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  • Swiss Re Institute forecasts slower US and UK interest rate cut trajectories post-elections

    18 November 2024

    Revises inflation forecasts up and expects "restrictive" Fed funds mid-point forecast of 3.9% by end of 2025

  • Lifers' investment income to grow 14% in 2024, Swiss Re Institute says

    16 July 2024

    Driving a 15% gain in profitability for the year and breathing new life into the sector

  • 'Hunt for yield' replaced with 'race for assets', Swiss Re Institute says

    14 June 2024

    Predicting 40% growth in industry investment income in key markets by 2027

  • Japanese insurers look set to hold out for higher JGB yields

    08 November 2023

    Expectations of monetary policy normalisation mean insurers to gradually rotate back to JGBs, says Swiss Re Institute

  • Swiss Re Institute foresees bumpy ride for risky assets no matter the weather

    09 August 2023

    Saying corporates face headwinds in the case of slowed disinflation and valuation hits in downturn

  • Where is the wind blowing?

    08 June 2023

    The financial market is divided on the likelihood of a recession and the future direction of travel for interest rates. Josh Adcock reports

  • Swiss Re wants insurers behind carbon-removal industry to rival oil and gas sector

    08 July 2021

    Reinsurer calls on peers to finance providers, for industrial-scale sequestration

  • Insurers should embrace green infrastructure to support post-pandemic recovery

    16 June 2021

    Jerome Haegeli, group chief economist at the Swiss Re Institute, reflects on a year of lockdowns, its impact on our thinking around environmental issues, and the key role institutional investors will play in a green recovery.

  • Women make less than a quarter of insurers' executives

    08 March 2021

    Only 10% of the sector's CEOs and 8% of board chairs are female