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Swiss Re is a leading global reinsurance company and our news covers its announcements, people moves, results and financial performance, as well as analysis of reinsurance market trends and interviews.
Katrina’s economic impact would be $40bn higher today: Swiss Re
18th August 2020
A new report from Swiss Re Institute has estimated that economic costs could be as high as $200 billion if Hurricane Katrina were to hit New Orleans in 2020, which is more than $40 billion higher than the 2005 total. Adjusted for inflation, economic losses from Katrina come to approximately $160 ... Read the full article
COVID-19’s impact on Europe’s top reinsurers considerable, varied: Fitch
14th August 2020
Despite the H120 results from the four major European reinsurers - Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re and SCOR - revealing considerable pandemic-related claims, the impact of the pandemic on the four reinsurers varied significantly. This is in part due to differences in exposure to lines of business affected by the ... Read the full article
Swiss Re CorSo bolsters customer & distribution leadership in North America
13th August 2020
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (Swiss Re CorSo), the commercial insurance division of reinsurance giant Swiss Re, has named Allen Kwan as Head Customer Management, North America and Daniel Combes as Head Distribution Management, North America. Both Kwan and Combes will assume their newly-created roles on August 17th, 2020. In his new role, ... Read the full article
Global insured cat losses below average at $31bn in H1: Swiss Re
11th August 2020
Swiss Re Institute estimates that global insured catastrophe losses were $31 billion in the first half of 2020, up from $23 billion last year but well below the average H1 cost of $36 billion. Global economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters came to $75 billion in H1 2020, according ... Read the full article
APAC mortality protection gap forecast at $119tn by 2030: Swiss Re
11th August 2020
The aggregate mortality protection gap in Asia Pacific (APAC) is projected to reach $119 trillion by 2030, according to a new report by Swiss Re. The gap reached $83 trillion in 2019 and is expected to rise by an average of 4% each year over the next decade. Based on a survey ... Read the full article
Reinsurer knowledge & data critical to building climate resilience: Swiss Re’s Baertschi
6th August 2020
The reinsurance industry’s knowledge and expertise in risk identification and mitigation will be a critical tool in building resilience against climate change, says Urs Baertschi, Chief Executive Officer Reinsurance EMEA / Regional President EMEA at Swiss Re. Speaking in an interview with Reinsurance News, Baertschi argued that the insurance industry is ... Read the full article
Swiss Re & OneConnect to collaborate on Smart Claims for Europe
5th August 2020
OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd., an associate of China's Ping An Group, is set to partner with reinsurance giant Swiss Re to co-develop a digital end-to-end solution for motor claims handling for the European marketplace. The solution will be based on artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced data analytics, with the two ... Read the full article
COVID-19 clean-up in P&C continues at mid-year renewals: Swiss Re
4th August 2020
Global insurance and reinsurance companies continue to work to remove COVID-19 and pandemic exposures from their property and casualty (P&C) businesses, note executives at Swiss Re. The unprecedented impacts of the ongoing pandemic have been challenging for risk transfer market participants of all shapes and sizes, with some of the largest ... Read the full article
COVID-19 P&C industry loss manageable at up to $80bn: Swiss Re CEO Mumenthaler
31st July 2020
Speaking this morning during his firm's earnings call, Swiss Re CEO Christian Mumenthaler said that the reinsurer believes the industry loss from the COVID-19 pandemic will come in under a "manageable" $80 billion. Swiss Re reported its H1 results this morning, confirming the $2.5 billion of pandemic related claims and ... Read the full article
Swiss Re’s P&C Re combined ratio deteriorates to 115.8% on COVID-19 losses
31st July 2020
Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re has reported a net loss of $1.1 billion for the first half of 2020 and a Property & Casualty Reinsurance (P&C Re) net loss of $519 million, driven by claims and reserves related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The reinsurer warned previously of a $1.1 billion ... Read the full article
Swiss Re makes key adjustments to Asia management team
30th July 2020
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has announced a number of changes to its Asia management team, due to be implemented in September. Mark Senkevics, who for the last decade has led Swiss Re in Australia and New Zealand across both life and health, as well as property and casualty businesses, will now ... Read the full article
LV= turns Swiss Re-reinsured longevity swap into £800m Phoenix Life buy-in
29th July 2020
The Trustee of the LV= Employee Pension Scheme has converted a longevity swap held with UK closed life book consolidator business ReAssure - and reinsured by Swiss Re - into a £800 million buy-in with Phoenix Life. Following the conversion to buy-in, Swiss Re will continue to cover the longevity risk ... Read the full article
Swiss Re completes sale of ReAssure to Phoenix Group
23rd July 2020
Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re has announced the completion of the sale of its ReAssure Group plc subsidiary to Phoenix Group Holdings plc, following the receipt of all regulatory and antitrust approvals. As previously announced, Swiss Re received a cash payment of £1.2 billion and shares in Phoenix representing a ... Read the full article
Swiss Re appoints Pranav Pasricha as Global Head P&C Solutions, Reinsurance
23rd July 2020
Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re has named Pranav Pasricha, current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Intellect SEEC, as Global Head P&C Solutions of the company's global Reinsurance arm, effective August 3rd, 2020. He takes over from Eric Schuh, who is leaving the reinsurer to take on an exciting new challenge outside ... Read the full article
Swiss Re’s H1 2020 COVID-19 impacts reach $2.5bn
23rd July 2020
Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re has announced significant claims and reserves related to the COVID-19 pandemic of $2.5 billion (pre-tax) in the first half of 2020. As a result of the high level of losses from the pandemic, Swiss Re expects to report a net loss of approximately $1.1 billion in ... Read the full article