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Europe’s Banks Increased Infrastructure Investments Erodes Insurers’ Returns

The return of banks into the European infrastructure market is denting insurers’ ability to enhance their investment returns by funding the roads, bridges and wind farms of tomorrow. European politicians have encouraged insurers to channel more of their €10 trillion …

Swiss Re CEO Says Infrastructure Investment, Insurers Good Match

Swiss Re AG Chief Executive Officer Michel Lies called for the creation of a special infrastructure asset class to allow insurers to invest in projects such as roads and bridges. “If you take all the insurance industry, all the money …

Swiss Re Sees Consolidation in Reinsurance amid Price Squeeze

Swiss Re Ltd. Chief Financial Officer David Cole expects consolidation in the reinsurance market as oversupply of capital squeezes prices. “Selling property and casualty reinsurance is becoming more difficult for us as well,” Cole, 53, said in an interview in …