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  • 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

  • Three-quarters of Swiss Re's H1 pandemic losses "unclaimed" so far

    31 July 2020

    Firm to re-evaluate $50bn floor of industry loss estimate if BI cases unfavourable, CFO says

  • Swiss Re forecasts $1.1bn in H1 losses

    23 July 2020

    Reinsurer also completes sale of ReAssure to Phoenix

  • Swiss Re reports $225m Q1 losses amid Covid-19 crisis

    30 April 2020

    Losses occurred on both sides of the balance sheet

  • Swiss Re takes drastic actions following losses from commercial line

    31 July 2019

    Swiss reinsurer will not float ReAssure this year

  • Swiss Re pulls plug on ReAssure IPO

    11 July 2019

    The Swiss reinsurer said weak investor demand had led to the IPO suspension

  • Rumours swirl around ReAssure takeover

    07 January 2019

    Swiss Re’s closed-book life insurer manages more than 3m policies.

  • Swiss Re appoints ex-Aviva CEO to lead ReAssure

    17 December 2018

    Industry veteran Mark Hodges will steer ReAssure through an anticipated IPO in 2019

  • Swiss Re posts a rival-beating Solvency II coverage ratio

    04 April 2018

    Own calculations put ratio at more than 310%