wefox hires former Zurich Intl. head Peter Huber as Chief Insurance Officer

wefox hires former Zurich Intl. head Peter Huber as Chief Insurance Officer
wefox, a full-stack digital insurance company based in Berlin, has announced the appointment of Peter Huber, formerly Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Zurich International, as its Chief Insurance Officer.

wefox was founded in 2015 by Julian Teicke, Fabian Wesemann, and Dario Fazlic. The company’s goal is to make people safe and prevent risk by reinventing insurance at scale through technology.

Huber joins with more than two decades of industry experience, having first joined Zurich in 2013 as CEO for Zurich Global Life in Singapore, before taking over as President Director and CEO of Zurich Topas Life (Indonesia) in 2015.

He joined Zurich from global reinsurer Swiss Re, where he was a Managing Director in the Reinsurance unit based in Switzerland.

Earlier in his career, he served as Regional General Manager, Life & Health for Allianz SE Asia-Pacific, based in Singapore.

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wefox founder and CEO, Teicke, commented: “I am delighted to announce Peter’s appointment. He is the second global insurance industry superstar to join us, following our new COO, Dr David Stachon, earlier this year.  Peter brings over 20 years of insurance and global business experience to the business. His knowledge together with his proven commercial acumen and leadership skills are second to none.

“We clearly stated our intentions back in June when we announced our record-breaking Series C investment round of $650m – we will invest in technology and growth globally and wefox will be the number one personal insurer within a decade. With Peter’s appointment, I truly expect to see those intentions accomplished.”

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