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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.

In 2023, GrECo boosted revenues whilst focusing on implementing our corporate strategy.
The Associated Alliance collaboration with GrECo strengthens our ability to provide comprehensive solutions to our clients’ insurance, risk management, and employee benefits needs in the Middle East.
We are excited to announce the release of the 3rd Horizon Risk Thought » Fast Forward publication!
Our heterogeneous workforce is international and comprises men and women from different generations, professions and educational backgrounds. 
With the new embedded insurance solution, all Viena saskaita customers are now insured with Payment Protection Insurance.
“While sales and acquisitions are inherently exciting, they require a clear strategy and methodology, coupled with patience due to potentially long buying cycles. The challenge lies in maintaining patience throughout the process.” – interview with Preslava Gencheva, new Strategic Sales Manager at GrECo Specialty.
“After five years of working in our Group, I would say that our people and our culture make GrECo a unique place to work. One is surrounded by experts and the best talent in the risk and insurance industry gives everybody the feeling that nothing is impossible.” – interview with Markus Neubrand, our new Head of Mergers & Acquisitions.
“We see the enormous growth potential of Health & Benefits in our region, and we aim to strengthen our value proposition in that area. ” – interview with Ewelina Jaworska-Bien, our new Health & Benefits Group Practice Leader.
With our client survey on the various environmental, social and governance topics, we wanted to find out where companies currently stand on ESG.

Petra Steininger

Head of Group Communications

T +43 5 04 04 – 175