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Swiss Re Estimates Global Insured Catastrophe Losses of $112B for 2021
Natural catastrophes caused global insured losses of $105 billion in 2021—the fourth highest since 1970, according to Swiss Re Institute's preliminary sigma estimate. This was up from $90 billion ...
Natural Catastrophe Losses Reached $40B in H1 2021, Hovering Near Record: Swiss Re
Estimated insured losses from natural catastrophes reached $40 billion during the first half of 2021 — driven by a deep winter freeze, hailstorms and wildfires — while man-made disasters ...
Catastrophes Cost Insurers $89 Billion in 2020: Swiss Re’s Sigma
Natural and man-made catastrophes cost the insurance industry $89 billion in 2020 – the fifth costliest year since 1970, according to a report from Swiss Re's sigma. Of that total, $81 billion ...
2020 Is Among the Insurance Industry’s Most Costly Years: Swiss Re
Insurance industry losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters across the globe amounted to $83 billion in 2020, making it the fifth-costliest year for the industry since 1970, according ...
Global Insured Catastrophe Losses Jump to $31B in H1: Swiss Re
Global insured property losses from disasters were $31 billion in the first half of 2020, up from $23 billion during the same period last year, according to Swiss Re Institute's preliminary sigma ...
Insurance Value Chain Poised for Big Changes From Data-Driven Business Models
Digital transformation empowers consumers to be more informed and independent, and equips insurers with the tools to develop new tailored products and services and refine existing ones, said the ...
2019 Insured Losses Reach an Estimated $56B: Swiss Re
Global insured losses in 2019 dropped to an estimated $56 billion, from $93 billion in 2018 and below the annual average $75 billion of the previous 10 years, according to preliminary sigma estimates ...
P/C Insurers Can Benefit From Increasingly Sophisticated Data Analytics Technology
There has never been a better time for P/C insurers to use data analytics as a tool to expand their underwriting reach into new markets and risk classes, Swiss Re said in its latest sigma report. The ...