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In December, we were asked by VC-Magazin whether we could provide
with insights into liability and risk management issues
relating to venture capital funds.

With pleasure! Together with the team, Florian not only provided insights into current challenges, but also suggested practical solutions to effectively minimize and sensibly transfer the risks of a VC fund.

You can find out more in the VC Magazine article:

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  • Added value of customized insurance concepts for VC funds (focus: D&O/E&O insurance #Moonshotprotect),
  • Key measures for risk prevention (learning curve from our claims world),
  • preventive measures, such as the introduction of non-liable contractual provisions,
  • and other exciting aspects.


Did you find this article helpful? Feel free to contact us regarding our guide to sensible VC insurance cover or a non-binding consultation.

Cyber Security

Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA regulation) from the perspective of venture capital and private equity funds

DORA regulation will apply from January 2025. Significance for our private equity and venture capital clients The somewhat unwieldy title of the Digital Operational Resilience Act has a very serious background and is fundamentally to be welcomed. Because when we evaluate our claims in the context of cybercrime, PE and VC funds and their KVGs are those with the highest frequency of claims. It can be safely assumed that they have been identified as a "worthwhile target group" for cyber criminals based abroad and are now being targeted.

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Being Public

Global Integrity and Compliance Forum 2024ย 

๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ "D&O and Co. - Plan B to cover personal liability!" Last Friday, Florian had the honor of taking part in the Global Integrity and Compliance Forum at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitรคt in Munich. Under the motto "The RULE of LAW in the Era of Integrity & Compliance", international legal experts, company managers, in-house councils and compliance officers from all over the world gathered to discuss the future of good corporate governance in 2024. Key discussions and insights One of the

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Management

Research breakdown at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute: A cooling failure destroys cell cultures from decades of research

Research mishap at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute: A cooling failure destroys cell cultures from decades of research - can you insure against it? An incident that threatens your very existence, but which we would like to shed some light on from the perspective of an insurance broker specializing in life sciences. What happened? A cooling system at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden's most important medical research center, failed for five days. Biological material that had been collected over 30 years and, according to the institute, was unique in the world, was destroyed as a result. The material was stored in deep-freeze tanks in which the temperature

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