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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.
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- December 20 2024
2004 tsunami: Loss, and lessons: reckoning with the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years on
Though two decades have passed, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami is still fresh in my memory. I was in Australia at the time. It was a warm summer’s day, with many people starting to watch the Boxing Day test cricket match between Australia and Pakistan in Melbourne, when the news first hit. Like all of […]
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- December 5 2024
Nat cat insured losses to cross US$135bn in 2024: Swiss Re
For the fifth consecutive year, insured losses from natural catastrophes broke the US$100bn mark, Swiss Re Institute data shows.
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- December 3 2024
The industry has to be nimble in dealing with climate risks: Swiss Re’s Lubomir Varbanov
The key challenge and opportunity for the market is the need for multilateral development banks to adapt to evolving risks, particularly those related to climate change.
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- November 21 2024
Emerging Asia may benefit from US tariffs as China suffers: Swiss Re’s Haegeli
Tariffs, taxes, and a decrease in trade could be a tipping point for the wider industry as there are many uncertainties around future US presidential decisions, said the reinsurer's group chief economist.
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- November 20 2024
P&C GWP growth in mature APAC markets to reach 3.2% in 2024: Swiss Re
Emerging Asia will remain the main driving force with non-life premiums to grow at a 7.4% CAGR in 2025‒26 as India outperforms all major developing markets.
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- November 8 2024
Swiss Re CorSo names Robert Hunziker interim APAC CEO as Jonathan Rake promoted to global role
Rake, who has been the insurer's regional chief executive from 2017, will take charge as CEO fo Swiss Re reinsurance solutions from January 1.
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- November 7 2024
Asian specialty losses to be reflected in renewals: Swiss Re
The reinsurer’s specialty CUO Anne Lohbeck says engineering, inherent defect, cyber and credit & surety are growth drivers for APAC specialty book.
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- September 16 2024
Swiss Re elevates Seng Lee to co-head corporate development
The Hong Kong-based M&A specialist has been managing director for the reinsurer since August 2022.
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- August 22 2024
Swiss Re expands public sector leader Lubomir Varbanov’s role to include development institutions
Varbanov's new title will be managing director, head of public sector solutions for APAC and multilateral development banks.
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- July 18 2024
Market dynamics positive despite geopolitical, climate risks headwinds
Severe weather events, projected to rise by 5-7% every year, geopolitical unrest, and supply chain disruption are the main systemic perils that put pressure on the insurers, according to SwissRe Corso CUO Kera McDonald.
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- May 17 2024
Beat Strebel to take charge as Swiss Re China CEO
Currently head of P&C reinsurance for Middle East & Africa, Strebel has takes over from Ivan Gonzalez, who has been elevated to CEO of Swiss Re CorSo.
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- May 16 2024
Swiss Re to exit unprofitable digital white-label platform iptiQ
The reinsurer's Asia premiums grew 5% to US$3.5bn year-to-date from renewals; books US$100m losses from Baltimore Bridge collapse.
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- May 14 2024
Battery risks extend EV insurance’s frontier into product liability
The heightened risks of fire and explosions associated with the use of lithium-ion batteries are forcing (re)insurers to rethink the way they approach their motor insurance business.
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- May 6 2024
World Bank debuts US$150m Jamaica hurricane cat bond in Hong Kong
The second World Bank bond to list in Hong Kong will offer cover to the Caribbean island state against tropical cyclone events for the next four hurricane seasons up to 2027 and will have a parametric trigger.
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- April 18 2024
Hong Kong’s national security law eases US$100m political violence concerns
The new law has lowered concerns of exposure to another event akin to the 2019 protest, still (re)insurers haven't relaxed underwriting considerations.
