EU Business News February 2018

EU BUSINESS NEWS / Q1 2018 5 NEWS , Facebook commu- nities in Germany, Sweden and Norway were able to tune in live to Eurosport’s coverage of the PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony on 9th February. Daily highlights, clips and interviews from Eurosport’s coverage will also be posted throughout the Games on Eurosport’s Facebook Page across key European mar- kets, including the UK, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Norway. Euro- sport has launched a dedicated mobile digital studio moving be- tween Olympic venues, producing social-first short form clips with athletes, influencers and fans, giving audiences the opportunity to go behind-the-scenes at the Olympic Winter Games and expe- rience the on-site atmosphere. Michael Lang, President DNI Digital & Eurosport Digital, said: “For the first time in close to 50 European countries, one digital provider will stream every minute of every Olympic Games event, starting with the Olympics cere- mony this Friday from Pyeong- Chang. Partnering with Facebook Keylane is a leading European supplier of modern, customer- centric, SaaS software to the insurance and pension industry. Our in-depth knowledge and expertise allows us to help our clients transform the way they run their day to day technology and operations. By implementing our state of the art solutions, we help companies to reduce cost, deliver new and innovative products to market fast and increase customer satisfaction. Headquartered in Utrecht in the Netherlands, Keylane employs over 700 people and delivers services to over 100 Insurance companies across offices in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK. Møretrygd, from Ålesund in Norway, will implement the modern insurance solution together with Keylane for both their private and commercial products. Møretrygd is a mutual insurance company with head office in Ålesund and branch offices in Volda and Fosnavåg. The non-marine part of the company was founded in 1866 as Voldens Brandsikringsforening, a local fire mutual in Volda. The marine part was founded in 1871 as Aalesunds og Moldes Gjensidige Skibsassuranceforening, a marine mutual serving the fishing fleet in and around Ålesund. We thererfore can celebrate our 150th anniversary on 29th September in 2016. Møretrygd is the result of a number of mergers through the past years. The last mergers were between Nordvest Sjøforsikring Gjensidig and Møretrygd Gjensidig Sjøtrygdelag in 2002 and with the non-marine mutual VBforsikring in 2008. The merger with VBforsikring came as a result of of Møretrygd’s decision to diversify into non-marine insurance. In 2010 Møretrygd merged with SGS (Sjøtrygdgruppen Mutual Insurance Company) in order to handle the run-off of the company. SGS was the former reinsurance vehicle of the Norwegian coastal mutuals. Bjørn Harald Bakke (CEO Møretrygd ) states: “The Keylane SaaS solution supports all capabilities for modernizing our operational processes and enables us to easily launch new products to the market. We believe we have found a solid and loyal partner in Keylane Nordic, and we look forward to a successful implementation.” Ralf Timmer (CEO Keylane) states: “We are happy to have found yet another insurance client in Norway. Møretrygd can benefit from our expertise of the Norwegian market, the standardised Norwegian country layer in our state of the art non-life insurance solution and our local implementation team. We look forward to support Møretrygd in growing their business.” expands our reach and promotes www.eurosport.com/Olympics and encourages audiences wanting to watch the Ice hockey, Snowboard and other Games events to down- load the Eurosport App. “We are committed to redefining the Olympic Games experience and in addition to streaming every event LIVE and on-demand, our use of Eurosport experts, athletes, digital influencers and first-of-its-kind mobile studio will bring digital audiences closer to the Games than ever before.” Dan Reed, Facebook Head of Global Sports Partnerships, said: “The Olympics bring communities together like few sporting events can, so we’re excited to partner with Eurosport to enable fans in Europe to watch and connect around the Olympic Winter Games on our platform. We look forward to collaborating closely with Eurosport to help it reach new audiences and optimize its Facebook strategy throughout the Games.” Eurosport will deliver live and on-demand coverage of the Olympic Winter Games across all screens in 48 countries. Eurosport Digital platforms will host more than 4,000 hours of coverage and 100 events will be available, including 900 hours of live action, more than ever before across the continent. In addition, as part of its ambi- tious digital strategy, Eurosport is working with digital and social media influencers on-site in PyeongChang to amplify its Games coverage. For example, Josh Carrott and Ollie Kendal, better known as the hosts of the Korean Englishman connecting Korean and English cultures to a social audience of more than 2.3 million worldwide. The Korean Englishman will stream a daily 45-minute Livestream show called “The Afterparty,” which includes appearances from Eurosport talent, athletes, fans and fellow in- fluencers. Eurosport will leverage Facebook to amplify highlights from The Afterparty and other influencers to communities on the platform in Europe. Møretrygd From Norway selects Keylane’s Insurance Solution Møretrygd, a Norwegian non-life insurance company, has selected Keylane’s policy and claims management system to better streamline business processes, improve their services to their customers and agents and contribute to business growth.