Add to PDF generator Urs Arbter succeeds Thomas Helbling as Director of the Swiss Insurance Association Thomas Helbling, Director of the Swiss Insurance Association (SIA), has decided to step down at the end of 2021. Read more
Add to PDF generator ‘The state most certainly cannot do it better than the private sector’ At the ‘Day of Insurers 2021’ today in Lugano, Rolf Dörig, president of the Swiss Insurance Association SIA, emphasised the important role of the sector during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
Add to PDF generator Fully anchoring sustainability An increasing number of insurers are integrating ESG criteria in their investment process. Sustainability criteria are involved in 83 per cent of investments. Read more
Add to PDF generator 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. Read more
Add to PDF generator Swiss insurance industry proves to be stable In this extraordinary year, the insurance industry paid out an estimated total of CHF 1 billion in claims to policyholders in Switzerland in the context of losses related to Covid-19. Read more
Add to PDF generator SIA welcomes the Federal Council’s strategy for a future-proof financial centre The Swiss Insurance Association SIA welcomes the Federal Council’s updated financial centre strategy, published on 4 December 2020. Read more
Add to PDF generator No to the Responsible Business Initiative The SIA understands what the initiators want to achieve but believes that it is the wrong way forward due to its unclear consequences for Switzerland as a business location. Read more
Add to PDF generator 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. Read more
Add to PDF generator SIA’s 90th Annual General Meeting dominated by coronavirus The 52 delegates elected Thomas Boyer and Jean-Daniel Laffely to the 14-strong Managing Board. Markus Leibundgut and Rolf Dörig were re-elected, the latter as Chairman. Read more