News Archive 1996

Date News release
20 Dec 96  Merger in Loss Adjusting and Claims Management completed
17 Dec 96 Insurance in Eastern Europe: a growth industry on the way towards market structures
09 Dec 96 Swiss Re to acquire Unione Italiana di Riassicurazione S.p.A. (Uniorias)
06 Dec 96 Acquisition of M&G Re, 1996 financial year and outlook for the 1997 business year
03 Dec 96 Erwin Zimmermann to join the Swiss Re Executive Board
22 Dec 96 Swiss Re's 132nd Ordinary General Meeting
21 Nov 96 Swiss Re opens a representative office in Shanghai
14 Nov 96 Deregulation and liberalization of market access
11 Nov 96 Unione Italiana di Riassicurazione S.p.A.
01 Nov 96 The results of the Swiss Re Group for 1995
07 Oct 96 Asia's insurance industry to experience unhindered growth into the next century
27 Sep 96 Swiss Re and Crawford & Company: Strategic Alliance in Loss Adjusting and Claims Management
27 Aug 96 Swiss Re to acquire Mercantile & General Re
15 Jul 96 Swiss Re America Signs Contract
02 Jul 96 Walter B. Kielholz appointed new Chief Executive Officer of Swiss Re Group
28 Jun 96 Insurance Derivatives and Securitization: New Hedging Perspectives for the US Catastrophe Insurance Market?
17 Jun 96 World insurance in 1994: Clear slowdown in premium growth in North America and Japan
06 Jun 96 A forward-looking survey of the major non-life insurance markets in 1996 and 1997
25 Apr 96 Result for 1995: 53% higher profits as result of strategic reorientation
22 Feb 96 1995 record losses due to catastrophes
14 Feb 96 High volatility in aviation insurance: Are premium rates due for a nosedive?
06 Feb 96 Swiss Re opens branch office in Kuala Lumpur
09 Jan 96 Swiss Re increases its presence in three key markets in Asia
05 Jan 96 Swiss Re opens a representative office in Beijing