Swiss Re | News, Hiring, Layoffs, Competitors, CEO, Fundraising Insights
The Swiss Re Group is a leading wholesale provider of reinsurance, insurance, and other insurance-based forms of risk transfer. Founded...
The Swiss Re Group is a leading wholesale provider of reinsurance, insurance, and other insurance-based forms of risk transfer. Founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1863, Swiss Re serves a global client base consisting of insurance companies, mid-to-large-sized corporations, and public sector clients. The company is known for its capital strength, expertise, and innovation in enabling risk-taking that supports enterprise and societal progress.
Website
Headquarters
Zurich, Zurich
Size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Insurance
Specialities
Reinsurance, Insurance Linked Securities, Public Sector/Emerging Markets, Insurance, Risk transfer, Property & Casualty, Life & Health
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🛍️ Swiss Re Product and Pricing News
- Swiss Re introduced the Magnum Platform that uses AI to process millions of insurance applications, enabling efficient and transparent risk evaluations.
- Swiss Re launched its first insurance-linked securities fund called 'Core Nat Cat Fund' to invest in natural catastrophe insurance portfolios.
- Swiss Re has launched new e-learning modules, weight loss drugs underwriting guidance, and a redesigned Life Guide digital experience to support 25,000 Life & Health underwriters and 800 companies worldwide.
- Swiss Re's digital insurance unit iptiQ has agreed to sell its Australian business to Hannover Re, marking its exit from the Asia-Pacific region.
- Neil Sprackling, CEO Life & Health Reinsurance US at Swiss Re, discussed the 'hidden pandemic' in the US and the shift from healthcare treatment to prevention in an AM Best interview following ReFocus 2025.
- Neil Sprackling, CEO Life & Health Reinsurance US at Swiss Re, discussed the impact of Covid on future mortality and the shift towards preventive healthcare at ReFocus 2025.
- Swiss Re explores the impact of electric vehicle adoption on insurance premiums and claims handling in their latest EV trend spotlight.
- Swiss Re removed its construction casualty book from the CorSo portfolio following its exit from primary aviation.
👔 Swiss Re CEO, Management and Leadership Team
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⚔️ Swiss Re Alternatives and Competitors
- Chartis |
- Convex |
- BirdsEyeView |
- PartnerRe |
- Lloyd's |
- EMC Insurance Group |
- AmTrust Financial Services |
- AXA XL |
- Munich Re |
- QBE |
- The Hartford |
- W. R. Berkley |
- Zurich |
- AIG |
- Berkshire Hathaway |
- Prudential Financial |
- SCOR |
- Manulife |
- CNA |
- Gen Re |
- Travelers |
- Chubb |
- Reinsurance Group of America |
- Swiss Life Holding |
- Hiscox |
- Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft
💼 Swiss Re Hiring and Layoffs
- Swiss Re's shareholders approved all Board motions at the AGM, including a USD 7.35 dividend per share and the election of Morten Hübbe and George Quinn as new Board members.
- Swiss Re's P&C reinsurance CEO Urs Baertschi will move to New York to manage the division from there.
- Anders Malmström has officially taken up the role of Swiss Re's Group Chief Financial Officer, succeeding John Dacey.
- Marilyn Blattner-Hoyle has replaced Veronica Scotti as the Head of Public Sector Solutions at Swiss Re.
- Naveena N has been promoted to Vice President at Swiss Re in India, previously serving as Assistant Vice President at Swiss Re.
- Diogo Cassin, MSc. has joined Swiss Re as Head of Risk Management Latin America Reinsurance in Mexico, previously serving as Chief Risk Officer (CRO) at Zurich Insurance Company Ltd in Mexico.
- Sarah Abraham has left Swiss Re, where she served as Legal Counsel - Property & Casualty and Life & Health Structured Transactions APAC, Vice-President in Singapore, to join Pacific Life Re as Vice President, Legal, Capital Solutions.
- Swiss Re is currently hiring for the position of Head Group Internal Audit in India.
🤖 Swiss Re Developer, Integration and Automation News
- Swiss Re partners with primary insurers to provide over 500,000 policyholders in Central and Eastern Europe with affordable cancer insurance and assistance services.
- Swiss Re will become the co-investment manager of GAM's catastrophe bond and ILS fund range starting May 7, 2025, managing approximately USD 3 billion in assets.
- GAM has transferred the $2.5bn GAM Star Cat Bond fund to Swiss Re's investment arm, replacing Fermat Capital's team.
📈 Swiss Re Financials, Fundraising and Valuation News
- Swiss Re's share price increased to CHF 141.90 on 14 April 2025, reflecting a 2.79% rise.
- On April 14, 2025, Swiss Re published its 2024 Financial Condition Report, detailing the financial condition and Swiss Solvency Test results for its Swiss-regulated re/insurance entities.
- Hannover Re will acquire Swiss Re's Australian direct life insurance portfolio, marking Swiss Re's exit from the APAC region.
- Swiss Re reported a Swiss Solvency Test ratio of 257% for 2025, down from 269% the previous year, due to a transition to International Financial Reporting Standards and revaluations that reduced its risk-bearing capital.
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