Low Interest Rates: an Ongoing Problem for the Re/insurance Industry September 12, 2012 By Charles E. Boyle Swiss Re’s sigma report analyzing the effect on the insurance industry of the continuing low interest rates doesn’t paint a...
Swiss Re Report Analyzes Rise in Flood Losses – $15 Billion and Counting September 6, 2012 A new report from Swiss Re underscores the fact the “insured flood losses have increased from $1–2 billion in 1970...
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Opens Netherlands for Benelux Market August 29, 2012 Swiss Re Corporate Solutions announced that it has opened an office in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, to “reinforce its presence in...
Swiss Re Reports $83 Million Q2 Net Income; $717 Million in P&C August 9, 2012 Swiss Re reported a net profit of $83 million for the second quarter of 2012, indicating that the figure was...
Conference: Risk, Returns, Regulation, and More Regulation July 26, 2012 By Don Jergler Coming off a rough few years of recession, then a disaster prone 2011 – and then more global uncertainty in...
Flood Risks Rampant across Asia’s Factory Zones; Insurers Concerned July 23, 2012 By Clare Baldwin and David Fogarty Global insurance companies are struggling to get a grip on their flood exposure in Asia nearly a year after one...
Black Heads Swiss Re’s Brazilian, So. American Reinsurance Operations July 6, 2012 Swiss Re announced that it now operates as a Local Reinsurer in Brazil under new leader Margo Black, as its...
Swiss Re sigma Study Finds P&C Growth in Emerging Markets June 27, 2012 Swiss Re’s latest sigma study concludes that “global overall premiums declined 0.8 percent in real terms in 2011. While non-life...
Re/insurers Join Efforts to Support UN’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance June 25, 2012 By Charles E. Boyle A number of insurers and reinsurers have agreed to join the UN-backed set of Principles for Sustainable Insurance. The initiative...
Swiss Re Chief Economist Sees Rising Rates by Year End June 22, 2012 On the heels of the decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve to maintain the target fed funds rate at zero...