Insurance premium growth (real)

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT2 National
2.3%
forecast

Global · 2026

Swiss Re projects insurance premium growth (real) at 2.3% in 2026.

Original source
Publisher
Swiss Re
Authority tier
T2 National
Locator
sigma 2/2025: World insurance: a riskier, more fragmented world order
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

We estimate that total premiums (life and non-life) will grow by 2% in real terms in 2025 (vs 5.2% in 2024), with marginal pick-up to 2.3% in 2026.

Verbatim extraction verified: The figure 2.3% is directly attested in the quoted passage (sigma 2/2025: World insurance: a riskier, more fragmented world order).

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ValueDivergenceSource organisationDocumentLocatorDetails
1.3%-1.0 ppSwiss ReWorld Insurance in 2026: shock absorbers in a fragmenting worldInsurance as a shock absorberOpen record

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APA
Swiss Re Institute. (2026). sigma 2/2025: World insurance in 2025: a riskier, more fragmented world order. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2025-02-world-insurance-riskier-fragmented-world.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q64F
MLA
Swiss Re Institute. "sigma 2/2025: World insurance in 2025: a riskier, more fragmented world order." 2026, https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2025-02-world-insurance-riskier-fragmented-world.html. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q64F.
Chicago
Swiss Re Institute. "sigma 2/2025: World insurance in 2025: a riskier, more fragmented world order." 2026. https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2025-02-world-insurance-riskier-fragmented-world.html. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q64F.
BibTeX
@misc{swissre2026insurancew6q64f, author = {{Swiss Re Institute}}, title = {sigma 2/2025: World insurance in 2025: a riskier, more fragmented world order}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q64F}, note = {Original source: https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2025-02-world-insurance-riskier-fragmented-world.html. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
Swiss Re Institute · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National Official
Report
sigma 2/2025: World insurance in 2025: a riskier, more fragmented world order
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
sigma 2/2025: World insurance: a riskier, more fragmented world order
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q64F