Reinsurance News
6th June 2018
Tackling the challenge of U.S flood risk will require re/insurers to focus on educating property owners while at the same time developing more detailed resources, such as flood maps and risk models, according to Swiss Re Senior Treaty Underwriter Matt Junge. Although floods cause around $15 billion of economic damage every ... Read the full article
4th June 2018
Monica Ningen has been appointed as President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Swiss Re Canada & English Caribbean, effective July 1 2018. The appointment will see her occupy the Toronto-based position following 12 years of distinguished service at the re/insurer. Ningen succeeds Veronica Scotti, who occupied the position for over 3 ... Read the full article
31st May 2018
The release of Swiss Re’s SONAR report, a crowdsourcing tool leveraging the firm’s internal risk management experience, highlights what they believe to be the most compelling emerging risks re/insurers face globally. Emerging risks are volatile and hard to quantify due to the pace at which they evolve but have the potential ... Read the full article
28th May 2018
Global reinsurance group Swiss Re has announced that it has ended discussions about a minority stake investment with Japanese technology & telecoms investor & conglomerate SoftBank. The pair have been in discussions about SoftBank acquiring a stake in Swiss Re since February. At first it was reported that SoftBank would look to ... Read the full article
22nd May 2018
Leading reinsurance provider, Swiss Re, has secured the right to embed Collision Management Systems’ (CMS) software into its telematics based re/insurance proposition, following the purchase of a global licence. The deal with CMS allows Swiss Re the ability to process vehicle data from any telematics system and deliver a reliable crash ... Read the full article
21st May 2018
Following President Trump's announcement on May 8th that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal and subsequently reimposing sanctions, global reinsurer Swiss Re is assessing the impact of the U.S. withdrawal on its business. After the removal of sanctions in January 2016, numerous insurers and reinsurers have either conducted ... Read the full article
17th May 2018
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has teamed up with next-generation insurer Hellas Direct and one of Europe’s fast-rising banking alternatives, Revolut, in a move aimed at delivering an innovative and customer-focused home-insurance experience for Cyprus-based policyholders. In a strategic partnerships between a disruptive company and a traditional reinsurance powerhouse, the collaboration is ... Read the full article
10th May 2018
John Dacey, the Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of global reinsurer Swiss Re, noted improved rates in P&C business following the catastrophe events of 2017, but stressed an expectation that the market should have reacted stronger than it did, speaking during the firm's Q1 2018 earnings call. As global insurers and ... Read the full article
7th May 2018
According to media reports this weekend, Japanese technology & telecoms investor & conglomerate SoftBank's interest in securing a deal with global reinsurer Swiss Re is waning, as talks drag on. As we reported last week, it's been said that Swiss Re’s talks with SoftBank had stalled, which led the CFO ... Read the full article
4th May 2018
While the negotiations between Swiss Re and SoftBank are still ongoing, according to the reinsurance firms CFO John Dacey, there is "no clear indication" that any deal will be struck and the pair are no closer to a deal, but he also wouldn't be drawn on whether talks with other ... Read the full article
4th May 2018
Global reinsurance firm Swiss Re reported its first-quarter results this morning, revealing strong growth in premiums written, improved returns in P&C reinsurance and an accounting hit, without which the reinsurers income would have been up year-on-year. Swiss Re has reported group net income for Q1 2018 of $457 million, down on ... Read the full article
2nd May 2018
Talks between reinsurance firm Swiss Re and Japanese technology conglomerate giant SoftBank over a potential investment stake in the reinsurer are said to have stalled, with price, the size of the stake and level of control said to be sticking points. Bloomberg said its sources told the news ... Read the full article
2nd May 2018
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has announced that its reinsurance business unit has received approval from the South African Prudential Authority to expand the license of its existing subsidiary to include property & casualty (P&C) business. The approval enables Swiss Re ... Read the full article
1st May 2018
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, the commercial insurance arm of the global reinsurance firm, has appointed Jake Algar to the role of Head of UK & Ireland. Algar has been hired from competitor Zurich Insurance, where he had worked since 2002 in roles working up to the Head of Global & London ... Read the full article
25th April 2018
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has launched a new global initiative in collaboration with World Bank Group member IFC, pharmaceutical and life sciences company Bayer, and irrigation manufacturer Netafim, which aims to support smallholders grow their farms into sustainable, commercially viable businesses. The initiative, called Better Life Farming, will offer risk transfer ... Read the full article
