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Awards 2011: Longevity risk transfer: Swiss Re
Longevity risk transfer: Swiss Re
Swiss Re: pharmaceutical and care-home sectors could provide capacity for longevity swaps
Swiss Re: pharmaceutical and care-home sectors could provide capacity for longevity swaps
Longevity swaps 'a natural hedge' for pharmaceutical and care home industries, says Swiss Re
Longevity swaps could acts as a ‘natural hedge’ for pharmaceutical and care home industries, according to Swiss Re
IIF calls for co-ordination in banking and insurance regulation
In its latest report, the IIF calls for cross-sector co-ordination in banking and insurance regulation
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Japan earthquake raises cat bond uncertainty
Japan earthquake raises cat bond uncertainty
Catastrophe bonds hit by Japanese quake
Investors ponder short- and medium-term effects earthquake could have on cat bond market
Netherlands heralded as next longevity market
An €11 billion increase in the liabilities of the top four Dutch pension funds owing to life expectancy improvements could see a longevity swap deal agreed in the Netherlands
Swiss Re calls for governments to issue longevity bonds
Leading provider of longevity derisking calls for governments to enter the market
Eurozone unlikely to break up, says Zurich chief economist
The chief economist of Zurich Financial Services believes there is the political will necessary to protect the eurozone over the long term
Swiss Re launches inaugural trend risk securitisation
Swiss Re launches inaugural trend risk securitisation
New year could see indemnification ILS deal
A new indemnification insurance-linked securitisation is under way and could put an end to a post-crisis dry spell in life ILS early next year
Insurers, not banks, driving liquidity trade
Insurance sector's hunger for high yields, rather than banks' thirst for short-term funding, driving liquidity trade
A liquid market – banks tap insurers' liquidity reserves
A liquid market
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Solvency II standard formula not serving intended purpose - Swiss Re CRO
Raj Singh tells Life & Pension Risk's annual Solvency II conference in London that Europe should opt for a Swiss-style approach
Raj Singh interview: lesson for the future
The credit crisis has impacted the whole reinsurance sector, but, according to Raj Singh, chief risk officer at Swiss Re, at least it has taught the industry useful lessons for the future. Sarfraz Thind reports
Profile: Swiss Re's Raj Singh
Predicitng the unthinkable
New hope for insurance-linked securities
Since the financial crisis the insurance-linked securities market has been squeezed into a tight corridor of issuance with only natural catastrophe bonds seeing any traction – a blow for a market that pre-2008 appeared to be on the cusp of developing…
Predicting the unthinkable
Raj Singh, chief risk officer at Swiss Re, talks to Alexander Campbell
Holistic thinking
Insurers have been focusing their attention to ERM as the deadline for Solvency II looms – but how well is the industry coping with the challenges this presents?