Archive

  • Insurer-asset management convergence set to grow, says Swiss Re

    17 June 2024

    Intense competition between PE and traditional insurers for assets as interest rates set to remain structurally higher

  • US second most exposed country to climate change, Swiss Re finds

    28 February 2024

    Philippines most exposed as climate change losses will grow

  • US property rate debate rages as natcats soar

    08 February 2024

    Demands for higher rates for homeowners coverage are creating tensions among consumer groups, regulators and underwriters. Sarfraz Thind reports on attempts to sustain the market as natural catastrophe losses mount

  • Swiss Re heralds carbon sequestration industry as big as oil and gas sector

    08 July 2021

    But reinsurer acknowledges long-tail liabilities of insuring CO2 storage

  • Re/insurers warned of climate change risks for public health

    22 May 2019

    Swiss Re Institute's annual Sonar report features 15 emerging risk themes

  • Secondary perils to drive evermore nat cat losses

    10 April 2019

    Swiss Re Institute says cat loss experience of 2017 and 2018 is a wake-up call for insurers

  • UK updates genetic testing code

    24 October 2018

    Sixth iteration of the long-standing agreement on use of genetic testing in insurance

  • Swiss Re's Dan Ryan: UK moratorium on genetic testing will have to change

    08 December 2017

    Dan Ryan, head of research at the Swiss Re Institute, talks to Cintia Cheong about the rise of genetic testing, life insurtech, and why insurers and academics need to work together to understand mortality trends