Latest Swiss Re Headlines

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Swiss Re Execs Sleeping Well After $2.4 Billion Q3 Reserve Boost

Nov 15 2024 // While a $2.4 billion boost in loss reserves for the third-quarter will help Swiss Re’s executives sleep better on a bigger cushion, across the industry, worsening trends in U.S. liability loss costs aren’t...

Swiss Re Cuts 2024 Profit Target After Raising US Reserves

Nov 7 2024 // Swiss Re AG said it was raising reserves in its US Property & Casualty business by $2.4 billion in the third quarter, a move analysts said was positive despite a resulting downgrade to full-year profit...

Swiss Re Agrees to Sell iptiQ’s European P&C Business to Allianz Direct

Nov 5 2024 // Swiss Re has agreed to sell iptiQ’s European P&C business to Allianz Direct, in line with its strategic decision to withdraw from iptiQ.Allianz Direct, the pan-European online insurer of Allianz Group, will take...

People Moves: AXA XL Re Taps Swiss Re’s Schiffer as CEO, N. America, Reinsurance; Specialist Risk Group Names Marsh McLennan’s Yap as CEO of APAC

Oct 18 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL Reinsurance and Specialist Risk Group.A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Re Taps Swiss Re’s Schiffer as CEO, North America,...

Munich Re and Swiss Re Both Top List of 2023’s Largest Reinsurers

Aug 30 2024 // Munich Re tops the list of the world’s 50 largest reinsurers that use IFRS 17 reporting standards, while Swiss Re is the largest non-IFRS 17 reinsurer, according to AM Best.Among the largest IFRS 17 reporting...

Swiss Re First-Half Profit Beats Estimates on Lower Catastrophe Claims

Aug 22 2024 // Swiss Re AG’s first-half net income beat estimates, as the re-insurer avoided higher claims from natural catastrophes that have impacted the broader insurance industry.Profit for the second quarter was $996 million,...

Hard Market Conditions Expected to Ease in 2025 as Claims Inflation Softens: Swiss Re

Aug 5 2024 // Hard market conditions in the global non-life insurance sector will continue this year, but will begin to ease in 2025, as general inflation and claims inflation conditions soften, according to Swiss Re in a report, which...

Insurance Broker Miller Acquires Swiss Reinsurance Capital Advisory Business

Aug 1 2024 // Miller, the London-based independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced the acquisition of reinsurance capital advisory business 4809 Brokers AG.Financial details were not disclosed. As its third Continental...

People Moves: Malmström Named Swiss Re’s Group CFO as Dacey Retires; MNK Re Appoints Industry Veteran Ashby as Global Chief Commercial Officer

Jul 31 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Swiss Re and MNK Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. Malmström Named Swiss Re’s Group CFO as Dacey RetiresSwiss Re announced that Anders...

Hard Market Conditions Expected to Ease in 2025 as Claims Inflation Softens: Swiss Re

Jul 18 2024 // Hard market conditions in the global non-life insurance sector will continue this year, but will begin to ease in 2025, as general inflation and claims inflation conditions soften, according to Swiss Re in a report, which...

US Home Insurance Still Priced Too Low for Climate Risk, Says Swiss Re Chair

Jul 1 2024 // This has been a year of insurance sticker shock in the US. But the man who provides insurance to insurers thinks maybe the shock still isn’t enough to steer people away from risk in a changing climate.“There is...

People Moves: Canopius Taps AXA XL’s Houghton as Product Leader, Specialty; Swiss Re Promotes Camara to Head of P/C Re in Northern, Central, Eastern Europe

Jun 19 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Canopius and Swiss Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. Canopius Taps AXA XL’s Houghton as Product Leader, SpecialtyCanopius, the...

Where the AI Risks Are: Swiss Re’s Top 10 Ranking by Industry

Jun 17 2024 // The insurance industry came in sixth in a ranking of 10 major industries based on current AI risk, and seventh based on future risk, with healthcare replacing IT as the most exposed sector in the next 10 years.The rankings...

Where the AI Risks Are: Swiss Re’s Top 10 Ranking by Industry

May 29 2024 // The insurance industry came in sixth in a ranking of 10 major industries based on current AI risk, and seventh based on future risk, with health care replacing IT as the most exposed sector in the next 10 years.The...

Swiss Re Names Gonzalez CEO of Corporate Solutions, Ojeisekhoba to Step Down

May 16 2024 // Swiss Re announced that Ivan Gonzalez, CEO Reinsurance China, has been appointed CEO of Corporate Solutions, succeeding Andreas Berger, who is moving into the role of group CEO, effective July 1, 2024.Gonzalez will join...

Swiss Re to Withdraw From Digital Insurer iptiQ, Reports Strong Q1 Net Income of $1.1B

May 16 2024 // Swiss Re announced plans to withdraw from its digital B2B2C insurance business, iptiQ, following a strategic review.The iptiQ business lost $250 million in 2023, but the loss was projected to be less in 2024. Nevertheless,...

Howden’s DUAL Acquires Swiss Re’s Marine Team to Support Growth Ambitions

Apr 17 2024 // DUAL, the specialist underwriting arm of Howden Group Holdings, announced it has significantly strengthened its marine capability in Europe with the acquisition of Swiss Re’s Genoa, Italy-based Marine team with the...

The New Norm? Global Insured Losses for Nat Cats Keep Breaking Records: Swiss Re

Apr 15 2024 // Global insured losses from natural catastrophes in 2023 totaled $108 billion, exceeding US$100 billion for the fourth consecutive year – an indication of the new norm for nat cat losses, according to Swiss Re.Other...

Swiss Re Names Berger as Group CEO, Succeeding Mumenthaler

Apr 3 2024 // Swiss Re announced that Andreas Berger will become group chief executive officer, effective July 1, 2024, taking over from Christian Mumenthaler, who will step down.“The board unanimously determined that Andreas...

The New Norm? Global Insured Losses for Nat Cats Keep Breaking Records: Swiss Re

Mar 26 2024 // Global insured losses from natural catastrophes in 2023 totaled $108 billion, exceeding US$100 billion for the fourth consecutive year – an indication of the new norm for nat cat losses, according to Swiss Re.Other...