News releases 1999

30 Dec 1999	Winter storms in Europe

16 Dec 1999	Clarence Yeung becomes Head of Corporate Development in the Asia division

09 Dec 1999	Natural catastrophes and man-made disasters 1999

06 Dec 1999	Swiss Re to acquire Underwriters Re Group

22 Nov 1999	Appointments at Executive Board level

18 Nov 1999	Swiss Re auctions reinsurance cover over the Internet

30 Sep 1999	Swiss Re strengthens its business in Colombia

27 Sep 1999	Ulrich Bremi attends the 11th annual IBLAC meeting in Shanghai

14 Sep 1999	Swiss Re increases first-half earnings in 1999 by 49%

30 Aug 1999	Swiss Re concentrates its French non-life business in Paris

15 Jul 1999	Swiss Re and Beijing Normal University set up a research center

11 Jul 1999	Policy Management Systems Corporation and Swiss Re Group announce strategic alliance to aid newly formed companies

01 Jul 1999	Giuseppe Benelli appointed to Swiss Re Executive Board

30 Jun 1999	Swiss Re sets up service company in Tokyo

29 Jun 1999	Martyn Parker appointed CEO for Swiss Re Southern Africa Limited

25 Jun 1999	Swiss Re announces Ulrich Bremi´s successor

22 Jun 1999	David H. Atkins elected Director of Swiss Re America Corporation

08 Jun 1999	Swiss Re in America inaugurates on-line Autofac Property service

03 Jun 1999	Swiss Re enlarges its Executive Board

06 May 1999	Earnings per share up 20.7% to CHF 175

23 Apr 1999	Professorial chair at University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

16 Apr 1999	Swiss Re makes its knowledge available on the Internet

07 Apr 1999	Martin Albers appointed Chief Executive of Swiss Re UK

01 Mar 1999	Mark Futterman named Deputy Operations Manager at Swiss Re

24 Mar 1999	Storms, hail and ice cause billion-dollar losses in 1998

22 Mar 1999	Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation moves to a new headquarters

18 Mar 1999	Swiss Re completes acquisition of Fox-Pitt, Kelton Group

04 Mar 1999	Swiss Re, through Life Re, announces proposed acquisition of Royal Maccabees Life Insurance Company

01 Mar 1999	UN launches initiative to help member nations respond to the challenges of global ageing

15 Jan 1999	Swiss Re America launches Strategic Financial Solutions Group

15 Jan 1999	Neil Hohmann joins Swiss Re America's Strategic Financial Services unit

15 Jan 1999	John C. Swigart joins Swiss Re America as Director Strategic Financial Solutions Group

06 Jan 1999	The global reinsurance market in the midst of consolidation

04 Jan 1999	Gloria Vogel joins Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation as Director Business Ventures Marketing