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Cizek appointed SI Re Underwriting Manager for Central & EE, Schmidhauser to retire
9th April 2026
SIGNAL IDUNA Reinsurance Ltd (SI Re), a Switzerland-based nonlife reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Lukas Cizek as Underwriting Manager for Central & Eastern Europe (CEE), effective mid-March 2026. Cizek will be succeeding Nicolas Schmidhauser, Underwriting Manager Eastern Europe, who will retire on 31 March 2026. Since joining SI Re in 2009, ... Read the full article
SI Re appoints Simon Parten as ILS Portfolio Manager
7th April 2026
SIGNAL IDUNA Reinsurance Ltd (SI Re), the Swiss based reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Simon Parten as ILS Portfolio Manager, effective 1st June 2026. In his new role, Parten will further develop SI Re's Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) portfolio, which serves as a key diversifier within the company’s reinsurance book. He brings ... Read the full article
SI Re completes Jan renewal with premium volume on par with record 2025
28th January 2026
Swiss reinsurer SIGNAL IDUNA Reinsurance Ltd (SI Re) has completed its January 2026 renewal, achieving results roughly in line with last year’s record €222 million in a market the company described as having ample capacity, softening rates, and consistently oversubscribed reinsurance programs. “Our performance highlights our ability to renew a strong ... Read the full article
SI Re names Studer as Underwriting Manager and Dal Moro as Head of Pricing
9th October 2025
Swiss reinsurer SIGNAL IDUNA Rückversicherungs AG (SI Re) is strengthening its presence in the Spanish, Portuguese, and German markets with the appointment of Maximilian Studer as Underwriting Manager and Eric Dal Moro as Head of Pricing. Studer, who joined SI Re as Underwriting Manager in September, will take over responsibility for ... Read the full article
Debono joins SI Re as Underwriting Manager for Italy and Northern Europe
27th August 2025
Swiss reinsurer SIGNAL IDUNA Reinsurance Ltd (SI Re) has appointed Simone Debono as Underwriting Manager for Italy and Northern Europe. Debono joins SI Re from Helvetia Re, where she spent more than a decade as Senior Underwriter, managing a portfolio across the Nordic countries, Malta, Cyprus, and Greece. Before this, she held ... Read the full article
SI Re posts rise in FY’24 profit to €10.4m
7th May 2025
Zug, Switzerland-domiciled reinsurer SIGNAL IDUNA Reinsurance Ltd (SI Re) has reported a profit of €10.4 million for the full year 2024, improving over 2023's figure of €8.8 million by 17.7%. The company's shareholder equity for FY’24 hit €209.4 million, remaining at a consistently high level of 22.2% of the balance sheet ... Read the full article
SI Re grew premium volume 10% and expanded client base at Jan 1 renewals
29th January 2025
Zug, Switzerland-domiciled reinsurer SIGNAL IDUNA Reinsurance Ltd (SI Re) strengthened its market position at the key January 1st, 2025, reinsurance renewals, growing its premium volume by around 10% year-on-year to €225 million, while further expanding its clients base with the addition of 9% in new clients. SI Re describes the 1.1 ... Read the full article
Dr Robert Salzmann appointed CUO at SI Re
2nd December 2024
SIGNAL IDUNA Reinsurance Ltd (SI Re), a Swiss reinsurer headquartered in Zug, has announced that Dr Robert Salzmann has been appointed to the Executive Board and designated as Chief Underwriting Officer, effective 1 January 2025. This move ensures that underwriting leadership remains a core component of the executive management team and ... Read the full article
SI Re appoints Dr. Arnold Löw as its new CEO
18th November 2024
Zug, Switzerland-based reinsurer SIGNAL IDUNA Reinsurance Ltd. (SI Re) has appointed Dr. Arnold Löw as its new Chief Executive Officer, with Bertrand R. Wollner remaining in the role until his retirement on April 30, 2025, and Dr. Löw taking over on May 1, 2025. Löw holds over two decades of experience ... Read the full article
SI Re grows premium volume 2%, cuts frequency risk exposure at 1.1 renewal
25th January 2024
Zug, Switzerland based reinsurer SIGNAL IDUNA Reinsurance Ltd (SI Re) further enhanced the profitability of its book at the January 1st, 2024, reinsurance renewals, while cutting its exposure to frequency risks and growing its share in non-proportional covers. The company, which is an affiliate of German primary insurer SIGNA IDUNA Group, ... Read the full article
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