Archive

  • Infrastructure offers $1.4trn annual opportunity for insurers, Swiss Re says

    23 April 2021

    Renewables overtake energy transactions in value

  • Property renovation is a delicate balance of technology and time, Swiss Re says

    12 April 2021

    Reinsurer reinvesting own capital into refitting buildings in direct property portfolio

  • Guido Fürer reveals further moves on climate change at Swiss Re

    16 March 2021

    CIO says pushing investees to 1.5-degree target will improve Sharpe ratio

  • 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

  • Swiss Re sees investment return fall, and warns of worse to come

    19 February 2021

    Avoided many 'fallen angels' and impairments

  • Lower for longer environment "cemented" by COVID-19, Swiss Re says

    08 February 2021

    Aging demographics and technological advances also cited as problems

  • Duration risk may be new credit risk for IG credit, Swiss Re warns

    22 January 2021

    1pp increase in US sovereign yield curve could lead to $650bn of mark-to-market losses

  • Insurance-backed investments to fuel African sustainable growth

    11 December 2020

    Continent has ample resources and total investments could range from $180bn to $400bn in a decade, says Swiss Re

  • 43% of global re/insurance assets covered by divestment policies

    02 December 2020

    Insure Our Future publishes annual scorecard on insurers' climate policies

  • Swiss Re receives regulatory approval for fund management

    30 November 2020

    Swiss Re will open its natural catastrophe portfolio to investors through a permanent fund format