Global Natural and Manmade Disasters Cost Insurers US$83B in 2020: Swiss Re December 16, 2020 Insurance industry losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters across the globe amounted to US$83 billion in 2020, making it...
Why World Bank’s Controversial Pandemic Bonds Didn’t Function as Hoped December 10, 2020 By Tracy Alloway and Tasos Vossos In late January 2015, just after the deadliest outbreak of Ebola in history, then-World Bank President Jim Yong Kim stood...
Germany’s Getsafe Raises $30M from Swiss Re and Others; Eyes Becoming Full Carrier December 9, 2020 By Mark Hollmer Digital MGA Getsafe disclosed $30 million in new financing led by new investor Swiss Re. The Heidelberg, Germany-based InsurTech said...
How to Address the Next Uninsurable Pandemic — A Black Swan Event December 9, 2020 By Lucca de Paoli, Katherine Chiglinsky and Benjamin Robertson There aren’t many contexts where $2 trillion seems like a paltry sum. Then a pandemic comes along. The economic fallout...
Swiss Re Confirms Financial Targets Despite Pandemic November 20, 2020 Reinsurance company Swiss Re said it was committed to a stable or increasing dividend as it confirmed its financial targets...
Swiss Re Names Kitsikis as Head of Client Markets P&C for Canada, English Caribbean November 17, 2020 Swiss Re announced the appointment of Agis Kitsikis as head of Client Markets P&C for Canada and English Caribbean, effective...
Swiss Re and Daimler Launch Jointly Owned MGA to Offer Auto, Mobility Insurance October 12, 2020 Swiss Re and Daimler Insurance Services have entered into a strategic partnership for automotive and mobility insurance and launched a...
The New Digital Normal and the Future of Work in Reinsurance October 6, 2020 By L.S. Howard It’s been said that necessity is the mother of invention. That proverb was illustrated perfectly during the insurance industry’s successful...
Swiss Re Announces Plans to Streamline Structure of Group September 25, 2020 Swiss Re announced further streamlining of the legal entity structure of the group. Following the announcement on June 19, 2020...
Most Important Climate Pledges Aren’t the Splashy Ones September 24, 2020 By Nathaniel Bullard, Bloomberg Opinion It’s Climate Week in New York, which brings with it a raft of announcements from companies outlining their new decarbonization...