Swiss Re Economic Research & Consulting
Biographical Sketch: As head of Swiss Re’s Economic Research and Consulting unit for North America, Thomas Holzheu is responsible for Swiss Re’s North American economic and insurance market research. This includes the sigma papers — Swiss Re’s research series on the insurance industry. Thomas researches and supports Swiss Re’s strategic planning on market developments, the economic environment, the competitive landscape, and regulatory factors affecting insurance and reinsurance markets.
He is an expert on North American insurance markets and has extensive knowledge of capital market solutions and foreign markets. He frequently speaks at industry conferences and publishes insurance and risk-related articles in addition to sigma studies.
Thomas joined the Swiss Re Group in 1990 and has worked in Germany, Switzerland, and the US. He graduated from the University of Munich with a Ph.D. in economics.