It won’t take another Hurricane Katrina for reinsurers to face losses from covering the cost of storms and earthquakes. Competitors...
Articles by Oliver Suess and Jan-Henrik Förster
Zurich Insurance Group AG said second-quarter profit fell 12 percent on higher restructuring charges and claims from natural catastrophes as...
European insurers, whose profits are being eroded by Mario Draghi’s* quantitative easing program, face a stress test headache that risks...
The European Central Bank has turned government bonds into one of the riskiest asset classes, prompting Swiss Re AG to...
Zurich Insurance AG’s new chief executive officer, Mario Greco, is shaking up the largest Swiss insurer after an unexpected jump...
Insurers will face higher-than-expected claims related to floods in Germany, according to Fitch Ratings, dealing another blow to an industry...
Credit Suisse Group AG sold 220 million Swiss francs ($222 million) of bonds designed to offload potential losses on events...
Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland’s biggest insurer, posted a first-quarter profit that beat analysts’ expectations as Chief Executive Officer Mario...
Swiss Re AG, the world’s biggest reinsurer, reported lower first-quarter profit as the company bulked up its reserves and pricing...
Reinsurance prices will continue to fall this year as competition for customers from hedge funds and other sources of alternative...