News & publications
As a recognised industry though leader Christoph is frequently interviewed by media outlets and has published numerous industry reports over the years.
Leaders highlight prevention, SME protection and smarter use of data. Industry leaders are calling on insurers to expand their focus beyond climate risk and adopt a broader, system-wide approach to resilience, following a panel discussion at Insurtech Insights Europe 2026 in London.
Balancing the promises and practicalities of innovative medicine. This report examines how advances in diagnostics and therapeutics are changing the visibility, predictability, and management of disease, and what this means for health and life insurance.
Co-authored book chapter, “The Digital Underwriter: How AI Is Reshaping Risk Coverage” reveals how underwriting is shifting beyond traditional actuarial models into the era of machine learning and agentic AI, where true competitive advantage comes not from algorithms alone, but from mastering data quality, governance, explainability, and human expertise.
News & industry reports
Christoph is an expert frequently interviewed by media outlets and featured for his keynote insights. He has also authored numerous industry articles over the years.
- News article by by Gia Snape covering moderated panel by C.E. Nabholz; Insurance industry urged to move “beyond climate”. Insurance Business (2026)
- News article by Gia Snape covering keynote by C.E. Nabholz; Three interconnected risk clusters reshaping the insurance landscape. Insurance Business (2025)
- Podcast with C.E. Nabholz; Leveraging Technology and Data to Tackle Emerging Risks. Innovation Rockstars (2023)
- Interview with C.E. Nabholz; Corona-Pandemie: «Es könnte gut sein, dass wir mehrere Wellen sehen werden». Die Zeit (2020)
- Interview with C.E. Nabholz; Mapping the Future. A Best’s Review (2018)
- Interview with C.E. Nabholz; Genetic testing threatens the insurance industry. The Economist (2017)
Publications released as Managing Editor
As Managing Director of the Swiss Re Institute, Christoph has overseen numerous industry publications and presented these insights to insurance clients—topics he now offers as tailored advisory and speaking services.
- A digital health programme’s impact on mortality: Analysis into LumiHealth – a partnership between the Singapore government and Apple. Swiss Re Institute (2026)
- Tech-tonic shifts: AI risks. Swiss Re Institute (2024)
- Resilience or rebuild? Adaptation for COP 29. Swiss Re Institute (2024)
- Quantifying business interruption: Risk propagation in complex supply chains. Swiss Re Institute (2024)
- Rooftop solar: Emerging risk control needs for properties. Swiss Re Institute (2024)
- SONAR 2024: New emerging risk insights. Swiss Re Institute (2024)
- The future of excess mortality after COVID-19. Swiss Re Institute (2024)
- Gearing up for the electric vehicles ecosystem- I. Swiss Re Institute (2023)
- Gearing up for the electric vehicles ecosystem- II. Swiss Re Institute (2023)
- Digital trust II: A consumer perspective. Swiss Re Institute (2023)
- Infrastructure resilience. Swiss Re Institute (2023)
- The making of Green Steel. Swiss Re Institute (2023)
- SONAR 2023: New emerging risk insights. Swiss Re Institute (2023)
- Antimicrobial resistance: a silent threat to our future. Swiss Re Institute (2023)
- The risk of a lifetime: mapping the impact of climate change on life and health risks. Swiss Re Institute (2023)
- De-risking the hydrogen economy. Swiss Re Institute (2022)
- Decoding digital trust – An insurance perspective. Swiss Re Institute (2022)
- Shaping a sustainable future for India: How insurers can help. Swiss Re Institute (2022)
- Golden slumbers: The health benefits of good sleep. Swiss Re Institute (2022)
- SONAR 2022: New emerging risk insights. Swiss Re Institute (2022)
- Middle East: insurance opportunities in the transition to net zero. Swiss Re Institute (2021)
- Remote sensing innovation: progressing sustainability goals and expanding insurability. Swiss Re Institute (2021)
- The insurance rationale for carbon removal solutions. Swiss Re Institute (2021)
- Biodiversity and the benefits for human health. Swiss Re Institute (2021)
- Putting testing to the test: Using our body’s immune response to fight COVID-19. Swiss Re Institute (2020)
- The danger of long-COVID: why we need to stay vigilant. Swiss Re Institute (2020)
- Can life insurance pass the genetic test? Swiss Re Institute (2019)
Research publications
As part of his research career, and with a PhD in molecular genetics, Christoph has published and contributed to numerous scientifically peer-reviewed articles.
- Harper, C., Sturge, A. D., Chan, S., Maylor, B., Shreves, A., Meier, D., Patkee, P., Schoonbee, J., Strange, A., Nabholz, C., Bennett, D., & Doherty, A. (2025). Predictive performance of wearable sensors for mortality risk in older adults: a model development and validation study. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences, 2025.04.03.25325101. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.03.25325101
- Le Tourneau, C., Perret, C., Hackshaw, A., Blay, J. Y., Nabholz, C., Geissler, J., Do, T., von Meyenn, M., & Dienstmann, R. (2022). An Approach to Solving the Complex Clinicogenomic Data Landscape in Precision Oncology: Learnings From the Design of WAYFIND-R, a Global Precision Oncology Registry. JCO precision oncology, 6, e2200019. https://doi.org/10.1200/PO.22.00019
- C.E. Nabholz and J. von Overbeck (2004). Gene-environment interactions and the complexity of human genetic diseases. J. Insur. Med., 36: 47-53 PMID: 15104029
- Tasic, C.E. Nabholz, K.K. Baldwin, Y. Kim, E.H. Rueckert, S.A. Ribich, P. Cramer, Q. Wu, R. Axel, and T. Maniatis (2002). Promoter choice determines splice site selection in protocadherin alpha and gamma pre-mRNA splicing. Mol. Cell, 10: 21-33. PMID: 12150904
- C.E. Nabholz, E.K. Horn and A. Schneider (1999). tRNAs and proteins are imported into mitochondria of Trypanosoma brucei by two distinct mechanisms. Mol. Biol. Cell, 10: 2547-2557 PMID: 10436011
- C.E. Nabholz, D. Speijer and A. Schneider (1999). Chloramphenicol-sensitive mitochondrial translation in Trypanosoma brucei. Parasitol. Res., 85: 779-782 PMID: 10431749
- C.E. Nabholz (1998). Doctoral Thesis: Mitochondrial biogenesis in trypanosomatids. Institute of Biology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Sbicego, C.E. Nabholz, R. Hauser, B. Blum and A. Schneider (1998). In vivo import of unspliced tRNATyr containing synthetic introns of variable length into mitochondria of Leishmania tarentolae. Nucleic Acids Res., 26: 5251-5255 PMID: 9826745
- C.E. Nabholz, R. Hauser, A. Schneider (1997). Leishmania tarentolae contains distinct cytosolic and mitochondrial glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase activities. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 94: 7903-7908 PMID: 9223285
- A.J. Denzer, C.E. Nabholz, M. Spiess (1995). Transmembrane orientation of signal-anchor proteins is affected by the folding state but not the size of the N-terminal domain. EMBO J., 14: 6311-6317 PMID: 8557050
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