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Juha Koponen appointed as new Chair of the Eurapco Board
15 April 2024
The Eurapco Alliance today announced that Juha Koponen, Group President & CEO of LocalTapiola Group and member of the Eurapco Board since 2020, has been appointed as the new Chair of the Eurapco Board. Effective 1st of March, Koponen succeeds Oliver Schoeller, CEO of Gothaer and member of the Eurapco Board since 2020, who served…
Frauke Feess Appointed General Manager of Eurapco
14 December 2023
Frauke Feess has been appointed as the General Manager of Eurapco, starting on the 1st of January 2024. With over 20 years of relevant experience in the insurance market, a distinguished international career, and extensive experience in shaping transformation and enterprise change processes, Frauke Feess joins the Alliance with a primary focus on strengthening and…
UNIQA joins the Eurapco Alliance
12 December 2023
December is a time for reflection on the past year, contemplation of the year ahead, and strategic planning. For Eurapco, it signifies the conclusion of a successful one-year pilot phase, with UNIQA becoming a member of the Eurapco Alliance starting from the 1st of January 2024. "We are proud to now be a permanent partner…
Transforming Health: The Eurapco Wellbeing Lab
7 December 2023
Health is a vast area with many building blocks and challenges. Through collaboration and focus on a broader demographic we aim to take steps towards enhancing health and wellbeing on a larger scale. Eurapco Health Group: Shaping Tomorrow's Health Landscape Over the years, the Eurapco Health group has been working on numerous projects that have…
Wilma de Bruijn leaves Eurapco and Achmea
6 October 2023
Wilma de Bruijn will step down from her position as general manager at Eurapco in Zurich on 1 January 2024. Frauke Feess of the German insurer Gothaer succeeds her. In her pursuit of a better work-life balance, Wilma has decided not to return to Achmea. She will use her infectious energy and large network to…
Lisanne van Nes joins the Eurapco Lab Innovation Team
18 September 2023
Bas van Gerwen succeeded by Lisanne van Nes as a member of the Eurapco Lab Innovation Team Bas was part of the Eurapco Lab Innovation team as a representative for Achmea. He has now returned to Achmea to work as a Release Train Engineer. Bas was one of the key players of the Eurapco Hackathon event,…
Getting Value From ChatGPT
6 July 2023
The insurance industry has readily embraced AI as an opportunity to evolve and improve its business operations, and thus is deploying AI (Artificial Intelligence) solutions across various functional areas. However, most companies still struggle where to begin and have therefore decided -in the first phase- to limit their AI experiments to pilot projects. As the industry has yet to fully transform through widespread…
First Eurapco Innovation Hackathon
16 June 2023
In June 2023 we had the privilege of bringing together brilliant minds and enthusiastic individuals in Barcelona for the very first Eurapco Innovation Hackathon. An Innovation Hackathon is a fast-paced and intense event that encourages participants to think creatively and come up with innovative solutions. During this 3-day event participants tackled four different topics that…
Nicole Nebelung joins the Eurapco Lab Innovation Team
23 May 2023
We would like to welcome Nicole Nebelung as a new member of the Eurapco Lab Innovation Team. With over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, she brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the team. In this article, we will get to know her better and learn about her background, what motivates…
Eurapco Highlights & Progress Report 2022
2 May 2023
Eurapco has enjoyed a year of notable growth and success in 2022, driven by increased exchange benefits, rising premiums, and a strong focus on innovation and digital transformation. The company experienced a 4% increase in exchange benefits, rising from €20.7 million to €21.6 million. Additionally, Eurapco's Commercial Lines Business Group saw an increase in gross…
Manuel Valle was succeeded by Sara de Pablo as a Eurapco Project Manager representing Caser
21 March 2023
Manuel was part of the Eurapco Team for two years as a representative for Caser. His assignment ends in March. During these two years, in the middle of the pandemic, where Eurapco has changed and evolved both in terms of staff and organization, Manuel has worked on exciting, innovative ideas such as Telematics, Quantum Computation,…
Eurapco Joint Marine Business
14 March 2023
The Eurapco Marine Desk is one of the three Eurapco’s joint business groups. It consists of a network of Marine Managers and Senior Marine Underwriters that exchange knowledge, expertise, business, and best practices to build a book of Joint Marine Business by sharing marine risks on a facultative reinsurance basis. Joint Business Figures at a GlanceThe…
Aleksandar Atanasovski succeeded by Hélène Pasquini as a member of the Eurapco Lab Innovation Team
8 March 2023
Aleksandar was part of the Eurapco Lab Innovation Team for one year as a representative for La Mobilière. His assignment ended at the end of last year and he rejoined La Mobilière after the Christmas holidays as a product developer for cyber services. During this challenging year, where Eurapco Lab has changed and evolved both…
Fabio Bortone was succeeded by Federico Bragagia as a Eurapco Project Manager representing Reale Group
28 February 2023
Fabio was part of the Eurapco Team for three years as a representative for Reale Group. His assignment ends in February, and he is rejoining Reale Mutua as Innovation Manager focused on Mobility and SME from March 2023. During his assignment, Fabio was supporting the Customer Centricity Community by the reshape of the main Group…
Ethical Guidelines for a trustworthy AI
16 February 2023
Eurapco has created an exciting new offering for its’ Partners, aimed at enabling sustainable & secure use of AI in accordance with EU regulations. Pan-Eurapco AI Ethical Principles, developed by the Data Excellence Workstream, are now ready, and any interested person from Business, IT or Data & Analytics who is working of planning to work…
Luigi Pio Damato succeeded by Matteo Vassallo as a member of the Eurapco Lab Core Innovation Team
15 February 2023
Luigi served for almost 3 years as an Innovation Manager within the Eurapco Innovation Lab, assigned by Reale Group. During his time, he focused on testing and validating new products, technologies, services, and business offerings to challenge the existing insurance industry, and internal business departments of the Alliance as well. Luigi: “In the past years as…
Selfie Health Update
8 February 2023
With so many services making the switch from face-to-face contact to online, the idea that the latest technological advances will also make their mark in the field of Telemedicine is a no-brainer. Awareness of the priorities of potential users is key to the acceptance of such platforms, begging the question: What are the main hurdles…
Mathias Collén has been appointed CEO of Länsförsäkringar
31 January 2023
Mathias Collén has been appointed CEO of Länsförsäkringar AB and assumed the role on December 13. Mathias succeeds Malin Rylander Leijon, who has been acting CEO of Länsförsäkringar AB since February 2022. "We on the Board are very pleased with the recruitment of Mathias as CEO of Länsförsäkringar AB. He has a very good background…
Metaverse
17 January 2023
The Metaverse is becoming more nd more a topic of discussion, what can the insurance sector expect from it in the near future? The Metaverse has been one of the top buzz words in 2022. Both the tech and business world are investing heavily in this new 3D layer of the internet despite it being…
Jutta Joffell was succeeded by Pasi Korhonen as a member of the Eurapco Lab Innovation Team.
10 January 2023
Jutta was part of the Eurapco Lab Innovation team for almost two years as a LocalTapiola representative. She will end her assignment at the end of the year and at the same time says farewell to the whole finance branch and starts new challenges in 2023. As a customer experience expert, Jutta worked with several…