Decavi

What Decavi does

DECAVI is a privately held, family-owned Belgian company founded in 1994 that operates as a professional event organizer and niche B2B publisher serving the insurance and finance sectors of Belgium and Luxembourg. The company's product portfolio comprises four event lines — the annual Trophées DECAVI de l'Assurance awards ceremonies (operated with Aimes & Co), Insurance Academy training sessions (operated with KPMG Belgium), the Cycle DECAVI seminar series including the CEO Event, and the monthly Petits Déjeuners DECAVI networking breakfasts in Brussels and Luxembourg — together with the Lettre DECAVI, a bilingual (French/Nederlands) monthly newsletter analyzing Belgian life and non-life insurance products and published ten times per year since 1997.

Revenue is generated through two streams: one-time event registration fees (e.g., Insurance Academy at 210 EUR per attendee with a stated cap of ~30 participants; Insurance CEO Events at 295 EUR per attendee) and recurring subscriptions to Lettre DECAVI in Vie and Dommages versions. The go-to-market is event-driven and relationship-mediated — KPI-grade partnerships with KPMG Belgium and EY Belgium provide expert content credibility, while a broader sponsor network (Lydian, Philippe & Partners, DPAM, Guidewire, Comarch, La Libre) underwrites costs and broadens attendee reach. Customer segments are concentrated in two Benelux verticals: insurance industry professionals (brokers, agents, intermediaries) and senior financial sector executives.

The company is operationally small and family-led, with CEO Laurent Feiner (a journalist by trade) and Sacha Feiner as the two named principals. There is no disclosed headcount, no outside investors, no parent company, and no proprietary technology platform; the website runs on Odoo and serves as the primary digital front end for registration and subscription management. HQ is at Avenue des Mille Mètres 84, 1150 Brussels (Woluwe-Saint-Pierre), Belgium, with operational reach extending into Luxembourg.

Name

Decavi

Legal name

DECAVI

Website

https://decavi.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DECAVI is a Belgian family-owned firm founded in 1994 that organizes premium professional events — including annual insurance awards, training seminars, and monthly networking breakfasts — and publishes a recurring monthly newsletter serving insurance and finance professionals in Belgium and Luxembourg.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Alsemberg

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Event ticket sales: Revenue generated from registration fees for seminars, training sessions, CEO events, and petit déjeuner networking events.
2. Lettre DECAVI subscriptions: Monthly newsletter publication analyzing insurance products in Belgium and Luxembourg. Two versions: Life insurance (Vie) and Non-life/damage insurance (Dommages). Published 10 times per year since 1997 in both languages.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

DECAVI organizes premium professional events and publishes a monthly newsletter for insurance and finance professionals in Belgium and Luxembourg. Its portfolio includes annual Trophées de l'Assurance award ceremonies recognizing best insurance products, Insurance Academy training sessions (with KPMG Belgium), the Cycle DECAVI seminar series (including a CEO Event), and monthly Petits Déjeuners networking breakfasts in Brussels and Luxembourg. The Lettre DECAVI is a subscription newsletter analyzing insurance products, published 10 times per year since 1997 in Life and Non-Life versions.

Product overview

DECAVI operates as an event management and publication company serving the Belgian and Luxembourg insurance and finance sectors. The company organizes four main product lines: (1) Trophées DECAVI de l'Assurance - annual award ceremonies recognizing best insurance products in Vie and Non Vie categories; (2) Insurance Academy - premium training events in partnership with KPMG for insurance professionals; (3) Cycle DECAVI - three major seminars including the CEO Event analyzing sector trends; and (4) Petits Déjeuners DECAVI - monthly networking breakfast events in Brussels and Luxembourg. Additionally, the Lettre DECAVI is a monthly newsletter publication analyzing insurance market products in both life and non-life versions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trophées DECAVI de l'Assurance

Quantifiable outcome

• Two annual Trophées DECAVI de l'Assurance ceremonies recognizing best insurance products
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Aimes & CocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAimes & Co (led by Muriel Storrer) partners with DECAVI to organize the Trophées de l'Assurance, an annual awards ceremony recognizing the best insurance products in Belgium.
• KPMG BelgiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKPMG Belgium partners with DECAVI for the Insurance Academy events, providing expert insights on insurance sector trends, innovation, and regulatory developments.
• La LibreminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLa Libre newspaper is listed as a media partner for DECAVI events, providing promotional support.
• EY BelgiumminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEY Belgium serves as a partner for DECAVI's Trophées de l'Assurance events.
• LydianminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLydian law firm partners with DECAVI for insurance industry events.
• DPAM (Degroof Petercam Asset Management)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerDPAM is a partner for DECAVI events, contributing expertise in asset management topics.
• Apcal LuxembourgminorGTM or Marketing PartnerApcal (Luxembourg) partners with DECAVI for insurance sector events.
• Philippe & PartnersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPhilippe & Partners law firm is a partner for DECAVI's petit déjeuner events.
• CustyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCusty is a partner supporting DECAVI events in the insurance sector.
• Axis GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAxis Group partners with DECAVI for insurance industry events, providing insurance expertise.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Handelsblatt: Germany's leading financial newspaper running insurance-focused conferences, awards, and editorial coverage. Comparable B2B financial media-and-events model in the German market rather than Belgian/Luxembourg.
• Risk & Insurance: US insurance trade media with conferences and editorial coverage of risk management and commercial insurance. Comparable B2B media-plus-events model, though operating at much larger US scale.
• Assuralia: Belgian insurance professional association representing insurers operating in Belgium. Overlaps with DECAVI's audience in the same Belgian market and occasionally co-organizes industry events, though it is a federation rather than a commercial media business.
• Insurance Post: UK-based B2B insurance trade media outlet running events, awards, and editorial coverage for UK insurance professionals. Same editorial-plus-events-plus-awards business model as DECAVI but in the UK market.
• Insurance Journal: US-based insurance trade publication covering property/casualty and life insurance with associated events. Comparable editorial-plus-events business model for insurance professionals, though US-focused.
• L'Argus de l'assurance: France's leading insurance trade publication and event organizer, with a comparable model of insurance product rankings, industry awards, and professional events. Directly analogous to DECAVI but operating in the French market rather than Belgium/Luxembourg.
• Reactions: Long-running international insurance and reinsurance trade magazine with associated events and awards. Comparable B2B media-and-events model targeting insurance professionals, though at a more global rather than Belgian/Luxembourg geographic focus.
• L'Agefi: Swiss-French financial daily covering insurance, asset management, and banking with associated professional events. Similar B2B financial media model to DECAVI but serving Swiss and French insurance audiences.

Broad incumbents

• Wolters Kluwer: Large global information services company with an established insurance compliance, regulatory, and research division. Operates broadly across insurance professional services rather than focusing on a Belgian events niche like DECAVI.

Others

• Insurance Europe: Brussels-headquartered European insurance and reinsurance federation representing insurers at EU level. Serves a similar insurance professional audience but as an industry association rather than a commercial event/media business.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/laurent-feiner-9a507086
• Facebookfacebook.com/decaviassurances

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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