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  • Equities sales help Swiss Re to profit after $4.7bn of natcat losses

    23 February 2018

    Swiss Re recorded a profit of $331m in 2017 despite receiving claims of $4.7bn from natural catastrophes including the three major Atlantic hurricanes, Californian wildfires and cyclone Debbie in Australia.

  • Swiss Re to elect women to board enriching investment, regulation and activism expertise

    08 December 2017

    More women to inject digitalisation experience to senior echelons

  • Swiss Re hopes market normalisation will follow central bank moves

    02 November 2017

    Artificial measures "disproportionately impacted" insurers' investing, manager says

  • Insurers back FSB's climate risk reporting recommendations

    14 December 2016

    Disclosure should be mandatory, says Aviva's chief executive

  • 'Transferring exposure to real estate was a smart move'

    02 December 2016

    Swiss Re's CIO Guido Fürer praises portfolio shift in light of poor global equity performance

  • Alternatives and dividends boost Swiss Re investment returns

    04 November 2016

    But running investment yield extends uninterrupted fall

  • Swiss Re cuts cash and short-term investments in main portfolio

    25 February 2016

    Swiss Re's 2015 investment results were slightly lower due to outflows

  • Swiss Re boosted by investment income

    30 April 2015

    Achieved in "an environment of financial repression", says CFO