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23 October 2023Insurance

A hard market, or the new normal? Swiss Re is not sure

Too many rate-driving risk factors have dovetailed at once to be certain whether the reinsurance market is enjoying a cyclically high hard market or settling into a new normal, top officials at Swiss Re dared to argue in a pre-Baden-Baden reinsurance event.

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