All the headlines from our Swiss Re Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 10 2017 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations has named Nancy Bewlay as global chief underwriting officer, Casualty. In her new role, Bewlay assumes underwriting and portfolio management for all of XL Catlin’s Casualty...
Mar 28 2017 // Insured losses from disasters rose 42 percent to $54 billion last year, according to Swiss Re. That’s the highest since 2012 and the equivalent of 0.07 percent of global gross domestic product.Floods in Europe, the...
Mar 22 2017 // Swiss Re announced that Mike Mitchell, currently head Property Underwriting and Property & Casualty Facultative, Asia, will succeed Edouard Schmid as Swiss Re’s head Property & Specialty Reinsurance,...
Mar 20 2017 // Reinsurer Swiss Re, usually involved in mega-deals on natural disaster coverage, is branching out on its own to do individually tailored schemes to boost returns, such as one in China to protect farmers against floods or...
Mar 2 2017 // Despite increased awareness of rapidly evolving cyber threats, relatively few corporations have integrated cyber security into their mainstream risk management programs – a situation that is “unsustainable,”...
Feb 21 2017 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Loredana Mazzoleni Neglén as head of Sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).In her new role, Mazzoleni Neglén will be responsible for developing and executing the...
Feb 13 2017 // Sompo Canopius Re announced the appointment of Christopher Gray as head of P&I reinsurance, effective immediately. Gray, who joins from Swiss Re, reports to Andy Gladwin, global head of marine treaty.Sompo Canopius Re...
Feb 6 2017 // The Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative B3i, which was launched in October 2016 to explore the potential use of distributed ledger technology, has grown to 15 members from its original five.Members of the B3i...
Feb 2 2017 // Swiss Re has formed a strategic partnership with SAP SE, the enterprise application software company, to develop a solution to address the increasingly complex demands of global regulators, in the areas of financial...
Jan 24 2017 // StarStone, the global specialty insurer and subsidiary of Enstar Group Ltd., announced a joint venture partnership with Malakite Underwriting Partners Ltd., a managing general agent in Dubai, subject to regulatory...
Jan 23 2017 // Swiss Re has received the approval from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) to open a branch in Mumbai. With the composite branch license, Swiss Re will be able to operate in India and offer...
Jan 4 2017 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Falk Schmaler as head of Middle East and North Africa (MENA).In his new role, Schmaler will be based in Dubai and responsible for driving the company’s business strategy and...
Dec 15 2016 // More than 10,000 people died as a result of natural and man-made disasters during 2016, with financial losses totaling at least $158 billion, Swiss Re said on Thursday.At an estimated $49 billion, insured losses rose by...
Dec 6 2016 // Swiss Re has named Mike Hudzik as head of its North America Casualty unit, effective Jan. 1, 2017. He will also join the Americas and Casualty management teams and will report directly to Steve Arora, head of Casualty...
Dec 1 2016 // Swiss Re’s solar power installation at its U.S. headquarters in Armonk, N.Y., a 2-megawatt facility expected to be up and running by late spring 2017, is just one part of a green theme that the carrier has been...
Nov 28 2016 // The global economy is expected to grow moderately over the next two years, supporting continued growth in insurance premium volumes, according to a Swiss Re report.Growth in global non-life premiums is forecast to fall...
Nov 17 2016 // Lloyd’s has appointed Angela Kelly as Lloyd’s country manager, Singapore, and CEO of Lloyd’s of London (Asia) Pte. Ltd.Kelly joins Lloyd’s from Swiss Re where she was chief executive officer of...
Nov 1 2016 // Global reinsurer Swiss Re has broken ground on the largest solar power installation in Westchester County, New York.When completed in late spring 2017, the solar plant will occupy 10 acres of space in the Southeast corner...
Oct 28 2016 // Swiss Re has entered into an agreement as sole reinsurer to protect seven prefectures of Guangdong province, China, in partnership with local insurers, led by the People’s Insurance Company of China (PICC) in...
Oct 24 2016 // When people take to Twitter to comment on the great evening they enjoyed with good food and wonderful friends, reducing their monthly insurance bill is probably the last thing on their mind.But such tweets could help...