Political economy, economy

Swiss pri­vate in­sur­ers are ma­jor tax­pay­ers and, as such, make a sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tion to the coun­try's pulic sec­tor.

Em­ploy­ment is slight­ly on the in­crease in the Swiss in­sur­ance in­dus­try. The lat­est em­ploy­ee sta­tis­tics of the Swiss pri­vate in­sur­ers breaks the num­bers down by cat­e­go­ry.

Two Swiss in­sur­ers rank among Eu­rope’s largest in 2016.

With a pre­mi­um vol­ume of USD 58.4 bil­lion in 2016, Switzer­land stand on rank eight among Eu­rope's largest in­sur­ance mar­kets.

In­sur­ance com­pa­nies are ma­jor em­ploy­ers, sig­nif­i­cant tax­pay­ers and among the largest in­vestors in Switzer­land and abroad.

The need for safe­ty is a fun­da­men­tal hu­man need. The Swiss are a very safe­ty-mind­ed na­tion, spend­ing more mon­ey on in­sur­ance than any oth­er.

For a long time, banks reigned supreme in the Swiss fi­nan­cial cen­tre. This might be about to change, as in­sur­ers are get­ting on the fast track.