All the headlines from our Swiss Re Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 20 2020 // Swiss Re announced it has appointed Carlo Bewersdorf as CEO of iptiQ, its digital platform.Bewersdorf will start in this newly created role on Oct. 1, 2020, reporting to group CEO Christian Mumenthaler. Bewersdorf’s...
Jul 20 2020 // Though the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to lead to the deepest recession since the 1930s, global insurance premium volume will rebound to pre-crisis levels by the end of 2021, forecasts Swiss Re in its latest sigma...
Jul 16 2020 // Switzerland’s insurance industry is against tightening the country’s immigration rules, a move that will be put to voters this year, Swiss Re Chief Executive Christian Mumenthaler told Handelszeitung...
Jul 14 2020 // Specialty insurer AXIS Insurance announced the hiring of three experienced underwriters to its U.S. Cyber and Technology team.Peter Smith will join AXIS as underwriting manager, while and Emma Werth and Jessica Currier...
Jul 13 2020 // Though the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to lead to the deepest recession since the 1930s, global insurance premium volume will rebound to pre-crisis levels by the end of 2021, forecasts Swiss Re in its latest sigma...
Jun 19 2020 // Swiss Re announced the appointment of Thierry Léger as the group chief underwriting officer, effective Sept. 1, 2020. At the same time, the reinsurer announced it is restructuring its life businesses.Léger succeeds...
Jun 18 2020 // Investment in infrastructure development is set to be one of the main drivers of growth in emerging markets after the COVID-19 crisis subsides, according to Swiss Re’s latest sigma report.Emerging markets will invest...
Jun 16 2020 // Nigeria’s biggest insurer is seeing more demand from the government and employers of health workers for life cover as the coronavirus pandemic starts taking hold in Africa’s most populous country.“Health...
Jun 12 2020 // Pandemic threats were once on the list of potential emerging risks facing the insurance industry and society. Now that this risk has materialized with the COVID-19 crisis, it is perhaps a good time to take a look at the...
May 29 2020 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (SRCS) has expanded its parametric offering with the launch of HAIL, a parametric hail insurance cover. The new product is designed to protect companies in the United States from the financial...
May 27 2020 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Robert Hunziker as Asia Pacific Head Property & Specialty, effective Sept. 1, 2020.In this role, Hunziker will be responsible for providing underwriting leadership, portfolio...
Apr 30 2020 // Reinsurer Swiss Re swung into a net loss in the first quarter of 2020 as the impact of the coronavirus outbreak began to bite, it said on Thursday.The Zurich-based company booked a hit of $476 million for anticipated and...
Apr 24 2020 // AXA announced the death of Stefan Lippe, 65, who has been an AXA Director since 2012, and was the former chief executive officer of Swiss Re Group.Press reports reveal he died of complications from COVID-19. Lippe spent 30...
Apr 21 2020 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions appoints Matthias Grass as chief financial officer, where he will be responsible for ensuring the Swiss Re business unit achieves its financial targets and implements its strategy.He will...
Apr 16 2020 // “Sea-level rise will radically redefine the coastline of the 21st century.”That’s from a new study that shows rising sea levels could lead to extreme flooding events in some U.S. coastal areas doubling...
Apr 9 2020 // Swiss Re announced that Ian Haycock has been appointed to the newly created role of chief data officer as of May 1, 2020.Together with Youngran Kim, who started as the group chief technology officer this month, Haycock...
Apr 8 2020 // Global warming will lead to growing intensity and frequency of severe weather events, rising losses, as well as greater uncertainty in the assessment of these events by the insurance industry, which could make some weather...
Mar 24 2020 // Swiss Re has announced that Nikhil da Victoria Lobo, currently managing director and head of Americas for its Public Sector Solutions (PSS) Division, has been appointed market executive for Western and Southern Europe...
Mar 20 2020 // Switzerland’s top insurance companies are in talks with the financial regulator about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on their capital buffers and their business, according to people familiar with the...
Mar 12 2020 // Swiss Re has formed a strategic alliance with Microsoft Corp., which is providing digital tools to support Swiss Re’s new Digital Market Center.The Digital Market Center is designed to help develop next-generation,...