Interconnected Risks: AI and supply chains open new pathways to systemic stress, find Swiss Re and LSE

Interconnected Risks: AI and supply chains open new pathways to systemic stress, find Swiss Re and LSE

Ivan Gonzalez, chief executive officer of Corporate Solutions at Swiss Re, said: “A company may look diversified until you discover that its suppliers, technology providers and customers depend on the same infrastructure. One disruption can therefore affect more...
Data Centres: Global investment boom could create USD200 billion commercial insurance opportunity amid rising accumulation risks, says Swiss Re

Data Centres: Global investment boom could create USD200 billion commercial insurance opportunity amid rising accumulation risks, says Swiss Re

Gianfranco Lot, Swiss Re’s Chief Underwriting Officer P&C Re, says: “We are seeing the digital economy become a real economy. AI needs data centres, power grids and increasingly complex infrastructure – and all of it needs insurance. That creates...
Changing Hazards:Benign H1 2026 masks rising natural catastrophe risk, finds Swiss Re

Changing Hazards:Benign H1 2026 masks rising natural catastrophe risk, finds Swiss Re

Wildfire risk has so far accounted for only a relatively small share of insured losses in Europe. Yet it is the fastest-growing weather peril globally. Insured wildfire losses in Europe have increased by an estimated 8–11% per year in real terms since 1970, Swiss Re...