Excellent employer - Vice President, Actuary Swiss Re Employee Review

5.0
1 Dec 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay, office environment, important work. Work with leading risk management minds globally. Prestigious brand and global footprint provides lots of career opportunities

Cons

Slow moving, late adopters of technology. Heavily weighted towards actuarial capability but would benefit from a more diverse workforce. Leadership generally strong though some people managers are very poor

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5.0
10 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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Swiss Re Response
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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
30 May 2026
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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