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- Industry news | 4 December 2025
New Cybersecurity-Check for SMEs: Practical measures against growing cyber risks
Nur 42% der Schweizer KMU fühlen sich im Falle eines Cyberangriffs ausreichend geschützt. Vor diesem Hintergrund erscheint der vollständig überarbeitete Cybersecurity-Check.
- Media releases | 6 February 2024
Personal accountability as a success factor for major risks and retirement provision
In 2023, Swiss private insurers’ premium volume once again experienced pleasing growth, according to projections by the Swiss Insurance Association SIA.
- Media releases | 2 February 2022
Robust premium volumes of private insurers in 2021
The Swiss insurance industry saw a 2.7 per cent increase in premium volumes for non-life business in 2021 compared with the previous year.
- Interview | 25 November 2021
‘Disease outbreaks tend to be swept under the carpet at first’
What viruses are particularly dangerous to humans? In her interview, the virologist Karin Moelling explains why the virus that causes COVID-19 was able to spread so quickly.
- Interview | 22 September 2021
‘The more digitalised a company is, the more of a target it becomes’
There has been a marked increase in Internet crime. Florian Schütz, Federal Cyber Security Delegate, answers the most pressing questions.
- Context | 10 June 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed massive protection gaps
How has the insurance industry coped with the COVID-19 crisis so far? Ruedi Kubat (Allianz Suisse) and Ivo Menzinger (Swiss Re) take stock of the situation.
- Interview | 21 May 2021
‘A lot of people just take electricity for granted’
In this interview, Maurice Dierick from Swissgrid, the national grid company, explains why an electricity shortage is one of the biggest risks facing Switzerland.
- Media releases | 4 March 2021
Pandemic risks must be borne and managed in a collaborative manner
The coronavirus pandemic has affected the individual insurance lines to different degrees over the past year.
- Context | 10 February 2021
Large risks explained in brief
Why can’t a pandemic be insured by private insurers alone? Our latest explanatory video shows the reasons.
- Industry news | 1 July 2020
Pandemic insurance cover: Not without a public-private partnership
Population growth, global mobility or ecological changes increase the risk of pandemics. Is pandemic risk insurable? The answer is, only with governance participation.
