Sustainability

SIA chair­man Rolf Dörig takes a look at the cur­rent chal­lenges fac­ing the Swiss in­sur­ance in­dus­try.

An in­creas­ing num­ber of in­sur­ers are in­te­grat­ing ESG cri­te­ria in their in­vest­ment process. Sus­tain­abil­i­ty cri­te­ria are in­volved in 83 per cent of in­vest­ments.

Cli­mate change is ac­cel­er­at­ing and now af­fects all ar­eas of our lives. Gun­thard Nieder­bäumer ex­plains what in­sur­ers can and should do to slow down this trend.

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.

Once more, Swiss pri­vate in­sur­ers show ef­fi­cient per­for­mance and sta­bil­i­ty in 2018.