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Annual Report 2015

Information Policy

Investors and other stakeholders can subscribe to receive ad hoc disclosures and further corporate news automatically at swissre.com/media.

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 further corporate news automatically at swissre.com/media. Our contact details are provided in the Contacts section.

Our Investor Relations team holds regular meetings with institutional investors and analysts. At the 2015 Investors’ Day in Zurich in December, Swiss Re unveiled its strategic framework equipping the company to position itself strongly vis-à-vis the current and future opportunities and challenges facing the insurance industry. At the heart of the framework is the effective and systematic allocation of capital to access new and existing risk pools and revenue streams. Swiss Re also detailed how the framework will lay the foundation to meet its financial targets over the cycle. The presentations and conference call recordings from this event are also available on our website: http://www.swissre.com/investors/presentations

Swiss Re observes strict close periods around the publications of the Group’s quarterly and annual results. The close periods apply throughout the preparation of the results and provide 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 are prohibited from trading in Swiss Re securities.

Corporate news in 2015

Date

News

Method of dissemination

19 February

Swiss Re delivers strong 2014 net income of USD 3.5 billion; proposes CHF 4.25 regular, CHF 3.00 special dividend per share and a share buy-back of up to CHF 1.0 billion

News release, press conference

18 March

Swiss Re proposes to return CHF 2.5 billion to shareholders via dividends and up to CHF 1.0 billion in a share buy-back programme

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, AGM in Zurich

30 April

Swiss Re delivers 17% rise in first-quarter 2015 net income to USD 1.4 billion; strong underwriting and investment results

News release, media conference call

20 May

Swiss Re SONAR update report highlights new and emerging risks the re/insurance industry expects to face over the next few years

News release

30 July

Swiss Re reports half-year net income of USD 2.3 billion on solid underwriting and a strong investment result; on track to reach 2011–2015 financial targets

News release, press conference

11 August

Preliminary sigma estimates for first-half 2015: global catastrophes cause economic losses of USD 37 billion; number of victims rises

News release, sigma study

10 September

Swiss Re remains top in its industry in sustainability, according to 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

News release

23 September

Admin Re® to buy Guardian Financial Services for GBP 1.6 billion, extending its position as a leading closed life book consolidator in the UK

News release

22 October

Swiss Re to work with IBM Watson to harness the power of Big Data for Reinsurance

News release

29 October

Swiss Re reports very strong 12% rise in net income to USD 3.7 billion for the first nine months of 2015

News release, media conference call

11 November

Swiss Re’s share buy-back programme to begin on 12 November 2015

News release

8 December

Swiss Re confirms commitment to deliver long-term profitability and economic growth

News release, media call

18 December

Preliminary sigma estimates for 2015: global catastrophes cause economic losses of USD 85 billion

News release, sigma study

Important dates for 2016

Date

Event

23 February

2015 annual results

16 March

Publication of 2015 Annual Report and 2015 EVM results as well as of AGM 2016 invitation

22 April

152nd Annual General Meeting

29 April

First quarter 2016 results

29 July

Second quarter 2016 results

3 November

Third quarter 2016 results

2 December

Investors’ Day in Zurich