- 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
Growth and Cultural Change
Growth and Cultural Change
- Chapter:
- (p.318) Chapter 19 Growth and Cultural Change
- Source:
- The Value of Risk
- Author(s):
Harold James
Peter Borscheid
David Gugerli
Tobias Straumann
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Whilst reinsurance premiums grew rapidly after the war, claims also accelerated and reinsurers increasingly came under pressure to increase investment returns to support weakening technical results, especially in motor insurance. Asset management significantly increased in importance. Swiss Re's management was for a long time at a loss how to react and adapt their business model or organizational structure. Under the new general manager Max Eisenring, entrepreneurial strategies concentrated on expanding business geographically, and from the 1950s onwards representative offices were opened in politically stable Commonwealth countries. But the share of new clients remained too small to rebalance earnings. Swiss Re diversified into direct insurance and insurance technical service companies. The liability crisis in the US and difficulties in managing the diversified group eventually resulted in an internal crisis.
Keywords: post-war economy, asset management, technical results, liability crisis, organizational structures
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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
