Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> November 14, 2003
THOMAS HOLZHEU is a senior economist and deputy head of the New York
office of Swiss Re's Economic Research & Consulting unit. He is an
expert on North American property/casualty insurance and reinsurance
markets with extensive experience and knowledge of foreign markets. He
has researched and published extensively on market developments and
economic and regulatory factors affecting insurance markets. He authored
several "sigma" studies ' Swiss Re's internationally renowned research
series on the insurance industry. In addition, he supports Swiss Re's
strategic planning and internal consulting on new products and provides
insights and forecasts to Swiss Re for use in a variety of corporate
decisions. Mr. Holzheu joined Swiss Re Group in 1990 working in Germany,
Switzerland and since 1997 in the US. He has graduated from the Ludwig-
Maximilians-University of Munich with a MS and a PhD in economics. Profile
you look at this business, where do you see things at this point in
time?
Mr. Holzheu: The industry is in the second to
