Urs Baertschi, chief executive officer, Reinsurance EMEA, and member of the group executive committee at Swiss Re

21 October 2019Insurance

Swiss Re CEO Reinsurance EMEA sees a ‘flight to quality’ as result of geopolitical and macroeconomic instability

Geopolitical and macroeconomic factors are creating uncertainty in the reinsurance market, causing “a flight to quality”, according to Urs Baertschi, chief executive officer, Reinsurance EMEA, and member of the group executive committee at Swiss Re.

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