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Commercial insurance is leaning towards high-growth markets

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Swiss Re’s latest sigma 5/2012, “Insuring ever-evolving commercial risks,” provides new insights into commercial insurance, revealing that demand varies greatly based on industry, company size and jurisdiction. Commercial insurance helps companies to manage risks and find new ways to innovate, grow and stabilise their earnings. It accounted for some USD 600 billion in premiums in 2010, or about 41% of global non-life business. Read more

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New Swiss Re report reveals low earthquake insurance penetration globally, even in countries with high seismic risk

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According to Swiss Re’s latest expertise publication “Lessons from recent major earthquakes”, several big Earthquakes resulted in a devastating number of fatalities and injuries and have caused widespread property damage over the past two years. Read more