Kurt E. Karl

Dr. Kurt E.
Karl is Chief Economist and Head of Economic Research & Consulting at Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd. As such, Dr. Karl has responsibility for supervising Swiss Re’s sigma papers, the award-winning research series on the insurance industry.
In addition, he and his team support Swiss Re’s strategic planning and provide internal consulting to SR on new products and insurance market developments.
Additionally, he and his team provide insights and forecasts on the global economy to Swiss Re for use in a variety of corporate decisions.
He is an expert on the U.S.
and global economies with extensive experience and knowledge of foreign markets and has lived and worked in Europe, Africa and Asia.
He is a contributor to many forecasting surveys, including those of Blue Chips and Consensus Forecasts.
Prior to that he was Chief International Economist at WEFA, Inc., an economic forecasting firm.
Dr. Karl has a BA from the University of Oregon, a M.Sc.
from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D.
from Princeton University.