15 years after its inception, the market for insurance-linked securities (ILS) is poised for continued growth as re/insurers, governments and corporations continue to access capital market solutions to finance growth,…
According to preliminary sigma estimates, total insured losses for the global insurance industry from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters reached an estimated USD 70 billion in the first half of…
Swiss Re published a study,Mortality Protection Gap: Asia-Pacific 2011, which finds that the aggregate mortality protection gap across 12 Asian markets expanded significantly from USD 16 trillion in 2000 to…
The substantial increases in life expectancy witnessed in recent decades have been consistently underestimated, a new Swiss Re research report reveals.
More and more governments are leveraging private insurance skills and the growing capacity of the sector to cover catastrophe losses as well as a wide range of other risks, Swiss…
Health insurance has emerged one of the fastest growing segments in the non-life insurance industry with 30 per cent growth in 2008-09. For the purpose of regulation, health insurance companies…
Law Commission Report: More than 100,000 Indians are dying every year in road accidents.More than a million are injured or maimed. Many years ago, a study found that road accidents…
A new survey by The Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) highlights a significant gap between how financial advisors rate themselves and how clients rate their advisors.
Swiss Re reports a Group net income of USD 960 million in the second quarter of 2011, compared to income of USD 812 million in the same period of 2010.…
According to Swiss Re’s latest “World insurance in 2010†sigma study, world insurance premium volume increased 2.7% on an inflation-adjusted basis. Life premiums rose by 3.2%, non-life by 2.1%. Premium…