Swiss Re
Our Financial Services Division, Consensus Research, supports Swiss Re in production of it's 12th authoritative bi-annual report on the UK insurance industry.
"The Insurance Report 2009" with the theme of "The cost of doing nothing" examines the consequences for the consumer and the insurance industry of failing to adapt to the threat of a shortfall in savings and protection.
Swiss Re is a leading and highly diversified global reinsurer. The company operates through offices in more than 20 countries. Founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1863, Swiss Re offers financial services products that enable risk-taking essential to enterprise and progress. The company’s traditional reinsurance products and related services for property and casualty, as well as the life and health business are complemented by insurance-based corporate finance solutions and supplementary services for comprehensive risk management.
- 1003 telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 21 – 70 year olds
- 6 focus groups with consumers in Reading, Birmingham and Leeds
- 7 telephone depth interviews with "disenfranchised" consumers who hold neither life insurance, income protection nor critical illness cover
The report is distributed to Swiss Re's clients and is offered to journalists and other parties on request, for further information please visit Swiss Re's site

