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Swiss Re's
* Launch Date:
Jan. 3, 2012
* Description:
In The Essential Guide to Reinsurance, also available as a PDF, Swiss Re introduces the concepts of reinsurance and highlights the essential function that reinsurance has in enabling progress and contributing to the stability of the economy and society.
The app includes brief definitions of various insurances and summarizes the main forms of traditional reinsurance.
It begins by answering simple questions, such as what reinsurers do and how the industry began, said Media Relations Manager Tom Armitage. The app then moves on to explain answers to questions like "How does reinsurance work?", "What does the market look like?" and "Who needs reinsurance?"
The final question explores how reinsurers handle future risks. "The answers point forward to our emerging risk work and a portfolio of topics we think are important to society, like climate...