Swiss Solvency Test (SST)

SST ratio 2019

251%

Swiss Re is supervised at the Group level and for its regulated legal entities domiciled in Switzerland by FINMA. FINMA supervision comprises minimum solvency requirements, along with a wide range of qualitative assessments and governance standards.

Based on current SST rules introduced in 2017, the ratio is calculated as SST risk-bearing capital (SST RBC) minus the market value margin (MVM), divided by SST target capital (TC) minus the MVM.

The Group SST 2019 report will be filed with FINMA in April 2019. Accordingly, the information presented below is based on currently available figures and may differ from the information included in the final Group SST 2019 report.

In SST 2019, the solvency of Swiss Re Group remains at a very strong level of 251% and comfortably above the target of 220%. In a challenging year with large losses Swiss Re was able to generate a positive underwriting contribution. This is also reflected in a relative increase of insurance risk in the overall risk profile. Capital repatriation, the redemption of a subordinated instrument and depressed financial markets resulting in negative contribution from investments ultimately lead to a decrease in the overall SST ratio.

Swiss Solvency Test 2019 (bar chart)
Swiss Solvency Test 2018 (bar chart)

Swiss Re Group SST Ratio

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SST 2018

SST 2019

Change

SST risk-bearing capital – market value margin

46 345

40 637

–5 708

SST target capital – market value margin

17 217

16 188

–1 029

SST ratio

269%

251%

–18pp