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.

Maksym Shylov, long-standing expert in agricultural insurance, established as Group Practice Leader.
An IT-controlled risk assessment & monitoring tool from GrECo ensures the transparent depiction as well as the management and monitoring of operational location risks. This is increasingly important for property and business interruption insurances.
Andreas Schmitt, new member of the board of GrECo, talks about the advantages and disadvantages of international insurance programmes and why it is important to focus on the needs of clients.
Jonathan Höh of GrECo nova (a global network of insurance specialists) spoke with Howden Mexico about major risks facing foreign companies and the specifics of the local market.
A targeted risk management can protect your business facilities or the appropriate crop insurance can minimize the risk of harvest loss as well as seed and fruit damage.
After banks, the insurance sector is the second largest asset manager in Europe. The assets consist to a large extent of the funds paid in by the insured in the life insurance, on the other hand they serve to secure the obligations arising from the insurance contracts for the payment of claims.
Changes in the digital world also have an impact on the risk management of companies and pose new challenges to many risk managers, but also offer new opportunities. A report on practical experiences from Martin Cerny, Finance Insurance Manager at A1 Telekom Austria AG.
How technological development and big data can improve the resilience of companies to natural disasters. Parametric insurance is establishing itself as an alternative to covering natural catastrophe. Swiss Re reports!
A pan-European power and infrastructure failure, a so-called blackout, would bring our society to the brink of collapse within a few days.

Company News

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

Leadership of the new division will be entrusted to Markus Neubrand, MSc, who will be appointed to the Executive Board of GrECo International Holding AG effective 1 July 2026.
Insurance should be viewed through the same lens as any other capital decision. Every Euro spent on premium competes directly with investment, growth, and operational priorities.
The report integrates sustainability disclosure into GrECo’s established annual reporting framework and sets out how environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations are embedded in the Group’s business model and advisory approach.
The new GrECo Health & Benefits Study 2026 is here and reveals why spending on employee benefits often goes to waste.
Year after year, the differences between providers seem marginal. But over the course of decades, they add up to real added value for your retirement savings. It is important to note that anyone planning to switch should take action by 30 June 2026 so that the new provider takes effect on 1 January 2027.
The team brings strong technical credentials through Tomislav Sič, Director and certified risk engineer with two decades of experience, and Martina Toskić, Risk Engineer.
In 2026, we created a dedicated space for our female colleagues to voice their experiences, reflect on challenges, and share their ambitions for the future.
To support the long-term resilience of the agricultural sector, GrECo has acquired AgroBroker, a specialised agricultural insurance broker with deep roots in Latvia’s farming community.
In this environment, companies must recognise geopolitics as an ongoing transformation of the global risk landscape, not a series of isolated crises.

Petra Steininger

Head of Group Communications

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