Information policy
Swiss Re’s core business – managing global risk – makes us by necessity an information company. Our information policy therefore goes well beyond legal requirements in establishing transparency in our communications and equal access to the facts for all investors and the public.
The official medium for publications of the company is the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt). In addition, we use our website to provide comprehensive, timely news and information on our activities as well as background discussion and analysis of issues relating to Swiss Re’s business and the broader insurance and reinsurance industries. Investors and other stakeholders can subscribe to receive ad hoc disclosures and other corporate news automatically at swissre.com/media. Our contact details are provided in chapter Business contact details.
Our Investor Relations unit holds regular meetings with institutional investors and analysts. Private investors, too, can follow these meetings by telephone conference or through the Swiss Re website. In 2012, Swiss Re held a special Investors’ Day to discuss the Group’s strategy, targets and its new financial segments as well as its Underwriting, Risk Management and Asset Management functions and the business of the three Business Units: Reinsurance, Corporate Solutions and Admin Re®. The presentations and conference call recordings from this event are also available on our website http://www.swissre.com/investors/presentations/?year=2012.
Swiss Re observes a strict close period around the publications of the Group’s quarterly and annual results. The close period applies throughout the preparation of the results and for an appropriate cooling-off period after the release of the results. During such close periods, employees of Swiss Re and members of the Board of Directors and Group Executive Committee are prohibited from trading in Swiss Re securities.
Corporate news in 2012
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Date |
News |
Method of dissemination |
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19 January |
Board of Directors appoints Michel M. Liès as Group CEO |
News release, press conference |
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23 February |
Swiss Re reports net income of USD 2.6 billion for 2011 |
News release, press conference |
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16 March |
Swiss Re announces proposals for shareholder approval, including dividend of CHF 3.00 |
News release |
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23 March |
Nairobi project wins international resource award 2012 |
News release |
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26 March |
Swiss Re issues first catastrophe bond combining risks of two insurers |
News release |
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28 March |
Swiss Re releases sigma on natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2011 |
News release, sigma study |
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5 April |
Swiss Re places USD 240 million in ILS on behalf of Allianz SE |
News release |
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13 April |
Shareholders approve proposed measures at AGM |
News release, meeting in Zurich |
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17 April |
Swiss Re reiterates Group targets at London Investors’ Day |
News release, analyst event |
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3 May |
Farmers Exchanges announces USD 500 million surplus facility |
News release |
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4 May |
Swiss Re reports Q1 net income of USD 1.1 billion |
News release, press conference |
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7 May |
Swiss Re obtains USD 400 million in natural catastrophe cover |
News release |
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24 May |
Swiss Re announces USD 1.4 billion in longevity cover |
News release |
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31 May |
Swiss Re sells US Admin Re® company (REALIC) to Jackson National Life |
News release |
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27 June |
Swiss Re releases sigma study on world insurance in 2011 |
News release, sigma study |
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31 July |
Swiss Re obtains USD 275 million of extreme mortality protection |
News release |
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9 August |
Swiss Re reports Q2 net income of USD 83 million |
News release, press conference |
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15 August |
Philip K. Ryan appointed Chairman of SR America Holding Corp |
News release |
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5 September |
Swiss Re completes sale of Admin Re® US business |
News release |
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10 September |
Swiss Re releases sigma study on how insurance rates affect insurers |
News release, sigma study |
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10 September |
Swiss Re expects moderate price rise |
News release, press conference |
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19 September |
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions official insurance provider to Solar Impulse |
News release |
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28 September |
Swiss Re proposes election of Mary Francis to its Board of Directors |
News release |
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5 October |
Swiss Re CIO David Blumer decides to leave company |
News release |
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17 October |
Swiss Re releases sigma study on ever-evolving commercial risks |
News release, sigma study |
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19 October |
Swiss Re appoints two new members to Group Executive Committee |
News release |
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6 November |
Swiss Re places first bonds to combine nat cat and mortality risks |
News release |
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8 November |
Swiss Re reports Q3 net income of USD 2.2 billion |
News release, press conference |
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21 November |
Swiss Re releases sigma study on insurance accounting practices |
News release, sigma study |
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26 November |
Swiss Re estimates its claims burden from Hurricane Sandy |
News release |
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10 December |
Swiss Re announces GBP 800 million longevity insurance cover for LV= |
News release |
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19 December |
Swiss Re issues preliminary catastrophe estimates for 2012 |
News release |
Important dates for 2013
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Date |
Event |
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21 February |
2012 annual results |
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15 March |
Publication of 2012 Annual Report |
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10 April |
149th Annual General Meeting |
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2 May |
First quarter 2013 results |
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24 June |
Investors’ Day |
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8 August |
Second quarter 2013 results |
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7 November |
Third quarter 2013 results |