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.
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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
- On May 5, 2025, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and Bradesco Seguros launched a civil liability insurance for 11 professional sectors, primarily targeting freelancers.
- Swiss Re launched the Shine USA program offering up to USD 40,000 in grants and coaching for early-stage social entrepreneurs in climate solutions or health.
- Swiss Re co-delivered an innovative risk transfer solution for urban flooding in Accra on April 15, 2025, and reported that the US faces a recession from tariff impacts as of April 14, 2025.
- 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.
- Swiss Re added job locations in the United Kingdom, Seattle, Teleworker, and Windsor, while removing Beijing and Washington D.C.
👔 Swiss Re CEO, Management and Leadership Team
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Chief Executive Officer, Life & Health Re US[email protected]
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Chairperson Public Sector Solutions[email protected]
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Head CFO Office Corporate Solutions
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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
- Veronica Scotti transitioned from Chairperson to Former Chairperson of Public Sector Solutions at Swiss Re.
- Adam Horridge, CFA has left Swiss Re, where he served as an IRLA Board Member in Bermuda, to join Teneo as a Director in (Re)insurance Restructuring & Legacy Transactions.
- Swiss Re has appointed Helvetia's new risk chief to replace a retiring veteran.
- Swiss Re announced that Bernhard Kaufmann will become the Group Chief Risk Officer on October 1, 2025, succeeding Patrick Raaflaub who is retiring.
- 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.
- Satoshi Yamazaki ACII MA MEng has left Swiss Re as Senior Property Treaty Underwriter, Vice President in Japan to join Gallagher Re as Senior Manager.
🤖 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 supported Digit Soil, an early-stage start-up, through its 2022 Shine program, helping them refine their business plan and growth strategy.
📈 Swiss Re Financials, Fundraising and Valuation News
- Swiss Re issued EUR 750 million in Guaranteed Subordinated Fixed Rate Reset Notes maturing in 2033, with UBS AG London Branch as the stabilising manager.
- 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.
- Swiss Re reported that the re/insurance industry began 2025 with estimated insured losses of USD 40 billion from the LA wildfires, marking a record for wildfire losses.
- Swiss Re forecasts stable profits for 2025 but warns that tariffs are creating high uncertainty.
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