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 insurance claims from recent natural catastrophe events	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