DIGITAL insurance startup Breeze, which has developed an online platform specifically for forwarders and logistics companies, has appointed industry veteran Patrizia Kern as its chief insurance officer.
Ms Kern has over 30 years' experience in senior roles across the marine insurance industry, most recently at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions' global marine division, where she headed up the unit's cargo and hull business, reports London's Air Cargo News.
'Breeze is at the forefront of the digital revolution in marine and cargo insurance,' said Ms Kern.
'Combining new technology, data and machine learning will completely transform the marine and cargo insurance industry, to provide a level of transparency and efficiency in freight management that will ultimately make shipping more sustainable, more profitable, and safer.'
She added: 'Breeze has built in a very short time what the industry has been talking about for years now, and I am looking forward to using my knowledge of the market to accelerate the industry's transformation through impactful end-to-end, digital, and data-driven insurance offerings.'
Ms Kern has extensive experience of using technology and risk intelligence to drive the global maritime insurance industry towards sustainability.
She is the chair of the Poseidon Principles for Marine Insurance (PPMI), an initiative launched in 2021 to accelerate the shipping industry's decarbonization, and chairs the Big-Data and Digitalization Forum and Nominating Committee of the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI).
Ms Kern is also an advisory board member for the Global Maritime Forum (GMF), Lloyd's Register, and the ICC Digital Standard Initiative.
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Ms Kern has over 30 years' experience in senior roles across the marine insurance industry, most recently at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions' global marine division, where she headed up the unit's cargo and hull business, reports London's Air Cargo News.
'Breeze is at the forefront of the digital revolution in marine and cargo insurance,' said Ms Kern.
'Combining new technology, data and machine learning will completely transform the marine and cargo insurance industry, to provide a level of transparency and efficiency in freight management that will ultimately make shipping more sustainable, more profitable, and safer.'
She added: 'Breeze has built in a very short time what the industry has been talking about for years now, and I am looking forward to using my knowledge of the market to accelerate the industry's transformation through impactful end-to-end, digital, and data-driven insurance offerings.'
Ms Kern has extensive experience of using technology and risk intelligence to drive the global maritime insurance industry towards sustainability.
She is the chair of the Poseidon Principles for Marine Insurance (PPMI), an initiative launched in 2021 to accelerate the shipping industry's decarbonization, and chairs the Big-Data and Digitalization Forum and Nominating Committee of the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI).
Ms Kern is also an advisory board member for the Global Maritime Forum (GMF), Lloyd's Register, and the ICC Digital Standard Initiative.
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