Allianz SE, Europe’s largest insurer, and Munich Re’s primary insurance unit, Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG, are in talks to buy Agrotiki...
Articles by Carolyn Bandel and Nikos Chrysoloras
A slide in reinsurance rates under competition from catastrophe bonds is starting to weigh on prices that companies like Zurich...
Zurich Insurance Group AG, the biggest Swiss insurer, said first-quarter profit rose 20 percent, helped by capital gains on investments....
Swiss Re’s new Chief Financial Officer, David Cole, said high yields for insurance-linked securities [ILS], such as catastrophe bonds, may...
The lack of structural measures in large economies including France and Italy present the biggest threat to growth in the...
Reinsurance rates, particularly for natural catastrophe coverage, probably won’t increase this year, said Swiss Re Ltd.’s chief financial officer. Prices...
Zurich Insurance Group AG, the biggest Swiss insurer, reported fourth-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates after restructuring charges following a...

Natural catastrophes are growing more costly and uninsured losses are increasing, according to David Cole, chief risk officer of Swiss...
Swiss Re Ltd., the world’s second – biggest reinsurer, fell the most in six months in Zurich trading after Willis...
Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland’s biggest insurer, says a business unit selling insurance to corporate clients will become more important...