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...