Swiss Re appoints new Principal Officer for Singapore
20 Jul 2004
Singapore: Swiss Re today announced the appointment of Dr Reto Brosi as Principal Officer of the company’s Singapore Branch.
Mr John Lockyer, who has served as Principal Officer since 1999, is relinquishing the position on reaching retirement age.
Dr Brosi is currently General Manager of Swiss Re’s Property and Casualty business for South East Asia. Before his move to Singapore in early 2003, he led the casualty treaty underwriting team at the company’s Divisional Underwriting Office in Hong Kong, where he was responsible for strategy development, business planning, strategy execution, as well as for underwriting guidelines and senior level client contacts.
He joined Swiss Re in 1994 in the Asia-Pacific Planning & Development Department in Zurich, Switzerland, and moved to Hong Kong in 2000.
Mr Brosi received his PhD in 1993 from the University of Basel and Geneva.
Notes to editors
Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading reinsurers and the world’s largest life and health reinsurer. The company operates through more than 70 offices in over 30 countries. Swiss Re has been in the reinsurance business since its foundation in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1863. Through its three business groups Property & Casualty, Life & Health and Financial Services, Swiss Re offers a wide variety of products to manage capital and risk. Traditional reinsurance products, including a broad range of property and casualty as well as life and health covers and related services, are complemented by insurance-based corporate finance solutions and supplementary services for comprehensive risk management. Swiss Re is rated “AA” by Standard & Poor’s, “Aa2” by Moody’s and “A+” by A.M. Best.
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