Reinsurance

Pri­vate in­sur­ers in most branch­es record­ed a mod­er­ate in­crease in pre­mi­um vol­umes in 2022, ac­cord­ing to Fin­ma, once again demon­strat­ing sta­bil­i­ty in an eco­nom­i­cal­ly chal­leng­ing year.

The in­sur­ance mar­ket is high­ly com­pet­i­tive. 2022 saw rough­ly 190 pri­vate in­sur­ers com­pete for the favour of pol­i­cy­hold­ers across five in­sur­ance branch­es.

Pri­vate in­sur­ers in most branch­es record­ed a mod­er­ate in­crease in pre­mi­um vol­umes in 2022, ac­cord­ing to the SIA’s pro­jec­tions.

For Switzer­land as a busi­ness lo­ca­tion, rein­sur­ers are im­por­tant risk car­ri­ers, cap­i­tal providers and tax­pay­ers that make a sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tion to ser­vice ex­ports.

Pre­mi­ums and mar­ket share 2021

Pre­mi­ums and mar­ket share 2021

Pre­mi­ums and mar­ket share 2021

The im­por­tance of rein­sur­ers to the Swiss econ­o­my grows every year. This is main­ly be­cause Switzer­land of­fers at­trac­tive con­di­tions for lo­cat­ing here.

Pop­u­la­tion growth, glob­al mo­bil­i­ty or eco­log­i­cal changes in­crease the risk of pan­demics. Is pan­dem­ic risk in­sur­able? The an­swer is, on­ly with gov­er­nance par­tic­i­pa­tion.