Swiss Re News
Cat Bond Yields Attract Inexperienced Buyers, Warns Swiss Re CFO
Swiss Re Ltd.'s new chief financial officer, David Cole, said high yields for insurance-linked securities such as catastrophe bonds may lure inexperienced buyers not guarded for the risks they carry. ...
2013 Natural Catastrophes Cost $37B in Insured Losses: Swiss Re
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters totaled $45 billion in 2013, down from $81 billion in 2012, according to the latest sigma study from Swiss Re. Of the 2013 ...Swiss Re Acquires Stake in Colombian Surety Company
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and owners of Compañía Aseguradora de Fianzas S.A. Confianza ("Confianza") have signed an agreement under which Corporate Solutions will acquire a 51 percent stake in ...
Cole Appointed as New Group CFO at Swiss Re
Swiss Re's Board of Directors announced last week that David Cole, currently Swiss Re Group Chief Risk Officer (CRO), will become Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective 1 May 2014. Cole ...Swiss Re Expected to Trim Total Investor Payout After Acquisitions
Swiss Re Ltd., the world's second- biggest reinsurer, will probably trim its total 2013 payout to shareholders by about 3.6 percent after making acquisitions in emerging markets. It will cut its ...
Swiss Re Chief Economist: First Fed Rate Hike Will Be In 2015 or Later
After Wednesday's decision by the Federal Reserve to maintain the target Fed funds rate at zero to 25 basis points, Swiss Re's Chief Economist, Kurt Karl, said that with economic growth this year ...
Swiss Re Risk Officer Says Uninsured Disaster Losses Are Growing
Natural catastrophes are growing more costly and uninsured losses are increasing, according to David Cole, chief risk officer of Swiss Re Ltd. "When [natural catastrophes] happen, they are more ...
Swiss Re Takes Hit in Trading As Reinsurance Prices Fall
Swiss Re Ltd., the world's second-biggest reinsurer, fell the most in six months in Zurich trading after Willis Re said reinsurance prices slid by as much as 25 percent in the Jan. 1 renewals round. ...