All the headlines from our Swiss Re Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 18 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its “A” long-term debt rating to the Australian dollar-denominated perpetual step-up notes to be issued by repackaging structure ELM BV and secured...
Apr 17 2007 // Swiss Re announced its successful participation in structuring and placing $150 million of securities covering flood and earthquake catastrophic events in Great Britain, Canada and the United States on behalf of...
Apr 16 2007 // Swiss Re announced that it has successfully closed the €329 million ($446 million) European Clean Energy Fund to further investment. “The Fund, a UN accredited investment vehicle, provides capital to European clean...
Apr 9 2007 // Commercial AutoNuts & Bolts: Texas Specialty Risk Programs is offering coverage on commercial auto fleets, 1-20 power units. Lowest pricing available. Same day quotes if requested. No loss info required. Submission...
Apr 9 2007 // Eighteen years ago an Irish insurance conference would have consisted of a broker and an underwriter from Dublin having a pint of Guinness in a pub (most likely in London). Times have changed. Since the founding of the...
Apr 5 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a rating of “a+” to the £500 million ($986.5 million) perpetual step up-loan notes issued by ELM B.V., which it described as a “bankruptcy remote repackaging vehicle based in...
Apr 3 2007 // Swiss Re announced that its life & health embedded value earnings grew by 38 percent to CHF 2.4 billion ($1.97 billion), up from CHF 1.7 billion ($1.4 billion) in 2005. Overall embedded value increased by 13 percent...
Mar 27 2007 // Swiss Re’s Commercial Insurance introduced its workers’ compensation coverage for small business owners in Texas to be delivered via its exclusive CyberComp platform.According to the company’s...
Mar 26 2007 // Social Service OrganizationsNuts & Bolts: Riverport Insurance Co. provides property, general liability, professional liability, automobile, crime, and excess liability coverages for social service and nonprofit...
Mar 26 2007 // in its just released sigma study, “Natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2006”, Swiss Re notes that “losses due to natural catastrophes and man-made disasters were below the long-term trend in...
Mar 26 2007 // Social Service Organizations Nuts & Bolts: Riverport Insurance Co. provides property, general liability, professional liability, automobile, crime, and excess liability coverages for social service and nonprofit...
Mar 26 2007 // In its just released sigma study, “Natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2006”, Swiss Re notes that “losses due to natural catastrophes and man-made disasters were below the long-term trend in...
Mar 22 2007 // Today has been proclaimed “International Water Day,” and Swiss Re announced that will honor the occasion with a CHF 1 million ($825,000) donation to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for a...
Mar 19 2007 // 18 years ago an Irish insurance conference probably would have consisted of a broker and an underwriter from Dublin having a pint of Guinness in a pub (most likely in London). Times have changed. Since the founding of the...
Mar 14 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that its ratings and outlooks on the European subsidiaries of Zurich-based global reinsurer Swiss Reinsurance Co. -rated “AA-/Stable/A-1+” – remain...
Mar 13 2007 // Swiss Re announced plans to alter its current corporate structure within the European Union by forming three legal entities, based in Luxembourg.They “will serve as risk carriers for most of its European reinsurance...
Mar 9 2007 // In its just released sigma study, “Natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2006”, Swiss Re notes that “losses due to natural catastrophes and man-made disasters were below the long-term trend in...
Mar 6 2007 // Swiss Re’s Commercial Insurance launched a new product for excess layer coverage for law firms.The expanded coverage is designed to follow the form of the underlying policy, features a broad range of attachment...
Mar 5 2007 // Swiss Re announced that it has completed the repurchase of more than 16 million shares, approximately 50 percent of General Electric’s stake in Swiss Re, for CHF 102.96 ($84.87) per share. Swiss Re announced plans to...
Mar 2 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has commented that its ratings for Swiss Re and its rated subsidiaries remain unchanged following the publication of its 2006 consolidated results (See IJ web site March 1).Best noted Swiss Re’s...