Preparing for natural catastrophes and human-made disasters

Urbanisation, economic development, growing asset concentrations in exposed areas and climate change are leading to increased natural catastrophe losses. That's because we live, build and work in locations most at risk from floods, storms, wildfires and extreme weather events. Worldwide, over 35,000 people are believed to have died or gone missing in disaster events in 2022. According to the Swiss Re Institute, natural catastrophes claimed over 32,500 of those victims, and human-made disasters over 2,500.

Combining risk prevention, risk mitigation and risk transfer measures forms part of a comprehensive disaster resilience strategy. Swiss Re Public Sector Solutions can partner with you in building that resilience through various solutions and services.

We support various types of entities active in the public sector. As diverse as our partners are, so are the ways we can help them manage different natural catastrophe and human-made related risks – including perils such as earthquakes, windstorms, excess rain, floods or drought – and thereby support their resilience strategies.

There are a number of ways that we can contribute to the business case for disaster resilience and support our public sector partners by absorbing economic losses through the transfer of risk and by facilitating actionable risk insights. We can tailor these supporting actions to your needs and the specific challenges you face. Discover some of our propositions below.