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RVS 2024: No sign of social inflation abating, says Swiss Re chief economist

Reinsurer finds $43bn of underwriting losses in liability lines over last five years

Boomtime coming for global life insurers as rates rise, predicts Swiss Re

Lapse risk's peak now "likely to have passed", the Swiss reinsurer believes

Cresta urges severe convective storms not to be called secondary perils

The firm warned SCS "are no longer purely an issue of frequency but also of severity"

Swiss Re warns macroeconomic risks will dampen insurance growth in 2024

The reinsurer expects geopolitics to play a dominant role in driving the outlook

Swiss Re: thunderstorms accounted for up to 70% of nat cat losses in H1

Insurers foot $112bn catastrophe bill in 2021, says Swiss Re

More investment in infrastructure needed to mitigate rising natural disasters

Nat cat insured losses rise 40% year on year

Swiss Re Institute warns climate change is expected to exacerbate secondary peril events

China to account for 20% of premiums globally by 2029

Swiss Re says China will surpass the US as largest insurance market in coming years