All Swiss Re articles
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NewsHiscox, Howden, Swiss Re and Insurance Development Forum launch $9.25m Syrian drought partnership
Re/insurance firms working together on climate risk insurance project to protect vulnerable communities from the impacts of drought in Syria.
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NewsMenzinger new chair of Insurance Development Forum operating committee
Swiss Re’s Ivo Menzinger succeeds Rowan Douglas of Howden in the IDF operating committee chair role.
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NewsComplacency is now biggest risk for insurers – Swiss Re’s Haegeli
Chief economist of Swiss Re Jérôme Haegeli spoke in London as the reinsurer launched its global economic and insurance outlook for 2025/26.
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NewsSwiss Re strengthens US liability reserves by $2.4bn
The reinsurer made its “ad hoc announcement”, saying it would miss its combined ratio target for the year as a result, with third quarter net income of $0.1bn.
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NewsIndustry relevance focus at Baden-Baden for Guy Carpenter, Swiss Re
Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter emphasised “clearly defined roles”, partnership and innovation for its Baden-Baden Reinsurance Symposium.
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NewsAon appoints Barnes as its new claims chief
Mona Barnes previously worked at Chubb and Swiss Re; as chief claims officer at Aon she will report into Joe Peiser, the broker’s commercial risk CEO.
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News‘No signs of social inflation abating’ – Swiss Re
Drivers include societal trends, changing behavioural norms, greater use of the legal system, and “rapid growth in settlement awards”, says reinsurer’s chief economist, speaking at RVS 2024 in Monte Carlo.
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NewsSwiss Re Sonar report: ‘Beyond broken infrastructure’
A new paper from Swiss Re explores cascading effects of natural disasters and other emerging risks.
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NewsSwiss Re announces new Corporate Solutions CEO, Ojeisekhoba exit
Ivan Gonzalez (pictured) takes over the Corporate Solutions top job, and Moses Ojeisekhoba, the reinsurer’s CEO global clients and solutions, leaves Swiss Re at the end of August.
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NewsDUAL Europe acquires marine team from Swiss Re
Genoa-based marine team acquisition gives MGA DUAL the mandate to underwrite marine business on behalf of Swiss Re as capacity provider.
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NewsSwiss Re appoints Berger as group CEO to succeed Mumenthaler
Effective from 1 July, Andreas Berger has been appointed as group CEO, replacing Christian Mumenthaler in the top job at Swiss Re.
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NewsStronger results at Hannover Re, Munich Re, SCOR, Swiss Re – Moody’s report
Improved underwriting results have driven strong earnings and improved resilience at the four biggest continental European reinsurers, according to rating agency Moody’s.
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NewsNew record of 142 nat cats adds up to $108bn in 2023 – Swiss Re
Swiss Re Institute said frequency of events is main driver of insured loss accumulation, with severe convective storms accounting for a record $64bn last year.
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NewsSteinmann joins Hannover Re to lead its German arm after Pickel retires
Change at the top came as Hannover Re announced it had beaten its full-year earnings target; group net income rose to €1.8bn for 2023; reinsurance revenue climbed to €24.5bn; and a return on equity of 19% was “comfortably above minimum target”.
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NewsTemperatures are rising and MENA’s protection gap leads the world – Swiss Re at GAIF34
2023 saw major earthquakes in Turkey and Morocco, severe thunderstorms and flooding in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, hailstorms in Jordan, a tropical cyclone in Oman, and a major flood in Libya.
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NewsSwiss Re calls for underwriting discipline after strong renewals
The reinsurer wants to keep pressure on underwriting discipline this year, after a successful 2023, with $3.2bn profit and a 22% RoE.
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NewsSwiss Re, Gallagher Re launch cyber retro ILW in market first
The industry loss warranty follows the successful launch of “PoleStar Re” underwritten-rule 144A cyber catastrophe bond in December.
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NewsTechnology is driving market change – Swiss Re Solutions’ Higginbotham
AI isn’t putting commercial and specialty lines underwriters out of a job anytime soon, but technology can reduce the protection gap, expanding the re/insurance market into fresh pastures, Russell Higginbotham, CEO of reinsurance solutions, Swiss Re suggests.
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NewsSwiss Re: SCS losses reach record $60bn in 2023
The reinsurer said natural catastrophes will once again break several loss records in 2023, with severe convective storms driving the numbers.
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NewsSwiss Re calls for insurance innovation to meet digital risks
Latest Sigma study from the Swiss Re Institute focuses on the threat posed by a digital risk protection gap.
