Aon partners on cryptocurrency cover
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Aon PLC is collaborating with Relm Insurance Ltd., a Bermudian specialist insurer, and Nayms Ltd., an insurtech platform for cryptocurrency investors insuring crypto risk, to offer coverage for cryptocurrency companies.
The collaboration will conduct a first pilot with Teller Finance, part of Teller Labs Inc., which uses its “algorithmic credit risk protocol for decentralized lending,” to place tokenized, or blockchain-enabled, insurance.
Benjamin Peach, associate director and digital assets specialist, Global Broking Centre at Aon, said in the statement the broker wants to developing products for a “growing client base in the digital asset space.”
Dan Roberts, CEO at Nayms, said the digital asset space is approaching $1 trillion.
Relm was launched in 2019 to provide “dedicated capacity for digital asset and blockchain businesses,” said Joseph Ziolkowski, CEO at Relm.
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