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- November 28 2025
Swiss Re-backed Fathom touts ‘modern view of risk’ to compete in underserved APAC
UK-headquartered flood risk intelligence firm wants to grow its presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, and China, head of insurance Harry Vardigans tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- November 20 2025
Amid shifting sands, Swiss Re Institute warns of ‘significant uncertainties’ on road ahead
Swiss Re Institute head Jérôme Jean Haegeli says 'we see both negatives and positives for the global economy and insurers'.
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- November 5 2025
SIRC: Long-term fundamentals are strong with this one: APAC prime for ILS growth, Swiss Re says
Andy Palmer, head of ILS structuring for EMEA and APAC, says policy initiatives in Singapore and Hong Kong are lowering barriers to entry.
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- November 5 2025
SIRC: Fit for purpose? Pricing, structures to moderate, Swiss Re’s Victor Kuk says
New reinsurance capacity coming into the Asian market, which will be a factor in terms of the eventual pricing, the head of reinsurance in Southeast Asia, India, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan says.
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- November 3 2025
SIRC: Trillion-yen loss year in Japan a matter of ‘if not when’, says Swiss Re’s Atsuhiro Dodo
Demand for natural catastrophe insurance continues to grow, driven by heightened risk awareness following recent quakes and inflation, says the country head for the global reinsurer.
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- November 2 2025
Swiss Re taps Cheryl Tang as APAC senior cyber underwriter
Singapore-based Tang joins from Munich Re, having previously worked for Howden, Chubb and QBE, as well as Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, in various financial lines roles.
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- September 30 2025
Athene enters block reinsurance deal with Sony Life
Deal will reinsure in-force block of US dollar denominated whole life insurance policies and retrocede all mortality risk associated with the block to Swiss Re.
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- September 25 2025
Swiss Re names Pavel Huerta Uribe as head property underwriting globals for APAC
Uribe will be based in Tokyo and succeeds Andy Tran.
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- September 8 2025
Global P&C tops US$2.4 trillion, set to near double by 2040: Swiss Re
The sector's premiums are increasing at or above the rate of global economic growth, with high-risk property and liability insurance seeing the fastest rise, according to latest Sigma report.
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- August 14 2025
Swiss Re’s Asian premium renewals almost flat in H1
Shares rose on Thursday after results also showed Swiss Re made a net profit of US$2.6bn in the first half of 2025.
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- August 11 2025
Swiss Re CorSo’s Preeti Sawalani swaps London for Singapore role
Sawalani returns to the city to lead the customer and distribution strategy in Southeast Asia.
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- August 6 2025
‘Fraught with uncertainty’, Swiss Re sees 2025 nat cat losses exceeding US$150bn
Wildfires and thunderstorms drove an exceptionally busy first half for natural catastrophe losses, according to the Swiss Re institute.
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- July 9 2025
Emerging Asia ex-China to boost non-life premiums as global growth decelerates amid US tariff policy: Swiss Re
Global non-life premiums expected to grow 2.6% in real terms to US$4.8trn in 2025, according to the reinsurer's Sigma report.
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- May 29 2025
Exclusive: Swiss Re CorSo reshuffles APAC leadership as China CEO, Southeast Asia head depart
China CEO Jeffrey Pan will depart by the end of the year, while Singapore-based Didier Bélot will leave the company by the end of August.
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- May 16 2025
Swiss Re reports 1.5% price increase at April 1 renewals, grows book to US$2.2bn
The rate hikes reported by the reinsurer are in contrast to a 1.7% rate decline reported by Munich Re and a 2.4% decline reported by Hannover Re.
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- April 11 2025
Hannover Re to acquire iptiQ, Swiss Re’s Australian direct life portfolio
Deal expected to close in 18 months, and marks Swiss Re's complete exit from iptiQ.
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- February 28 2025
Swiss Re’s 1.1 APAC renewals growth slows down
Reinsurer's 2% increase in regional premium volume this year contrasts the 5% growth reported in last year’s January 1 renewals.
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- February 24 2025
Auto-fac market ‘not yet at scale for treaty purchase’, but ‘not dumping ground for bad risks’
Facility is emerging as a vital instrument to place risks that do not fit into existing treaties, Gallagher Re, Markel and Swiss Re say.
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- January 14 2025
India’s non-life insurance premiums to grow 7.3% in 2025: Swiss Re
Global reinsurer projects India’s insurance market will be the G20’s fastest growing over the next five years.
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- December 31 2024
Swiss Re promotes Aisyah Fuad to market head South-East Asia (South)
Fuad has been with Swiss Re since 2011, holding various positions, including associate client manager for Indonesia and vice president, senior risk manager ORM.
