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    Swiss Re Reviews

    Updated September 18, 2018
    630 reviews

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    Swiss Re Group Chief Executive Officer Christian Mumenthaler
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    • "Lack of transparency by senior management" (in 20 reviews)

    • "Relies too much on work life balance for being a reason to have people stay" (in 9 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      Helpful (23)

      "Flexible work environment AND pays for performance"

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      Current Employee - Business Services in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Business Services in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Swiss Re full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      -Offers flex hours, work from home intermitently, accomodates pertinent appts in personal life all provided you're a successfully rated employee at year end.
      -Aids in your development by providing tools necessary for success either thru online internal courses, mentoring with others outside your business line or supporting expense of education while working at Swiss Re and rotation opportunities to other business units to learn more about other areas.
      -Fair cost for benefits in comparison to the cost of other companies outside of Swiss Re. Although costs are rising, so it is for every company
      -Excellent 401k and contributions supported by Swiss Re additionally
      -Can map your success with your manager fairly easily with constant discussions to achieve your goals
      -Bonus compensations are phenomenal compared to those applying to various roles from other organizations provided you do the work and own your success
      -Pays for performers contrary to the posts I have seen. If you get clear directions from your manager on how to improve and do so, you will most certainly be rewarded appropriately. Im sure there is evidence in the teams to support

      Cons

      Hard to find large Cons. Base pay raises are difficult discussions as the larger group of employees see the positive numbers the organization reports/posts and then may not see any base pay increases based on potentially valid reasoning but still does not "feel" good to the average employee. Although, bonus compensation mitigates that should your performance warrant such an award.

      Advice to Management

      Keep educating staff on benefits of working at Swiss Re as I mentioned many above.

    2. "Great graduate program for students right out of school"

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      Current Employee - Graduate in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Graduate in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Swiss Re (Less than a year)

      Pros

      International travel, great pay, interesting work, rotations.

      Cons

      Overall a great place to work, not many cons.

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    3. "good place to work at"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      great location and easy travel

      Cons

      I can't think of any cons

    4. "Great Atmosphere and People"

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      Former Employee - Internship
      Former Employee - Internship
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      Great people and atmosphere.

      Cons

      Nothing bad, I liked it

    5. "Great company to work for, I'd highly recommend!"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Fort Wayne, IN
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Fort Wayne, IN
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Swiss Re full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Decent salary, able to work from home occasionally, good benefits and perks.

      Cons

      Some management have their favorites, but if you do your job you'll do well with most.

    6. "AVP Swiss Re Review"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Swiss Re full-time

      Pros

      Great company to start its career as an Actuary. many International opportunities if are mobile. Competitive salary and benefits compared to other re insurer.

      Cons

      Recently focusing on cost cutting which is creating more uncertainties in the work. Senior managament could be more present.

      Advice to Management

      Continue to offer job rotation opportunities, continue to value its people and diversity.

    7. "Great experience"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Swiss Re full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great company to work for. Highly intelligent management

      Cons

      Not many. Like any other big company, opportunities for backbiting, but that's for unhappy people anyway.

    8. "Marketing Actuary"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefits, great people. Great social economic values and great culture. Environmentally friendly. Promote within for the most part.

      Cons

      Restructure every once in a while make it hard to navigate. Salary increase is not competitive.

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Actuarial Analyst"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Swiss Re full-time

      Pros

      Very Good Company to work for.

      Cons

      Constantly restructuring and the possibility of lay offs.

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Interesting place to work"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Swiss Re full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Benefits and 401K more generous than most companies. Joining salary can be good.

      Cons

      Tough to compete and be market competitive. Zurich (home office) leadership does not understand US marketplace and competitive structure and ways of doing business. Speed to market is very slow. Raises are hard to come by, maybe one every 5 years or so.

      Advice to Management

      Get out of the way and let the talented people on the ground doing the business do their thing. To many different departments reviewing accounts almost like double underwriting. When you look at an account ask "how can I write this?" instead of "how can I decline this". Sales effort and broker management needs improvement.

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