Geneva Association News
‘Geoeconomic Fragmentation’ Challenges Insurers: Geneva Association
A January 2025 report from the Geneva Association, titled Insurance in a Fragmented World Economy, found that geopolitical tensions have driven the global economy toward "geoeconomic fragmentation." ...
Set Aside 150 Years for P/C Insurers to Pay COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses
The world's property/casualty insurers would have to collect business interruption insurance premiums for 150 years in order to absorb the estimated $4.5 trillion global output loss inflicted by ...
Think Tank Examines Sustainability of Cyber Insurance Market
Although cyber risk premiums have expanded sizably in recent years with loss ratios that compare favorably to other product lines, the danger of accumulation risks is a key concern for the market, ...
Without Consumer Trust, Insurers Could Lose Out to Tech Companies
A future in which technology companies have access to online consumer data and data from the Internet of Things while insurers are shut out could emerge if insurers don't earn the trust of consumers. ...
Swiss Re Economists Win International Awards for Research on Catastrophe Protection Gap
Thomas Holzheu and Ginger Turner of Swiss Re have received Shin Research Excellence Awards for their paper on "The Natural Catastrophe Protection Gap." The awards are given by the Geneva Association ...
Digital Tech Can Help Narrow Insurance Gaps in Emerging Markets: GA Report
Digital technologies can be harnessed by the re/insurance industry to narrow insurance protection gaps in developing and emerging markets, thereby improving societal resilience after natural ...
Insurability Challenges Hamper Cyber Market Development: Geneva Assoc. Report
While insurance against cyber risk represents a tremendous new business for the insurance industry, numerous problems with the insurability currently impede the development of the market," according ...
Winners Announced for 2014 Shin Research Excellence Awards
The Geneva Association and the International Insurance Society (IIS) have announced the winners of their collaborative insurance research program, the Shin Research Excellence Awards, which is ...