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      Good work-life balance and long-term career prospects but poor leadership - Underwriter Swiss Re Employee Review

      4.0
      May 9, 2009
      Underwriter
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work-life balance is quite good. Relaxed and casual culture clearly prevails. Employees are generally treated in a nice and fair way and relationships between empoyees and the company is often with a long term focus. There are a large number of talented employees with strong expertise in their industry.

      Cons

      Senior management is consistently underperforming. The organisation is excessively inward focused and constantly reorganizing. Sometimes lack of dynamism can be felt.

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      5.0
      Mar 10, 2026
      Associate client underwriter
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great culture, people are helpful

      Cons

      Over-engineering in making decisions. Lots of hoops to jump through to get things done.

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      We’re glad the culture and supportive colleagues have been meaningful in your experience. We know large organisations can sometimes feel complex, and we're constantly working to simplify decision making where possible. Thank you for your review.
      2.0
      May 30, 2026
      Corso - property underwriter
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. 12% 401k match 2. Amazing co workers in the trenches but this is rapidly changing as people look for the exits.

      Cons

      1. Management - the new management team has a maximum personal bonus / profit only mindset. Cost cutting reigns. 2. Constant layoffs. No job is safe. 3. Company has offshored many jobs to India and is in a race to move key underwritering, engineering, claims functions to India as well. Overall, it feels more like a private equity gut job than a publicly traded company.

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