Facts & figures
The Swiss Re Group is a leading wholesale provider of reinsurance, insurance and other insurance-based forms of risk transfer.
Dealing direct and working through brokers, our global client base consists of insurance companies, mid-to-large-sized corporations and public sector clients.
From standard products to tailor-made coverage across all lines of business, we deploy our capital strength, expertise and innovation power to enable the risk-taking upon which enterprise and progress in society depend.
Details of Q1 2020 performance
|
Q1 2019 |
Q1 2020 |
Q1 2020 Excluding COVID-191 |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Consolidated Group (Total) |
Net premiums earned and fee income |
8 933 |
9 586 |
|
|
Net income/loss |
429 |
–225 |
158 | |
|
Return on equity |
5.9 |
–3.1 |
2.2 | |
|
Return on investments |
4.5 | 3.2 | ||
|
Running yield |
2.9 |
2.5 | ||
|
|
|
|||
|
Shareholders' equity |
29 251 |
27 979 |
||
|
Book value per share |
100.64 | 96.82 | ||
|
Q1 2019 |
Q1 2020 |
Q1 2020 Excluding COVID-191 |
||
|
P&C Reinsurance |
Net premiums earned |
4 238 |
4 737 |
|
|
Net income |
13 | 61 | 272 | |
| Combined ratio (%) | 110.3 | 110.8 | 105.5 | |
|
Return on equity |
0.6 | 3.0 | 13.2 | |
|
L&H Reinsurance |
Net premiums earned and fee income |
3 127 |
3 366 |
|
|
Net income |
328 | 299 | ||
|
Running yield |
3.4 | 3.1 | ||
|
Return on equity |
19.6 | 15.8 | ||
|
Corporate Solutions |
Net premiums earned |
1 020 |
986 | |
|
Net income/loss |
–55 |
–167 |
5 | |
|
Combined ratio (%) |
116.3 | 125.8 | 103.2 | |
|
Return on equity |
–12.1 |
–35.1 |
1.0 | |
|
Life Capital |
Net premiums earned and fee income |
548 | 497 | |
|
Net income/loss |
7 |
–261 |
||
|
Return on equity |
0.5 |
–21.1 |
||
|
Gross premiums written – open books |
1148 | 1356 |
1This column is for reference only and excludes the impact of the reserves established for COVID-19-related claims, including estimated tax impacts.