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The Swiss In­sur­ance As­so­ci­a­tion SIA wel­comes the Fed­er­al Coun­cil’s up­dat­ed fi­nan­cial cen­tre strat­e­gy, pub­lished on 4 De­cem­ber 2020.

The SIA un­der­stands what the ini­tia­tors want to achieve but be­lieves that it is the wrong way for­ward due to its un­clear con­se­quences for Switzer­land as a busi­ness lo­ca­tion.

Pop­u­la­tion growth, glob­al mo­bil­i­ty or eco­log­i­cal changes in­crease the risk of pan­demics. Is pan­dem­ic risk in­sur­able? The an­swer is, on­ly with gov­er­nance par­tic­i­pa­tion.

The 52 del­e­gates elect­ed Thomas Boy­er and Jean-Daniel Laf­fe­ly to the 14-strong Man­ag­ing Board. Markus Lei­bundgut and Rolf Dörig were re-elect­ed, the lat­ter as Chair­man.

Fi­nan­cial sec­tor wel­comes the Fed­er­al Coun­cil’s re­port and guide­lines on sus­tain­abil­i­ty in the fi­nan­cial sec­tor.

The Swiss in­sur­ance in­dus­try has had a suc­cess­ful year – pre­mi­um vol­umes in both non-life and life in­sur­ance rose again in 2019.