All Germany articles
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InterviewsEver wondered how airports keep millions of passengers safe? Risk manager, Hans Joerg Schill, tells us how
Managing Fraport AG’s vast insurance operations, with its sky-high risks, is not a job for the faint of heart. Thankfully, managing director Hans Joerg Schill is always pushing the envelope
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AnalysisGVNW Symposium 2018: breaking news from day 2 of the conference
Alexander Mahnke, CEO of GVNW gives a stern warning: embrace digitalisation or suffer the risks; and we speak exclusively to FM Global’s cyber expert and Liberty Specialty Markets terrorism underwriter about the risks ahead
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AnalysisEmbrace digitalisation or risk being left behind
GVNW president Alexander Mahnke sees huge opportunities in the era of digitisation
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AnalysisBehind GVNW’s board, part 5: Matthias Beck – the power of networking
A network of valued colleagues and early nights are some of the ingredients to success, says the head of group insurance and risk management global supplier of fastening materials company, Würth Group
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AnalysisBehind GVNW’s board, part 4: Antje Mertens – the risks of new career challenges
The head of insurance at climate control systems company, Eberspächer, on the biggest risks and challenges
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AnalysisBehind GVNW’s board, part 3: Christian Böhm – a GVNW symposium seasoned pro
From the Bavarian evening to getting to bed before midnight, the managing director (insurance) of global technology group, Freudenberg, provides tips on successfully surviving the highs of the symposium
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AnalysisHow the terrorism landscape is changing
From organised poisoning to lone shooter events, the terrorism landscape is evolving. Joanna Hitchcock, terrorism underwriter at Liberty Specialty Markets, tells us how best to prepare
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AnalysisCyber resilience in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Technology is transforming the business landscape at an unprecedented rate, increasing the severity of cyber risks. Tiago Dias, Cyber Security Consultant at FM Global tells us how we can become resilient
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AnalysisRisk innovation: Germany, part 3 – Are digitised production lines more hackable?
Why the digitisation of manufacturing systems and supply chains is heightening cyber risk concerns
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AnalysisGVNW Symposium 2018: breaking news from day 1 of the conference
A round-up of the latest news (in German language) from this year’s GVNW Symposium, including exclusive interviews with Swiss Re’s Martin Weymann and a special Risk Innovation report on Germany’s most cutting-edge industries
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AnalysisThe top three emerging risks for corporates
Speaking exclusively to StrategicRISK ahead of tomorrow’s emerging risk panel, Swiss Re’s Martin Weymann warns of the more prominent threats to beware of
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AnalysisRisk innovation: Germany, part 2 – new era heralds new risks
Often seen as a bit of a laggard in the race for automation, Germany’s construction and engineering industry is making up for lost time
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AnalysisRisk innovation: Germany, part 1: Germany’s economy – on an upward trajectory
While Germany is set to maintain its growth in 2018, the spectre of a hard Brexit, rising protectionism and US tariffs could dampen the economy’s potential
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AnalysisBehind GVNW’s board, part 2: Hans Jörg Schill – living on the edge
From free climbing in France to abolishing two cartels, Fraport Airport’s insurance manager, Hans Schill, certainly lives on the dangerous side. He reveals more in the second installment of our quickfire Q&As with the board
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AnalysisBehind GVNW’s board, part 1: Mathieas Kohl – “Sometimes it is worth taking big risks”
It is not all about hard work. In the first of series of five quickfire interviews, we get inside the heads of GVNW’s board and present the ‘fun’ side behind the minds behind the German Association. Mathieas Kohl, head of insurance at medical and safety technology company, Drägerwerk, gives our ...
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AnalysisRising global temperatures forecast to hit emerging market exports and power supplies
While Europe is gripped by a heatwave, it remains the region most insulated from the economic impacts of rising heat stress
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AnalysisThe 10 most likely risks to cause the greatest financial impact in Europe
A StrategicRISK survey shows European risk managers have a different outlook to their Asian, and global, counterparts
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AnalysisDeveloping the next generation of risk and insurance managers in Germany
DVS president Alexander Mahnke reveals plans for a new risk and insurance training programme
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AnalysisHow insurance will change in the next 10 years
In a workshop about the future of insurance, risk managers predict further insurer M&As
