Swiss Re News
Swiss Re Bulks Up Reserves as Profit Declines
Swiss Re AG, the world's biggest reinsurer, reported lower first-quarter profit as the company bulked up its reserves and pricing in the industry remained under pressure. Net income dropped to $1.23 ...
TigerRisk Partners Lures Swiss Re Exec to Help Further ILS Business
TigerRisk Partners is tapping a former Swiss Re executive to help shape and grow its insurance-linked securities business. Philipp Kusche has been appointed partner and global head of ILS and capital ...
Solid Publicly Traded Reinsurer Results Under Threat: A.M. Best
Reinsurers have been delivering solid operating results, with publicly traded reinsurers currently outpacing the overall equity market – but this good fortune may not be sustainable, given the ...
Swiss Re Americas Reorganizes U.S. P/C Markets Division
The departure of Swiss Re Americas executive William Donnell last fall opened the door to a major reorganization for the reinsurer's U.S. property/casualty arm. Donnell had been president of Swiss Re ...
Swiss Re, Generali, Gulf Re Execs Tapped to Lead Aspen’s Dubai Expansion
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. hired senior underwriting managers for a new Dubai reinsurance operation as the company seeks expansion in the Middle East and Africa. Peter Thompson, formerly of ...
Swiss Re Expects Catastrophe Reinsurance Prices to Keep Falling
Reinsurance prices will continue to fall this year as competition for customers from hedge funds and other sources of alternative capital send premiums to their lowest in four years, according to ...
Tianjin Explosions Top 2015 Insured Losses With Estimates Up to $3.5B: Swiss Re
Overall, 2015 was a below-average year for disaster losses, according to the latest sigma study from Swiss Re. Swiss Re counted 353 disaster events in 2015, with total economic losses of $92 billion, ...
New Swiss Re CEO Mumenthaler to Replace the Retiring Liès
Swiss Re AG named Christian Mumenthaler, a 17-year veteran of the company who heads the main reinsurance unit, as chief executive officer from July 1. He will succeed the retiring Michel Liès. ...