Chancellor Angela Merkel rebuffed pressure on Thursday for Germany, Europe’s most powerful economy, to underwrite debt or guarantee bank deposits...
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Swiss Re’s Chief Economist, Kurt Karl, has predicted that the decision by the Federal Reserve to maintain the target fed...

The low interest-rate environment and poor investment income are pushing the need for more stringent underwriting for carriers, according to...
Swiss Re presented its latest analysis of the global economic outlook and its potential impact on the insurance industry at...
Nationwide Mutual reported a third-quarter loss Friday, as the property insurer said it was hurt by investment losses and continuing...
A bulletin from Munich Re names the “sovereign debt crisis in Europe and the USA, a sustained phase of low...

Generally speaking the reinsurance industry is in good shape, certainly better than it was in 2008 and 2009, when even...
Insurers do not expect interest rates to rise materially in the next year or so, leading them to look for...