- Title Pages
- Preface
- List of Tables and Figures in Appendix
- List of Plates
- List of Permission Credits
-
Introduction: The Insuring
Instinct -
Chapter 1 The Early Years -
Chapter 2 Expansion -
Chapter 3 Backlash -
Chapter 4 Division -
Chapter 5 Times of Crisis -
Chapter 6 Introduction -
Chapter 7 Reinsurance Comes Into its Own 1860–1960 -
Chapter 8 Structural Problems and Diagnostic Diversity 1960–1980 -
Chapter 9 The Global Market and Liberalization 1980–2010 -
Chapter 10 Conclusion -
Chapter 11 Introduction -
Chapter 12 Establishment -
Chapter 13 Crash and Salvation -
Chapter 14 Crossing ‘The Pond’ -
Chapter 15 Reaching the Top -
Chapter 16 On the Precipice -
Chapter 17 Aversion and Adaptation -
Chapter 18 Second World War -
Chapter 19 Growth and Cultural Change -
Chapter 20 The Big Restructuring - Appendix
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Abbreviations used in footnotes
- Index
- Plates
Introduction
Introduction
- Chapter:
- (p.236) (p.237) Chapter 11 Introduction
- Source:
- The Value of Risk
- Author(s):
Harold James
Peter Borscheid
David Gugerli
Tobias Straumann
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In the introduction to the history of Swiss Reinsurance Company Tobias Straumann describes the main challenges the company encountered throughout its 150 years of history. He lists underwriting and investment as the two main existential risks. But also the small home market which forced the company to do international business from the very start required complex management skills. He identifies four eras to best describe the history of Swiss Re: 1. from establishment until the Great Depression; 2. 1939 to 1945 which was marked by stagnation and a defensive business strategy; 3. the post-Second-World-War period until 1990, dealing with difficulties in keeping the technical business profitable and the adoption of a diversification strategy; and, 4. a final period shaped by globalization.
Keywords: corporate strategy, underwriting risk, investment risk
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- List of Tables and Figures in Appendix
- List of Plates
- List of Permission Credits
-
Introduction: The Insuring
Instinct -
Chapter 1 The Early Years -
Chapter 2 Expansion -
Chapter 3 Backlash -
Chapter 4 Division -
Chapter 5 Times of Crisis -
Chapter 6 Introduction -
Chapter 7 Reinsurance Comes Into its Own 1860–1960 -
Chapter 8 Structural Problems and Diagnostic Diversity 1960–1980 -
Chapter 9 The Global Market and Liberalization 1980–2010 -
Chapter 10 Conclusion -
Chapter 11 Introduction -
Chapter 12 Establishment -
Chapter 13 Crash and Salvation -
Chapter 14 Crossing ‘The Pond’ -
Chapter 15 Reaching the Top -
Chapter 16 On the Precipice -
Chapter 17 Aversion and Adaptation -
Chapter 18 Second World War -
Chapter 19 Growth and Cultural Change -
Chapter 20 The Big Restructuring - Appendix
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Abbreviations used in footnotes
- Index
- Plates
