Archive

  • Swiss Re Corporate Solutions appoints CFO

    21 April 2020

    Matthias Grass joined reinsurer in 2013 from McKinsey & Company

  • Equities hedging overcome by credit risk increase at Swiss Re

    20 April 2020

    Group reveals detail on investment management fees in financial condition report

  • Danish firms invest $250m in US transition solar projects

    14 April 2020

    Pensam CEO says Californian and Texan parks offer "stable returns in times of market turmoil"

  • Pandemics come and go, climate risk here to stay, Swiss Re warns

    08 April 2020

    Infrastructure and credit at risk from global warming, reinsurer says

  • Swiss Re's economic outlook catches Covid-19

    11 March 2020

    Reinsurer predicts a global recession in 2020

  • European re/insurers at forefront of fossil fuel withdrawal, Moody's reveals

    24 February 2020

    Moody's said removal from coal reduces risk to profitability

  • Equities and bonds help Swiss Re 2019 investments return jump to 4.8%

    20 February 2020

    Insurer to stop investing in and underwriting most polluting gas companies by 2023

  • Insurers' coal divestment pledges reap reputational benefits

    17 January 2020

    Underwriters dominate raking of most praised brands by NGOs

  • 2020 Asia Outlook: Unthreading the Asian patchwork

    15 January 2020

    Ever a patchwork of underwriting industries, the insurers of Asia will go their own ways when investing in 2020, as demands of performance, new regulation and even mild governmental cajoling come to play in varying degrees in the different jurisdictions. By David Walker

  • Asia Pacific: a chief economist perspective

    09 January 2020

    Clarence Wong, chief economist and head of economic research & consulting for Swiss Re in Asia-Pacific, talks to Vincent Huck about the current trends in Asia and why insurers have not yet harnessed the investment opportunities of the Greater Bay Area or the Belt & Road Initiative.