executive Board and Supervisory Board of GrECo International Holding AG.
GrECo, the leading insurance broker and risk management provider in Central and Eastern Europe, has announced to transfer its operation in Russia to the local management.
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the threat of heavy sanctions to be imposed by the Western world as consequence of Russian military action, have brought the topic of financial sanctions and the position of insurance again into the focus of consideration.
Specialist insurance broker GrECo acquires 100% of MAI CEE Ltd., a major risk, insurance and employee benefits consultant in CEE.
Pawel Kowalewski, renowned expert in the energy sector, will develop power & renewables solutions.
GrECo Ukraine, together with insurance partner ARX Ukraine have launched the pilot project for the Affinity parametric insurance solution for Corteva Agriscience customers.
Maksym Shylov, long-standing expert in agricultural insurance, established as Group Practice Leader.
Alma Ribanović, leading expert for affinity solutions takes over development of the division in Austria and Eastern Europe.
GrECo Group, the leading risk and insurance consultant in CEE, acquires 80 % of UADBB Sagauta, no. 2 insurance broker in Lithuania.

Petra Steininger

Head of Group Communications

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