Reinsurer Swiss Re highlighted escalating catastrophe losses, rising secondary perils, and growing overlap between natural disasters and social unrest at its pre-Baden-Baden reinsurance meeting press conference.
Swiss Re warned that the global insurance market could face its first $300bn year of insured catastrophe losses due to extreme weather, urban exposures, and social instability.
Escalating catastrophe losses, rising secondary perils and growing overlap between natural disasters and social unrest.
This warning comes as geopolitical and civil unrest risks rise, straining reinsurers' balance sheets.
Author's summary: Swiss Re warns of rising catastrophe losses.