Secondary Perils Drive Global Insured Catastrophe Losses of $31B During H1: Swiss Re August 12, 2020 Global insured property losses from disasters were US$31 billion in the first half of 2020, up from US$23 billion during...
Swiss Re Confirms H1 Loss of $1.1B with Combined Ratio of 115.8% July 31, 2020 Reinsurance company Swiss Re said on Friday the $2.5 billion in claims and reserves related to COVID-19 that it booked...
Swiss Re Appoints Pasricha as Global Head P&C Solutions, Succeeding Schuh July 23, 2020 Swiss Re announced that Pranav Pasricha, currently CEO of Intellect SEEC, has been appointed global head P&C Solutions of Swiss...
Swiss Re to Report $1.1 Billion Loss During First Half on Hit from COVID-19 July 23, 2020 Reinsurance company Swiss Re said on Wednesday that claims and reserves of $2.5 billion related to COVID-19 will lead to...
Swiss Re Appoints Bewersdorf as CEO of iptiQ, Its Digital Insurance Platform July 20, 2020 Swiss Re announced it has appointed Carlo Bewersdorf as CEO of iptiQ, its digital platform. Bewersdorf will start in this...
Swiss Insurers Oppose Tighter Immigration Rules, Says Swiss Re CEO in News Report July 16, 2020 Switzerland’s insurance industry is against tightening the country’s immigration rules, a move that will be put to voters this year,...
Swiss Re’s Chief Underwriting Officer Schmid Is Stepping Down, Succeeded by Léger June 19, 2020 Swiss Re announced the appointment of Thierry Léger as the group chief underwriting officer, effective Sept. 1, 2020. At the...
Emerging Mkt Infrastructure Projects to Bring Premiums of $50B in Next Decade: Sigma June 18, 2020 By L.S. Howard Investment in infrastructure development is set to be one of the main drivers of growth in emerging markets after the...
Swiss Re-Backed Nigerian Life Insurer Sees Sales Surge as Pandemic Starts Taking Hold June 16, 2020 By Tope Alake and Anthony Osae-Brown Nigeria’s biggest insurer is seeing more demand from the government and employers of health workers for life cover as the...
Edge Computing, Supply Chains, Deepfakes Among 2020’s Top Emerging Risks: Swiss Re June 12, 2020 By L.S. Howard Pandemic threats were once on the list of potential emerging risks facing the insurance industry and society. Now that this...