380 participants representing 40 countries from all over the world attended the 34th Congress organized by AIAG - The International Association of Agricultural Production Insurers, a premiere in the 66-years old history of AIAG Congresses.

The "Current Challenges for Insurance Markets and Supervision in the Central, Eastern and South Eastern European region" Conference, organized by FMA - the Financial Market Authority Austria, continues today in Vienna. 

IIF 2017 - "Insurance in a Digital World", taking place in Vienna, on 14 November an exquisite panel of speakers, that will present, among others, upon digitalization and its impact on sales, underwriting, and claims management.

Between 8 and 10 November 2017, the traditional international scientific and professional conference on insurance, the "Croatian Insurance Days", will be held in Opatija, Croatia.

The South Eastern European insurance market (SEE) formed by Cyprus, Greece and Turkey totaled EUR 8.09 billion at the end of June 2017, down by 7.2% y-o-y, according to the preliminary figures centralized by XPRIMM.

OCTO Telematics (OCTO), the number one global provider of telematics for the auto insurance industry, has announced it will acquire the usage-based insurance (UBI) assets of Willis Towers Watson, including its market-leading DriveAbility® solution and the DriveAbility Marketplace. 

Carsten QUITTER will become ALLIANZ Group Chief Investment Officer (Group CIO) and, as Managing Director, will take over as Co-Lead of ALLIANZ Investment Management SE (AIM) on January 1, 2018.

American International Group (AIG) announced that Charles FRY will join the company as Head of Reinsurance, Operations and Transformation, General Insurance, effective immediately.

Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) announced that Katherine BRENNAN has been appointed Deputy General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer.

ALLIANZ Global Investors announced that George McKay, its Co-Head, Global Head of Distribution and Global Chief Operating Officer (COO) will take on non-executive Vice Chair role stepping down from executive responsibilities in April next year.

The "Current Challenges for Insurance Markets and Supervision in the Central, Eastern and South Eastern European region" Conference, organized by FMA - the Financial Market Authority Austria, continues today in Vienna. 

Insurance professionals, as well as representatives of the local and regional authorities, gather on 12-13 October in Vienna, Austria, at the "Current Challenges for Insurance Markets and Supervision in the Central, Eastern and South Eastern European region" Conference.

Professionals and specialists from the Turkish and the global insurance and reinsurance markets gathered between the 5th and the 6th of October in Turkey, at the 9th International Istanbul Insurance Conference.

In emerging markets like Turkey, there can be a significant difference between the insured and total insurable losses. Parametric insurance is a smart way to close this protection gap. While the traditional products cover an insured loss, parametric products provide financial protection for various expenses from financial liabilities to contingent loss of profit which, in return, decreases the economic loss burden following a CAT event.

The trends in the insurance industry is the main topic addressed during the two-day event taking place on 21-22 September 2017 in Shanghai.

The 61st edition of the "Rendez-Vous de Septembre", the annual traditional meeting of reinsurers ends today in Monte Carlo. The Nat Cat insurance protection gap, as well as the global insurance market readiness to deal with the increasing complexity of the cyber risks were among the most debated topics.

The latest edition of the XPRIMM Motor Insurance Report was launched in Monte Carlo, on the occasion of the "Rendez-Vous de Septembre", provind FY2016 statistical data and analisys for the CEE, SEE and CIS regions.