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Swiss Re reports on 'promising' future for emerging markets
Swiss Re’s latest sigma report claims insurance in emerging markets has experienced strong growth over the past decade and the outlook for the next decade remains promising.
Swiss Re reports on emerging markets
Swiss Re’s latest sigma report claims insurance in emerging markets has experienced strong growth over the past decade and the outlook for the next decade remains promising.
View from the top: Regulation - it’s a matter of the right amount
Time and again, debates rage as to the role of the European Central Bank in the crisis.
2011: highest cat related economic losses in history
2011 will be the year with the highest catastrophe related economic losses in history at $350bn according to preliminary estimates from Swiss Re’s Sigma team.
Swiss Re chief announces early retirement
Swiss Re’s chief executive officer Stefan Lippe is to step down in 2012, bringing his tenure as the head of the reinsurer to a premature end.
Swiss Re’s Stefan Lippe to retire early
Swiss Re's chief executive Stefan Lippe is to retire early next year, sparking a race to find a successor who Swiss Re insists will “be appointed soon”.
Durban 2011: More than a once-a-year event
All eyes are focused on Durban for the 2011 UN Climate Change Conference. But according to many this is much more than a once a year event, reports Andreas Spiegel.
Emerging markets poll
Will emerging markets continue to grow?
Guest blog: Market cycles, cost of reinsurance and the Middle East
In the course of the year, concerns over the rising cost of regulation with impending Solvency II have been heard, even by Ferma’s Peter Von Dekker, as a cost that is ultimately likely to be absorbed by consumers.
Editor's comment: Impacting the market
Market-turning they may not be but market-impacting they evidently are. Revised loss estimates for the 1500 industrial units hit by the Thai floods have reached $20bn.
News analysis: Escalating loss estimates in Thailand begin to trigger market fallout
It was the worst flooding Thailand had seen for 50 years and, during its four-month spell, more than 600 people died and 77 provinces were submerged in water.
Product innovation in European insurance firms is widespread
Product innovation in non-life insurance is widespread according to a new report.
Swiss Re estimates Thai losses at $600m
Swiss Re estimates its claims costs from the flooding of 1500 industrial units in Thailand to be $600m, net of retrocession and before tax.
Emerging markets look set to grow in 2012
Despite growth slowing in 2011 emerging markets will remain “reliable growth engines” in the global insurance markets in 2012, according to reinsurer Swiss Re.
Haircut on bonds could be absorbed by European insurers
A 50% haircut on Greek, Irish and Portuguese sovereign bonds could be absorbed into European insurers’ existing capital resources, according to Swiss Re’s senior economist.
Swiss Re warns of low profits for 2012
Swiss Re’s economists say the insurance industry will not pick up until after 2012.
Insurance key to encouraging private investment into renewables
Significant financial risk is most acute hazard for renewable energy sector, according to a report by Economist Intelligence Unit and Swiss Re.
Swiss Re announces delisting of outstanding shares
Swiss Re has announced the delisting and squeeze out of outstanding shares in Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd.
News analysis: Admiral’s claims woes worsen as quarter three results revealed
Admiral’s market followers suffered a painful dose of déjà vu last week when the motor insurer’s quarter three results underscored its rising exposure to large bodily injury claims, and it warned full year pre-tax profits would be lower than expected.
Admiral share price rests on analyst presentation
Admiral’s analyst presentation this afternoon could see its share price rise if it “hits the market with new stuff” or plummet further if it fails, experts have warned.
Swiss Re buys $130m cat bond for Atlantic hurricane and European windstorm
Swiss Re has obtained a further $130m in protection through the Successor X catastrophe bond programme for North Atlantic hurricane and European windstorm.
Swiss Re makes $130m in natural catastrophe protection
Swiss Re has obtained a further US$ 130m in protection through the Successor X catastrophe bond programme covering North Atlantic hurricane and European windstorm.
The challenge of life sciences
Mid-sized life sciences firms offer an attractive opportunity for insurers in Europe with many entering the market. Yet as Francesca Nyman reports litigation and legislation make this a challenging market too.
Financial market volatility hits Swiss Re’s core combined ratio
Swiss Re saw the combined ratio for its property and casualty segment increase to 80.8% for the third quarter of 2011 due largely to financial market volatility.