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Swiss Re’s recent announcement that it will invest $500 million in businesses and assets related to long-term infrastructure deals will likely represent just the start of a growing trend of other insurers and reinsurers doing the same thing, according to the reinsurer. 18 December 2012
Alternative Risk Transfer
Recent longevity swap deals, such as the recent Swiss Re deal with insurer LV=, demonstrate a need for these solutions and reinsurers will be likely to play a growing role in absorbing longevity risk. 17 December 2012
Insurance
A series of new satellites to be launched by the European Space Agency will provide the insurance industry with new and unique data that will be invaluable to insurers underwriting certain types of risks including some energy and marine business. 13 December 2012
Alternative Risk Transfer
Swiss Re’s recent £800 million longevity insurance contract covering UK insurer LV='s UK pension fund represents yet another innovation in this field for the reinsurer. 12 December 2012
Insurance
The recent dispute between Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and Swiss Re over a life insurance deal agreed in 2010 is unlikely to result in any meaningful loss for Swiss Re, says an analyst who claims Berkshire Hathaway is simply trying to limit its losses. 6 December 2012
Insurance
The re/insurance industry is too reliant on catastrophe models and needs to take greater responsibility for judging its own risks, says S&P. 5 December 2012
Insurance
The rapidly growing renewables sector can offer insurers and reinsurers many opportunities for growth, despite it being a busy marketplace already. 4 December 2012
Insurance
Many insurers and reinsurers remain unaware of the potential consequences of changes that rating agency S&P’s is making to its insurance rating criteria – despite the fact that the adjustment could have serious ramifications for them in 2013. 3 December 2012
Insurance
In the aftermath of severe flooding in the UK for the second time this year and with insured flood losses predicted to top £1bn in 2012, the UK government and the insurance industry are trying to find a solution to the way flood risk is covered in the UK. 30 November 2012
Alternative Risk Transfer
The trend of insurers and reinsurers offering alternative forms of capacity to the market through the use of structures such as side-cars is as much about carriers seeking diversification and better uses of their capital as it is about seeking short-term returns for investors. 26 November 2012
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