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  • Personal lines to drive improved US P&C market profitability this year

    23 April 2024

    But Swiss Re's economists have said commercial lines face uncertainty

  • California's big climate show

    18 April 2024

    California last week hosted a major summit on the insurance sector's response to climate change. The impressive list of attendees suggests a willingness to talk on this crucial of matters. Sarfraz Thind, Joshua Geer and Ronan McCaughey report

  • US disinflation stalls, warns Swiss Re

    16 April 2024

    But euro area disinflation continues, according to the reinsurer

  • Swiss Re's group CEO Christian Mumenthaler to step down

    03 April 2024

    Spokesperson confirms his departure is not into retirement

  • Cresta urges severe convective storms not to be called secondary perils

    02 April 2024

    The firm warned SCS "are no longer purely an issue of frequency but also of severity"

  • Swiss Re highlights pricing and incentivising importance as nat cat losses spike

    26 March 2024

    Record 142 insured nat cats in 2023, totalling $108bn in losses

  • Swiss Re vetoed at least 58 underwriting transactions in 2023 due to ESG risk

    15 March 2024

    The number of total abstentions will be even higher

  • US second most exposed country to climate change, Swiss Re finds

    28 February 2024

    Philippines most exposed as climate change losses will grow

  • Paris Agreement "missed a trick" by failing to create standard-setting organisations, says Swiss Re CEO

    16 February 2024

    Christian Mumenthaler said re/insurers' collaboration on net-zero goals, post-NZIA, is problematic

  • US property rate debate rages as natcats soar

    08 February 2024

    Demands for higher rates for homeowners coverage are creating tensions among consumer groups, regulators and underwriters. Sarfraz Thind reports on attempts to sustain the market as natural catastrophe losses mount