News Release 1996

20 Dec 1996	Merger in Loss Adjusting and Claims Management completed
17 Dec 1996	Insurance in Eastern Europe: a growth industry on the way towards market structures
09 Dec 1996	Swiss Re to acquire Unione Italiana di Riassicurazione S.p.A. (Uniorias)
06 Dec 1996	Acquisition of M&G Re, 1996 financial year and outlook for the 1997 business year
03 Dec 1996	Erwin Zimmermann to join the Swiss Re Executive Board
22 Dec 1996	Swiss Re's 132nd Ordinary General Meeting
21 Nov 1996	Swiss Re opens a representative office in Shanghai
14 Nov 1996	Deregulation and liberalization of market access: the European insurance industry on the threshold of a new era in competition
11 Nov 1996	Unione Italiana di Riassicurazione S.p.A.
01 Nov 1996	The results of the Swiss Re Group for 1995
07 Oct 1996	Asia's insurance industry to experience unhindered growth into the next century
27 Sep 1996	Swiss Re and Crawford & Company: Strategic Alliance in Loss Adjusting and Claims Management
27 Aug 1996	Swiss Re to acquire Mercantile & General Re
15 Jul 1996	Swiss Re America Signs Contract
02 Jul 1996	Walter B. Kielholz appointed new Chief Executive Officer of Swiss Re Group
28 Jun 1996	Insurance Derivatives and Securitization: New Hedging Perspectives for the US Catastrophe Insurance Market?
17 Jun 1996	World insurance in 1994: Clear slowdown in premium growth in North America and Japan, reduced momentum in Europe
06 Jun 1996	A forward-looking survey of the major non-life insurance markets in 1996 and 1997
25 Apr 1996	Result for 1995: 53% higher profits as result of strategic reorientation
22 Feb 1996	1995 record losses due to catastrophes
14 Feb 1996	High volatility in aviation insurance: Are premium rates due for a nosedive?
06 Feb 1996	Swiss Re opens branch office in Kuala Lumpur
09 Jan 1996	Swiss Re increases its presence in three key markets in Asia
05 Jan 1996	Swiss Re opens a representative office in Beijing