Insurance premium growth (real)

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT2 National
1.3%
forecast

Global · 2026

Swiss Re projects insurance premium growth (real) at 1.3% in 2026.

Original source
Publisher
Swiss Re
Authority tier
T2 National
Locator
Insurance as a shock absorber
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

For insurers, we forecast total global insurance premium growth lower at 1.3% in real terms in 2026, from 3.9% in 2025.

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ValueDivergenceSource organisationDocumentLocatorDetails
2.3%+1.0 ppSwiss Resigma 2/2025: World insurance in 2025: a riskier, more fragmented world ordersigma 2/2025: World insurance: a riskier, more fragmented world orderOpen record

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APA
Swiss Re Institute. (2026). World Insurance in 2026: shock absorbers in a fragmenting world. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2026-07-world-insurance.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M47
MLA
Swiss Re Institute. "World Insurance in 2026: shock absorbers in a fragmenting world." 2026, https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2026-07-world-insurance.html. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M47.
Chicago
Swiss Re Institute. "World Insurance in 2026: shock absorbers in a fragmenting world." 2026. https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2026-07-world-insurance.html. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M47.
BibTeX
@misc{swissre2026insurancev71m47, author = {{Swiss Re Institute}}, title = {World Insurance in 2026: shock absorbers in a fragmenting world}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M47}, note = {Original source: https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2026-07-world-insurance.html. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
Swiss Re Institute · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National Official
Report
World Insurance in 2026: shock absorbers in a fragmenting world
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Insurance as a shock absorber
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
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