Swiss Re

Bianca Willauer joins after 10 years with the Allianz-owned specialty carrier.

The executive joins from AGCS where she led the North American financial lines team.

The experienced legal and claims executive will underwrite and service a variety of accounts.

The (re)insurance veteran will continue with non-executive and consultancy work.

The loss tally includes a $7bn estimate for Typhoon Faxai and $8bn for Typhoon Hagibis.

Casualty has “a definite trend towards improving terms”, the head of casualty underwriting for the US and Canada said.

Everest, Swiss Re, Aspen and other reinsurers were accused by Integrand of delaying payment of claims from Irma and Maria.

Just as the major UK political parties brawling to form the next government have decided voters are unmoved by the boring business of debt- and deficit-to-GDP ratios, Swiss Re CEO Christian Mumenthaler has concluded that capital concerns no longer hold that much sway.

The reinsurer said it had it ceded $900mn more exposure overall into the alternative reinsurance market in 2019.

Is light finally at the end of the tunnel for Swiss Re Corporate Solutions?

This publication highlights five key areas of the unit’s turnaround plan from Swiss Re’s investor day.

There was a lot to unpack in Swiss Re’s investor day update, which focused on its plans to continue recapturing market share in the natural catastrophe business.