Good place overall but personal experience depends who you work for/with - Anonymous employee Swiss Re Employee Review

3.0
3 Feb 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Very godo benefit package - Decent pay within insurance industry - Good firm reputation - Chance to work on innovative things and on global scale

Cons

- Hard to get promotion if you are not in the central European hubs - Lots of politics going on within top management - Some incompetent senior managers especially those who recently joined since crisis

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5.0
10 Mar 2026
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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
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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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