Information Policy
As a globally operating company, we strive to inform all our stakeholders in a transparent, open and consistent way – going well beyond legal information requirements.
We regularly communicate to the general public, the media and capital market players, informing our key stakeholders on our financial results, performance, strategy and activities, through meetings, road shows and news releases. We provide printed and online annual and half-year reports and other key quarterly financial information, as well as an annual Corporate Responsibility Report.
We regularly update our website, www.swissre.com, to provide our latest news and research, to circulate our publications, background discussion and analysis of issues relating to Swiss Re’s business and the broader re/insurance industry. We also publish a detailed financial calendar below and hold annual and semi-annual media and analysts’ conferences.
All interested internal and external stakeholders can subscribe to receive ad hoc disclosures and all relevant corporate news automatically at www.swissre.com/media/contacts. Our contact details are provided in the Contacts section.
The official medium for publications of the company is the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt).
The Chairman annually conducts a corporate governance roadshow to meet with large shareholders in Switzerland, the UK and the US. Throughout the year, our Investor Relations team holds regular meetings with institutional investors and analysts, including roadshows and conferences. At the Investors’ Day in Rueschlikon (Zurich) in December 2016, Swiss Re provided an update on the Group’s strategy, insights on the current most relevant topics related to the activities of Asset Management, Capital Management, Risk Management and Underwriting, and provided business updates for each of the three Business Units Reinsurance, Corporate Solutions and Life Capital. The presentations as well as the conference call recordings from this event are available on: www.swissre.com/investors/presentations
Swiss Re observes strict close periods around the publications of the Group’s annual and half-year results and of the Q1 and 9M financial key data. The close periods apply throughout the preparation of the results or financial key data and provide for an appropriate cooling-off period after the release of the results or financial key data. During such close periods, employees of Swiss Re and members of the Board of Directors are prohibited from trading in Swiss Re securities.
Key corporate news in 2017
Date |
News |
Method of dissemination |
23 January |
Swiss Re receives branch license to offer reinsurance in India |
News release |
10 February |
Swiss Re completes public share buy-back programme |
News release |
23 February |
Swiss Re reports good results, with full-year net income of USD 3.6 billion for 2016; proposes new share buy-back |
News release, press conference |
16 March |
Swiss Re proposes a regular dividend of CHF 4.85 per share, bringing total pay-out to shareholders for 2016 up to CHF 2.5 billion and a new CHF 1.0 billion share buy-back programme for 2017 |
News release |
28 March |
Global insured losses from disaster events were USD 54 billion in 2016, up 43% from 2015, latest Swiss Re Institute sigma says |
News release, sigma study |
13 April |
Swiss Re estimates its losses from Cyclone Debbie at approximately USD 350 million |
News release |
18 April |
Swiss Re strengthens its commitment to Asia |
News release |
21 April |
Swiss Re shareholders approve all proposals put forward by the Board of Directors at Swiss Re’s Annual General Meeting |
News release |
28 April |
Swiss Re informs about the format and scope of its adjusted first and third quarter financial reporting going forward |
News release |
4 May |
Swiss Re reports solid first quarter net income of USD 656 million |
News release, media conference call |
6 July |
Swiss Re among first in the re/insurance industry to integrate ESG benchmarks into its investment decisions |
News release |
7 July |
Swiss Re partners with Ping An to offer China’s first mobile-enabled typhoon property parametric insurance solution |
News release |
4 August |
Underwriting performance and strong investment results support Swiss Re half-year 2017 net income of USD 1.2 billion |
News release, press conference |
17 August |
Preliminary sigma estimates for first half of 2017: catastrophes cause global total economic losses of USD 44 billion |
News release, sigma study |
3 October |
Swiss Re opens modern office building on Zurich’s Mythenquai: Swiss Re Next |
News release, press conference |
6 October |
Swiss Re agrees GBP 800 million minority investment into ReAssure by MS&AD |
News release |
20 October |
Swiss Re estimates its claims burden from hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria and the Mexico earthquakes at USD 3.6 billion |
News release |
2 November |
Swiss Re reports nine months 2017 loss of USD 468 million after large |
News release, conference call |
21 November |
Large natural catastrophe losses in 2017 and current low prices likely to lead to improved pricing in non-life re/insurance |
News release, press conference |
21 November |
Jerome Jean Haegeli to become Swiss Re’s Group Chief Economist as of January 2018 |
News release |
8 December |
Swiss Re announces changes to its Group Executive Committee and proposes new members to the Board of Directors |
News release |
Important dates in 2018
23 |
February |
2017 annual results |
15 |
March |
Publication of 2017 Annual Report and 2017 EVM results as well as of AGM 2018 invitation |
4 |
April |
Investors’ Day in Zurich |
20 |
April |
154th Annual General Meeting |
4 |
May |
Release of first quarter 2018 key financial data |
3 |
August |
Half-year 2018 results |
1 |
November |
Release of nine months 2018 key financial data |