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  • One of the most positive environments in 10 years, says Swiss Re chief

    04 August 2023

    Reinsurer reports net income of $1.45bn in H1

  • IFRS 17's second-order effects begin to crystalise

    23 November 2022

    The insurance sector is beginning to look beyond the surface and understand what changes the IFRS 17 era will bring to business. Paul Walsh reports

  • Swiss Re's innovative $1.15bn retrocession deal to bring capital benefits

    14 April 2022

    Reinsurer secures of cover via a hybrid of bank finance and ILS

  • Claudia Cordioli to lead Swiss Re's IFRS implementation

    12 April 2022

  • Swiss Re: IFRS 17 might require aggressive repricing strategy

    08 April 2022

    New accounting standard will reveal more detail on loss-making contracts

  • Re/insurers ready to implement Russian sanctions [UPDATED]

    28 February 2022

    Western firms say their exposure to Ukraine and Russian is generally limited

  • Exposure to Ukraine/Russia is immaterial, says Swiss Re

    25 February 2022

    Reinsurer returns to profit in 2021 despite substantial Covid losses

  • Swiss Re: Floods and South African unrest mean "triple-digit million" loss

    30 July 2021

    Christian Mumenthaler doubts if very large events will now be insurable by the private market

  • Swiss Re is hit with $643m of Covid-19 losses in Q1

    30 April 2021

    But group returns to profit this quarter with strong performance from its P&C business

  • Swiss Re CEO warns of event cancellation insurance price hike

    19 February 2021

    Christian Mumenthaler says the business line will become correlated to pandemics