Virtual Insurer and German Giant Munich Re Team Up to Offer Digital Asset Insurance

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Hong Kong-based virtual insurer OneDegree has entered into a three-year strategic partnership with German reinsurer Munich Re to launch OneInfinity, a new digital asset insurance product. 

OneDegree says its product is an insurance and technology offering designed specifically for digital asset trading platforms, custodians, asset managers, as well as technology providers.

“Under this partnership, Munich Re will provide reinsurance capacity and support OneDegree's technical underwriting. The partners also commit to building modeling capabilities based on OneDegree's unique [centralized finance] CeFi and [decentralized finance] DeFi incident database to support future product innovation,” the company said in a statement.

The insurance offered as part of OneInfinity is bundled withCymetrics solutions which help companies examine cyber, blockchain, and digital asset risks from the point of view of hackers and insiders, they said. Cymetrics is offered as a separate product by OneDegree’s sister company.

Helen Ye, Chief Commercial Officer at OneDegree, said that the partnership with Munich Re was a “game changer” and that “both OneDegree and Munich Re have invested resources in building a digital asset native team.”

Meanwhile, independent insurance brokerage Lockton predicts that 2022 will be “a year of insurance innovation with the continued launch of new digital asset-focused insurance products entering the space via non-traditional insurers.”

“More 'creative' solutions could take the form of smart contract insurance or other more tailored coverages. In 2022, we expect to see even more non-traditional insurance entrants and solutions than seen in the past,” the firm said.

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