Archive

  • Swiss Re names next CFO as John Dacey announces retirement

    31 July 2024

    Athora's CFO is to join Swiss Re next year, as Dacey's successor

  • Swiss Re 2023 investment results buoyed by interest rates

    16 February 2024

    Reinsurer's overall net income shot up to $3.2bn in 2023, compared to $472m in 2022

  • Interest rates responsible for 2023 progress on many insurer asset portfolios

    07 August 2023

    Insurers capitalise on higher rates to rebound from rocky 2022

  • Some alternative capital investors feel "taken advantage of," says Swiss Re CFO

    23 February 2023

    Investors withdrawing capital will stay away until industry addresses climate natcat concerns

  • Shareholdings and Russian impairments halve Swiss Re's 1H investment returns

    29 July 2022

    But reinvestment yield more than triples

  • Swiss Re's investment return falls with equity markets in Q1

    06 May 2022

    Group FCR shows 28% of risk was investment-related in 2021

  • Insurers take stock of equity volatility due to war in Ukraine

    25 February 2022

    But 'wait and see' is the motto for now, with inflation a greater worry than geopolitics

  • Swiss Re admits investments alone cannot sustain adequate business margins

    30 July 2021

    CEO says "more optimistic than ever" on net zero moves, "but I just hope it's not too late"

  • Swiss Re "dodged bullets" selling bonds in H1 before downgrades

    31 July 2020

    Firm's ESG benchmark beats traditional equities and credit indices in H1

  • Swiss Re posts $300m Q1 investment loss but hedging helps

    30 April 2020

    Impairments kept to $20m