Verisure News

Euralarm elects Peter Mita as President & highlights from 2024 Assembly

During the 2024 General Assembly of Euralarm in Prague, the members chose Peter Mita as the new President of Euralarm. He succeeds Jon Könz who was President for the past three years. Peter Mita is the Southern Europe Commercial leader of Honeywell Fire.  ​2024 General Assembly The 2024 General Assembly was held in Prague where the outgoing President praised among others the work that was done in information sharing, supporting members with regulatory expertise, and guiding stan...

Verisure takes home security to a new level of protection

Verisure UK has raised the bar in home protection yet again with the launch of its latest innovation in home security. Heralding the future of home security, the updated alarm suite gives homeowners a 360 approach to their home security with a whole new approach to home access, intruder detection and verification, and police notification. New features The cutting-edge security system gives homeowners more control than ever, before with new features including phot...

Euralarm announces the appointment of Jon Könz as the new President and other members

During the 51st General Assembly of Euralarm, the European association representing the fire safety and security industry, the members have chosen Jon Könz as new President of Euralarm. He succeeds Martin Harvey, who was President for the past three and half years. Before being elected President, Jon Könz was Chair of the Services Section of Euralarm. He is Head of Industry Affairs, at Siemens Smart Infrastructure. Euralarm’s 2021 General Assembly The 2021 General Assembly was...

Euralarm welcomes new member Verisure to the association

Following a decision of its Board, Euralarm has welcomed its newest member Verisure, the renowned European provider of professionally monitored security systems. The company will join both the Security and Services Section of Euralarm. Monitoring standardisation issues Verisure will now benefit from Euralarm’s services in terms of representation towards European institutions and standardisation organisations. This includes the monitoring of legislative and standardisation issues relevant...

Essence Group joins Zigbee Alliance for Internet of Things smart home standardisation

Essence Group, a provider of IoT solutions for security, connected home and healthcare, has joined Zigbee Alliance as a member in the “Project Connected Home over IP” initiative. In doing so, the company will contribute to developing and promoting the adoption of a new, royalty-free connectivity standard to increase compatibility among smart home products, with security as a fundamental design tenet. The goal of the Connected Home over IP project is to simplify development for manuf...

Essence Group and Verisure Sàrl celebrate their 20-Year Partnership

Essence Group, the global Internet of Things solutions provider, and Verisure Sàrl, a provider of monitored security solutions in Europe, are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their partnership. The successful cooperation between the two companies has proved to be mutually beneficial, leading to tremendous growth and the development of one of the world’s most used home security systems.    At the beginning of the partnership, Verisure was a regional security provid...

Verisure collaborates with Victim Support charity group to raise awareness on burglary and crime prevention

Verisure, Europe’s renowned provider of monitored security solutions and smart alarms, has announced a partnership with Victim Support, an independent charity group in England and Wales working for people affected by crime and major incidents. The partnership aims to raise awareness of burglary risks and educate the public about ways to prevent this type of crime. Verisure - Victim Support partnership  Horacio Perez, Operations Director at Verisure UK commented: “At Verisure,...

Verisure launches ZeroVision Alarm to prevent burglaries and intrusion

Verisure, provider of monitored security solutions and new security alarms, is working against burglaries and intrusions with the launch of the ZeroVision Alarm. ZeroVision represents a new alarm category that enables proactive actions to be taken remotely and immediately in case of a verified intrusion. When a burglar breaks into a home or business, every second matters. Therefore, it’s necessary to detect the intruder and intervene as quickly as possible. As soon as Verisure’s Ala...

Verisure urges UK public to be more vigilant over holiday season

‘Tis the season to be jolly. Yet according to independent research, commissioned by Verisure, the European provider of professionally-monitored smart alarms, the festive period is a burglars’ bonanza. Two-thirds (66%) of respondents who have already experienced a home burglary, fear they’re more at risk of a repeat experience over the festive season. Increased Christmas spending Seven in ten (70%) of the UK population attribute the heightened threat of burglaries at this time...

Verisure Securitas Direct Smart Cam service for enhanced home monitoring

Verisure Securitas Direct has broken new ground in the European home alarm industry with a new personalised portable wireless camera that customers can use to monitor their homes, providing added security and peace of mind. Verisure Securitas Direct is the first professional alarm company in Europe offering a Smart Cam service. The Verisure Smart Cam is a small camera operated remotely via the web or the Verisure app. It takes photos automatically by motion sensor and on command, storing them i...

ASSA ABLOY showcases innovative new products and solutions for a wide range of end user markets at IFSEC 2014

The partnership between ASSA ABLOY and Verisure is one of the most successful M2M partnerships in Europe ASSA ABLOY, the largest global supplier of intelligent lock and security solutions, responsible for one in every 10 lock and security installations worldwide, focused on innovation on Stand D1700 in Hall S17 at IFSEC 2014 (Excel, London, UK from 17-19 June, 2014.) Recently named by Forbes as one of the world’s 100 most innovative companies, ASSA ABLOY showcased new...

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