Avolon, BOC Settle Lawsuit Against Insurers Over Stranded Russian Jets February 7, 2025 By Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries Avolon and BOC Aviation, two of the world’s largest aircraft lessors, have settled lawsuits in the Irish courts against insurers...
Swiss Re’s Business Unit CEOs Share Views on Key Risk Themes of 2025 December 20, 2024 Social inflation will continue to be a top concern for insurers and reinsurers in 2025 with US liability claims increasing...
Swiss Re Among Firms in $3 Billion Credit-Risk Deal for International Finance Corp. December 18, 2024 By Esteban Duarte and Jorgelina do Rosario Swiss Re AG, Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and AXA SA are among providers of $3 billion...
Swiss Re Targets Net Income of More Than US$4.4 billion for 2025 December 13, 2024 Swiss Re is targeting a net income of more than US$4.4 billion for 2025 and aims to grow the ordinary...
Quantifying Social Inflation: How Swiss Re Developed an Index December 11, 2024 By Susanne Sclafane Swiss Re Institute (SRI) made a significant contribution to the literature on social inflation and its impacts on insurers, reinsurers...
Catastrophe Bonds See Investor Influx After ‘Fantastic’ Run December 10, 2024 By Gautam Naik After emerging from an unusually active hurricane season with market-beating returns, catastrophe bonds are rapidly adding investors. Despite the increase...
Insured Losses From Natural Disasters Top US$100B for 5th Consecutive Year: Swiss Re December 6, 2024 By L.S. Howard Estimated insured losses from natural catastrophes are on track to surpass US$100 billion in 2024 – for the fifth consecutive...
Italy to Require Companies Buy Insurance for Climate Risks December 3, 2024 By Gautam Naik Starting Jan. 1, every company in Italy must buy insurance to protect its assets from floods, landslides and other natural...
Global Non-Life Insurance Rates ‘Plateauing’ but Nat Cat Losses Delay Market Softening November 22, 2024 By L.S. Howard Global non-life premiums are expected to hit a decade-high growth level of 4.3% in 2024, following the repricing of risk...
Flood Adaptation Preferable to Post-Disaster Rebuilding – And Helps With Insurability November 19, 2024 By L.S. Howard Economic losses caused by natural catastrophes reached an estimated US$280 billion in 2023, with US$51.6 billion of that total due...