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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.
Swiss Re Board of Directors proposes election of three new members
16th March 2017
The Board of Directors at global reinsurer Swiss Re has proposed to elect three new non-executive and independent board members, in Jay Ralph, Joerg Reinhardt and Jacques de Vaucleroy. The reinsurance giant announced in a recent statement that its Board of Directors proposes to elect the new members at the AGM on ... Read the full article
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions opens Malaysia office, names Country Head
7th March 2017
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has expanded operations in Malaysia, with the launch of a new local office in Kuala Lumpur. The office, which began operations on March 1st, 2017, will service large and upper mid-sized Malaysian businesses through broking partners and intermediaries, and will function under a Labuan FSA reinsurance license. Fred ... Read the full article
Swiss Re highlights role of re/insurance in cyber risk
6th March 2017
Swiss Re has launched its new re/insurance think tank, the Swiss Re Institute, with the release of a report that investigates the growing sphere of cyber risk, examining constraints in risk assessment as well as potential new models for risk analytics and coverage. Opportunities for reinsurance are expanding in the fast-developing ... Read the full article
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions names Paul Atkinson Country Head, Japan
2nd March 2017
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Paul Atkinson to replace Juerg Stoll as Country Manager for Japan, effective immediately. Atkinson has extensive commercial insurance experience and has worked in London, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan, and is a fluent Japanese speaker. The appointment sees Atkinson replace Stoll, who has been appointed Country ... Read the full article
Swiss Re targets mid-sized commercial insurance market for growth
27th February 2017
Global reinsurance firm Swiss Re is expanding the remit of its Corporate Solutions division to offer commercial insurance solutions to mid-sized corporations. The Swiss Re Corporate Solutions model has been to target the very large corporate risk managers, offering their balance-sheet and underwriting expertise to create large, often complex, tailored insurance ... Read the full article
Swiss Re to add ex-Allianz exec Jay Ralph and Joerg Reinhardt to Board
24th February 2017
Swiss Re has announced that Jay Ralph and Joerg Reinhardt have been proposed for election to the Board of Directors as new, non-executive members - the election is set for April 21st at the Annual General Meeting of shareholders. Jay Ralph has most recently acted as a member of the Board ... Read the full article
Swiss Re’s renewal price quality decreases, pulls back on China
23rd February 2017
Reinsurance firm Swiss Re has pulled back significantly on underwriting in China, blaming that market a leading driver of an 18% reduction in premium volume renewed on January 1st 2017. Swiss Re only renewed $8.5 billion of premiums at the latest 1/1 reinsurance renewal, down 18% from the $10.3 billion underwritten ... Read the full article
Swiss Re names Edouard Schmid to Group CUO, as Weber steps down
23rd February 2017
Mathias Weber, the Group Chief Underwriting Officer of global reinsurance firm Swiss Re, is stepping down from his role and the company is replacing him by promoting Edouard Schmid to the role. Weber has been with Swiss Re for 25 years and took the role of Chief Underwriting Officer since April ... Read the full article
Swiss Re backed livestock insurance scheme to payout $2 million
21st February 2017
Swiss Re has announced the Kenyan Livestock Insurance Programme (KLIP) will be making a payout of about $2 million to 12,000 Kenyan farmers at the end of February, with index-based payments pegged to satellite measurements of data set to roll out with the average payout at $170 per household. The innovative insurance programme collects ... Read the full article
Hannover Re & Swiss Re take 90% of Sri Lankan agricultural re/insurance scheme
17th February 2017
Hannover Re and Swiss Re have taken a 90% share in Sri Lanka’s state-owned National Insurance Trust Fund (NITF) agricultural insurance scheme; accepting a respective 50% and 40% of the placement, which was made through reinsurance broker J.B. Boda & Co. Three other global reinsurers, which includes Munich Re, share the ... Read the full article
AIG hopes to renew Swiss Re casualty quota share on better terms for 2018: Hancock
16th February 2017
Speaking at an insurance conference run by Bank of America Merrill Lynch this morning, Peter Hancock, the CEO of insurance giant AIG, said that he hopes the company will be able to renew its casualty quota share reinsurance arrangement with Swiss Re on better terms in 2018. AIG entered into a ... Read the full article
Jim George named Global Head of Claims, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
14th February 2017
Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re's Corporate Solutions division has appointed Jim George as Global Head of Claims, succeeding Nicola Parton. George will be tasked with leading Swiss Re Corporate Solutions' global claims operations and will also serve as a member of Corporate Solutions' Management and Business Management Committees. Over the last 20 ... Read the full article
Christopher Gray joins Sompo Canopius Re from Swiss Re
13th February 2017
Japanese specialist reinsurer, Sompo Canopius Re, has appointed Christopher Gray as its new head of Protection & Indemnity (P&I) reinsurance. Joining from reinsurance giant Swiss Re, Gray will take up his new role immediately, and report to Andy Gladwin, global head of marine treaty. Gladwin said; "Chris is a respected leader in ... Read the full article
Swiss Re collaborates with SAP to improve re/insurance reporting tools
2nd February 2017
International insurer and reinsurer Swiss Re has announced a partnership with enterprise application software company, SAP SE, to create a solution that tackles complex issues related to financial steering and reporting of insurers and reinsurers from regulators. The new partnership, described by Swiss Re as "a strategic co-innovation initiative" aims to ... Read the full article
Swiss Re CEO calls for tradable resilient infrastructure asset class
25th January 2017
Christian Mumenthaler, the Group CEO of global reinsurance firm Swiss Re, has called for the development of a "standardised and tradable" global infrastructure asset class, into which firms such as his own could invest their long-term capital while helping to increase resilience. In an article timed to coincide with the World ... Read the full article
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