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Swiss Re warns of inflation threat

13 November 2009

Swiss Re has warned that reinsurers will face higher claims costs in the next few years if inflation erodes reserves and rates do not keep pace, Bloomberg reports.

Read more: Pierre Ozendo Swiss Re inflation Ernst & Young

Swiss Re has warned that reinsurers will face higher claims costs in the next few years if inflation erodes reserves and rates do not keep pace, Bloomberg reports.

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