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  "id": 14399744,
  "title": "Swiss Re dips as Jefferies downgrades stock on falling reinsurance prices",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/swiss-re-dips-as-jefferies-downgrades-stock-on-falling-reinsurance",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-14T07:54:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/swiss-re-dips-as-jefferies-downgrades-stock-on-falling-reinsurance-prices-4948278"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jefferies downgraded Swiss Re to \"Underperform\" and cut its price target, citing a recent report from Investing.com. Analysts Philip Kett and Derald Goh warned that falling reinsurance prices would negatively impact revenue more than previously anticipated. They noted that the rate of price declines, which began in 2025 after seven years of increasing rates, has only intensified. The Guy Carpenter Global Property-Catastrophe Rate-On-Line Index dropped 8.1% during the 2025 renewal and 16% in 2026. Jefferies anticipates the decline to further accelerate in 2027 before gradually slowing in 2028, with prices unlikely to reach their lowest point before 2030 unless a significant catastrophe occurs. Consensus projections already anticipate Swiss Re's property and casualty reinsurance business to experience gross revenue declines in 2027 before stabilizing and gradually returning to modest growth in 2029. Jefferies analysts deemed this forecast overly optimistic, estimating revenue to be 7% below consensus in 2027 and 19% below by 2030. The downgrade also reflects a valuation perspective, as the recent hard market left industry reserves full and margins high, causing investors to value capital buffers at trough multiples. Consequently, Swiss Re is currently trading in line with its peers, despite a less favorable track record compared to competitors during past soft markets. The analysts do acknowledge that buybacks may provide some support, expecting Swiss Re to return approximately $1.5 billion yearly, but they struggle to envision any upside without compromising prudence. The downgrade ultimately stems from a valuation standpoint, as the current soft market takes hold, and the analysts anticipate that the relative underperformance of Swiss Re will become evident in the stock.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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