The seventh SCOR Young European Researcher Prize for Research into Alzheimer’s disease was awarded to Renzo Marcuso of the Gothenburg University in Sweden.
As part of the virtual SCOR Rendez-Vous webinars held in September, two sessions highlighted some of the digital transformation journeys undertaken by (re)insurers, looking both at transformation from within and external innovation led by InsurTech and start-ups.
Research by the Franco-U.S. team led jointly by Jean-Laurent Casanova and Laurent Abel and supported financially by the SCOR Corporate Foundation for Science could help to identify people at risk of developing a severe form of Covid-19, and thus to provide better care for this patient population.
In an expanding risk universe, the (re)insurance industry has a key role to play in helping to address global challenges. During the virtual SCOR Rendez-Vous in September, Michèle Lacroix and Laurent Rousseau looked at how the sector can take a proactive stance on sustainability and climate change, in terms of both asset allocation and underwriting.
