All Swiss Re articles
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News
Swiss Re among backers of carbon removal facility
Swiss Re has been named as one of five founding buyers of credits from a scheme set up by climate solutions provider South Pole aimed at driving down the cost of taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
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The Insurer Interview
Swiss Re: Industry at “an inflection point” on parametrics take-up
The parametric insurance sector is on the cusp of an inflection point with take-up of the specialist coverages increasing among commercial buyers as growing confidence in the products and the hardening traditional market drive up interest, Swiss Re’s Megan Linkin and Cole Mayer have told The Insurer.
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Swiss Re: Investors to increase focus on the S in ESG
Private capital has a growing opportunity to make a positive difference to inequality, Swiss Re has said in its latest Sigma report, with the investment community placing greater emphasis on social issues such as diversity, inclusion and equality.
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Analysis
Munich Re P&C outperforms peers in Q1 as major losses fall below budget
Munich Re became the only one of the big four European reinsurers to deliver a year-on-year improvement in its first-quarter P&C reinsurance combined ratio when it reported improved profits on Tuesday.
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Swiss Re’s iptiQ to buy American Sentinel shell to help drive MedSupp business
Swiss Re’s digital B2B2C insurance company iptiQ has agreed a deal to buy shell company American Sentinel Insurance Company, which is a subsidiary of Aegis Security Insurance Company.
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Everest names Swiss Re’s Voralia casualty and surety treaty head
Everest Re has appointed Swiss Re’s Jiten Voralia as its new head of treaty casualty and surety, succeeding industry veteran Dennis Alba who has previously announced his intention to retire after 10 years at the business.
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Swiss Re estimates industry Russia-Ukraine loss at close to $10bn
Swiss Re has estimated industry losses from the Russia-Ukraine conflict will be at the bottom end of its previous guidance of $10bn to $20bn, with the reinsurer stating that it believes it is underweight in several of the most impacted classes.
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Swiss Re cautious on Florida amid underpricing concerns
European reinsurance giant Swiss Re looks set to remain underweight in the Florida market, with chief financial officer John Dacey warning pricing in the state is still not adequate.
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Swiss Re posts Q1 net loss of $248mn as P&C Re CR rises to 99.3%
Swiss Re said it remains on course to achieve its financial targets for 2022 despite this morning posting a net loss of $248mn for the first quarter.
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Viewpoint
Deploying our risk knowledge to address threats in an interconnected world
Swiss Re’s Moses Ojeisekhoba says (re)insurers must stay close to clients and deploy their risk knowledge to boost societal resilience in an increasingly interconnected world.
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Swiss Re CorSo lands Kyle Burnett as head of E&S property NA
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has hired Kyle Burnett from Axa XL as head of excess and surplus lines (E&S) property North America as it targets growth in a segment that remains in hard market territory, The Insurer can reveal.
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Swiss Re’s Gonzalez questions value of surge in MGA formations
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions’ Ivan Gonzalez has questioned what value the recent spate of MGA formations is bringing to the market and warned those that are not doing anything different are at threat of falling by the wayside.
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Swiss Re secures $1.15bn JP Morgan-backed hybrid stop-loss cover
Swiss Re has secured $1.15bn of protection for underwriting risks across the group through a fully collateralised multi-year stop-loss transaction which combines both bank financing and insurance-linked securities.
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Swiss Re shareholders approve chairman Ermotti’s re-election and commit to diversity targets
At today’s AGM, Swiss Re’s shareholders have approved the re-election of chairman Sergio Ermotti as well as rubberstamping the carrier’s commitment to increase female board representation to at least 30 percent by 2023.
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Swiss Re promotes Cordioli to group finance director
Swiss Re has promoted Claudia Cordioli, currently reinsurance CFO, to group finance director.
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Swiss Re to face above-average Q1 cat losses due to portfolio mix, Jefferies warns
Swiss Re will likely have an outsized share of industry catastrophe losses during the first quarter of 2022 due to the reinsurer’s above-average market share in impacted regions, according to Jefferies analysts.
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Insurance industry called upon to communicate the wider cost of social inflation
The topic of social inflation and the growing role of third-party litigation financing will inevitably be one of the biggest talking points as insurers meet with risk managers at RIMS in San Francisco over the coming days.
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Swiss Re reaffirms nat cat appetite with plans to grow ri premiums by 10% in 2022
Swiss Re has outlined plans for double-digit growth in its natural catastrophe premiums during 2022, with the reinsurance giant forecasting the global nat cat reinsurance premium pool will grow to $48bn by 2025.
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CEO Mumenthaler expects Swiss Re Ukraine loss in line with 10% ri market share
Swiss Re CEO Christian Mumenthaler has told investors he expects the insurance impact from the Ukraine crisis to be equivalent to a “mid-sized nat cat loss”.
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Swiss Re reaffirms 14% RoE target ahead of investor day
Reinsurance giant Swiss Re has said it is aiming for a return of equity (RoE) of 14 percent in 2024 through higher profit contributions from its life and health (L&H) reinsurance unit and continued underwriting discipline.