Environmental Risks and the Insurance Industry: Stepping up actions Published date: 23 Jun 2021 Published by: Swiss Re Institute Content Type: Conference Virtual event, co-organised with Geneva Association 1 and Swiss Re There is growing evidence of the large-scale impacts of human ... Conference Location: Online Go to Environmental Risks and the Insurance Industry: Stepping up actions
How green are my taxes? The use of taxation in forwarding sustainable policy goals Published date: 20 May 2021 Published by: Swiss Re Institute Content Type: Conference Taxes are highly flexible policy tools. They redistribute national income, they incentivize behavior, and correct market ... Conference Location: Online Go to How green are my taxes? The use of taxation in forwarding sustainable policy goals
Emerging risks and trends in the wake of coronavirus Published date: 04 Jun 2020 Published by: Swiss Re Group Content Type: Article Periods of rapid change lead to new and evolving risks that are difficult to quantify but could have a major impact on the ... Go to Emerging risks and trends in the wake of coronavirus
Innovation in times of recession – a hurdle or a way out? Published date: 13 May 2020 Published by: Swiss Re Group Content Type: Article In these uncertain times, many economists are predicting the worst downturn since the great depression. Go to Innovation in times of recession – a hurdle or a way out?
Building resilience for the fast-changing Asia Published date: 03 Oct 2019 Published by: Swiss Re Group Content Type: Article One in three natural disasters in the world take place in Asia, and they can literally bring societies to their knees and can ... Go to Building resilience for the fast-changing Asia
Closing the natural catastrophe protection gap Published date: 17 Mar 2018 Published by: Swiss Re Institute Content Type: Article Thomas Holzheu and Ginger Turner just published an article in the Geneva Papers for Risk and Insurance: "The Natural Catastrophe ... Go to Closing the natural catastrophe protection gap
Europe in the spotlight as global economic losses from natural catastrophes reach USD 280 billion in 2023 Published date: 09 May 2024 Published by: Reinsurance Content Type: Article Analysing the rising natcat losses in Europe in 2023. Severe Convective Storm losses (85%) are growing fastest in Europe. Go to Europe in the spotlight as global economic losses from natural catastrophes reach USD 280 billion in 2023
Only sustainable business is good business in the long run Published date: 17 Jun 2021 Published by: Swiss Re Group Content Type: Blog Unlike the COVID-19 crisis, climate change is a global systemic risk for which there's no expiry date and no vaccine. Go to Only sustainable business is good business in the long run
Climate change: The real costs to Asia Pacific Published date: 23 Apr 2021 Published by: Swiss Re Group Content Type: Blog New research from Swiss Re makes it clear climate change will be the fundamental economic challenge of our time. Go to Climate change: The real costs to Asia Pacific
COVID-19 is an existential threat… but so is the climate crisis Published date: 07 Apr 2020 Published by: Swiss Re Group Content Type: Blog Like so many other people around the world, I've been closely following the daily updates on COVID-19. "Unprecedented" seems to ... Go to COVID-19 is an existential threat… but so is the climate crisis