Facts & figures
Swiss Re’s ambition is to reinforce its already strong position in the core business areas of risk transfer, risk financing and asset management.
Corporate highlights
- Strong net income of CHF 4.2 billion with excellent underlying performance; earnings per share of CHF 11.95; book value per share of CHF 92.00
- Property & Casualty reported its best performance ever with operating income of CHF 5.9 billion and a combined ratio of 90.2%, despite an increase in natural catastrophe events compared to the previous year
- Life & Health improved on a very strong prior year result with operating income of CHF 2.7 billion and a return on operating revenues of 14.7%
- Financial Markets activities delivered a solid return of investments of 4.9%
- Mark-to-market loss on structured credit default swaps of CHF 1.2 billion reported in fourth quarter
- Shareholders’ equity increased 3% to CHF 31.9 billion on strong earnings
- Return on equity remains above target at 13.5%
- Total capital returned to shareholders in 2007 through dividend and share buy-back was CHF 3.7 billion
- 2007 dividend increased to CHF 4.00 per share
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Share buy-back programme increased to CHF 7.75 billion and expected to be
completed over the next 24 months
