2011
Swiss Re named China Reinsurer of the Year 2011
Swiss Re has been named the China Reinsurer of the Year 2011 for successfully localizing our international experience to meet the needs of clients in China.Read more
Swiss Re wins Asia Life Reinsurer of the Year award
Winning this award for the the fourth time, Swiss Re has used its know-how to help insurers in Asia meet their changing demands with innovation.Read more
Life & Pension Risk Honors Swiss Re’s Kortis Capital ILS Program with 2011 Longevity Risk Transfer Award
Swiss Re was recognized by Life & Pension Risk magazine as the recipient of the 2011 Longevity Risk Transfer award. This recognition honors the company’s innovative approach to longevity risk through its Kortis Capital ILS program.Read more
Stefan Lippe and ILS team win awards
Stefan Lippe has been named 2011 Reinsurance CEO of the Year by Reactions magazine, a leading global publication that covers the insurance and reinsurance industry. Swiss Re also won ILS Adviser of the Year. The awards were announced at a ceremony in New York on 27 September.Read more
Working towards wellbeing
Swiss Re initiative recognised for helping mental health claimants back to work.Read more
MiCRO named Company Launch of the Year
The Review calls it "the most significant new venture in an area of need". Swiss Re is a founding partner.Read more
Swiss Re’s Kortis Capital deal as Life Transaction of the Year
Trading Risk, a publication covering all aspects of the trading of insurance-related risk, has named Swiss Re’s Kortis Capital deal as its Life Transaction of the Year.Read more
Kortis transaction named ‘deal of the year’
The Banker, a leading financial publication read in more than 150 countries, has named Swiss Re’s Kortis transaction as its Deal of the Year in the Structured Finance Europe category of its annual awards.Read more
Swiss Re named among world’s most ethical companies
For the third consecutive year, Swiss Re has been recognized one of the world's most ethical companies by Ethisphere, a leading international think tank.Read more
Swiss Re wins China Reinsurer of the Year award
Swiss Re has won the inaugural China Reinsurer of the Year Award 2010 for promoting public private partnership with innovative solutions tofor tackleing natural catastrophe risks in China.Read more
2010
IAIS honors Walter Bell for his service
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has presented its Distinguished Fellow Award to Swiss Re America Holding Corporation Chairman Walter Bell in recognition of his work with the organization.Read more
Swiss Re’s Magnum recognised for innovation
Swiss Re won second place in the Innovation Award, which is presented by Schweizer Versicherung, the key Swiss insurance trade magazine. The company received recognition for Magnum, its automated underwriting system.Read more
Swiss Re garners reinsurance mortality risk transfer award – 2010
Swiss Re was awarded the Reinsurance Mortality Risk Transfer Award for 2010 at the annual Life & Pension Risk magazine awards ceremony. The honor was in recognition of the firm’s Vita Capital IV Ltd. ("Vita IV") issuance in November 2009.Read more
Swiss Re wins Asia Life Reinsurer of the Year award
Swiss Re has overcome market challenges to win the Asia Life Reinsurer of the Year Award 2010.Read more
Swiss Re Recognized for ILS Excellence by Trading Risk
On 1 July 2010, Trading Risk held its annual awards event, celebrating the convergence sector’s best and brightest talent at a reception held in London.Read more
Swiss Re wins “Catastrophe Risk Management Deal of the Year” award for innovative transaction
Environmental Finance magazine recognized Swiss Re Capital Markets’ (SRCM) Successor X deal with the “Catastrophe Risk Management Deal of the Year” award in July 2010. Environmental Finance magazine’s Annual Awards are designed to acknowledge excellence in the application of capital markets know-how to addressing the world’s environmental problems.Read more
Swiss Re on list of world's most ethical companies
Swiss Re was listed as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for 2010 by Ethisphere, a leading international think tank.Read more
2009
Marine Reinsurer of the Year Award
Reactions magazine named us "Best Reinsurance Company Underwriting Marine 2009" at their London Market Awards for the 2nd year running.Read more
“Best of Show” three times over!
We won a total of five awards, including three “Best of Show”, at the 51st annual IMCA Showcase Awards held in conjunction with the IMCA’s Annual Meeting last week in Seattle.Read more
Swiss Re named “Manager of the Year” by Trading Risk for ILS transactions
Trading Risk held its inaugural awards event on 25 June 2009, welcoming executives representing the spectrum of the global (re)insurance convergence industry.Read more
2008
Swiss Re was awarded Asia General Reinsurer of the Year
Swiss Re was awarded the Asia General Reinsurer of the Year 2008.
Swiss Re won the Australian Banking & Finance award for Best Reinsurance Company.
Swiss Re won the Australian Banking & Finance award for Best Reinsurance Company.
Swiss Re received The Banker’s “Deal of the Year 2008 Award”
Swiss Re won The Banker’s “Deal of the Year 2008 Award” for the GBP 500 million Tier 1 hybrid.Read more
2007
Swiss Re was awarded Asia Life Reinsurer of the Year
Swiss Re was awarded the Asia Life Reinsurer of the Year 2007.
Swiss Re was awarded FinanceAsia’s achievement award
Swiss Re was awarded FinanceAsia’s achievement award for “best local bond deal” for its AUD750 million dual-tranche hybrid issued in April 2007. “Investors liked the yield and were left begging for more when the issuer capped the deal size at A$750 million”. “This was a debut Kangaroo for the global reinsurer and helped the issuer to achieve its diversification objectives”.
Swiss Re was awarded KangaNews’ “Kangaroo deal of the year”
Swiss Re was awarded KangaNews’ “Kangaroo deal of the year” for its AUD 750 million dual tranche hybrid issued in April 2007 due to the “measured build-up to a debut deal involving road showing and a willingness to listen and respond to investor input” and the fact that “when the deal was brought it was strongly executed and well distributed”. “The transaction was executed in a very short timeframe by Australian market standards and in particular for hybrid issues”.
Swiss Re won Euromoney’s “Best Insurance Borrower” award
Euromoney highlighted that “the reinsurer conducted four hybrid benchmark offerings in textbook fashion”. Furthermore Swiss Re “reopened the US hybrid market with its USD 750 million hybrid, for which it deserves kudos as it was considered a brave move by market participants at the time”.2006
Swiss Re was awarded both the Asia Life and General Reinsurer of the Year
Swiss Re was awarded both the Asia Life and General Reinsurer of the Year 2006.
Swiss Re won Reinsurance Company of the Year, Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance
Swiss Re won Reinsurance Company of the Year, Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance.
Swiss Re was awarded Credit Magazine’s “Hybrid Deal of the Year” award
With regards to the USD 750 million hybrid Credit Magazine commented that “Swiss Re succeeded in bringing a benchmark deal to a market mired in uncertainty”, while the EUR 1 billion hybrid was praised for its “innovative structure, that allowed Swiss Re to manage the threefold pressures of regulatory capital requirements, rating agency capital and tax regulations”.
Swiss Re was awarded Reaction’s “Capital Raising of the Year” award
Swiss Re’s capital markets’ transactions to fund the acquisition of GE Insurance Solutions totaling USD 7.6 billion won the award “Capital Raising of the Year” from Reactions.2005
Hewitt Associates named Swiss Re as one of the Australia and New Zealand's Best Employers.
Hewitt Associates named Swiss Re as one of Australia and New Zealand’s Best Employers.2004
Swiss Re received IFR's “structured equity award”
The “International Financing Review” (IFR) has honoured Swiss Re’s EUR 672 million mandatory convertible bond issued in July 2004 with its “IFR structured equity award”.Read more
Swiss Re was awarded Asia Reinsurer of the Year
Swiss Re was awarded Asia Reinsurer of the Year 2004.
