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:''For the Swiss Re Tower, London, see: 30 St Mary Axe'' |foundation = 19 December 1863 |location = Zurich, Switzerland |key_people = Michel M. Liès (CEO of Holding), Christian Mumenthaler (CEO Reinsurance) Walter Kielholz (Chairman), J. Eric Smith (President and CEO Swiss Re Americas), |industry = Financial services |products = Reinsurance, insurance, asset management |revenue = US $33.624 billion (2012) |net_income = US $4.201 billion (2012)〔 |assets = US $215.785 billion (end 2012)〔 |equity = US $34.002 billion (end 2012)〔 |num_employees = 11,193 (end 2012)〔 |homepage = (www.swissre.com ) |intl = yes }} Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd,〔"(Privacy Policy )." Swiss Re. Retrieved on 18 January 2011. "Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd (“Swiss Re”)()" and "Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd, Mythenquai 50/60, 8022 Zurich, Switzerland (“Swiss Re”) (Disclosure notification in accordance with Article 20 of the Swiss Stock Exchange Act )." Swiss Re. 2 August 2007. Retrieved on 18 January 2011. "Die Schweizerische Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft (Swiss Re) teilt mit,()"〕 generally known as Swiss Re, is a reinsurance company based in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the world’s second-largest reinsurer, after having acquired GE Insurance Solutions. Founded in 1863, Swiss Re operates through offices in more than 25 countries. Swiss Re was ranked 127th in Forbes 2000 Global leading companies. It was also ranked 311th & 334th in Fortune Global 500 in 2014 & 2013 respectively. 〔http://fortune.com/global500/swiss-re-311/〕 ==History== The Swiss Reinsurance Company of Zurich was founded on 19 December 1863 by the Helvetia General Insurance Company (now using the trade name of ''Helvetia'' insurance) in St. Gallen, the Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (Credit Suisse) in Zurich and the Basler Handelsbank (predecessor of ''UBS AG'') bank in Basel. On 10/11 May 1861, more than 500 houses went up in flames in the town of Glarus. Two thirds of the town sank into rubble and ashes; around 3000 inhabitants were made homeless. Like the fire of Hamburg in 1842 (which led to the foundation of the first professional reinsurers in Germany,〔()〕), the great fire of Glarus in 1861 showed that insurance coverage was totally inadequate in Switzerland in the event of such a catastrophe. Hence the need to provide more effective means of coping with the risks posed by such devastation. The company’s articles of association were approved by the government of the Canton of Zurich on 19 December 1863. The foundation capital, which was 15% paid up, amounted to 6 million Swiss francs. The official foundation document bore the signature of the poet Gottfried Keller, who at the time was first secretary of the Canton of Zurich. In the late 1930s Swiss banker Ulrich Neukom effectively 'took' Swiss Re over to Beijing, China, where he introduced Asian companies to Swiss Re and allowed them to use the services which Swiss Re had to offer. However, Swiss Re were not officially present in China until the 1990s; the headquarters for China in Wanchai, Hong Kong, opened in 2003. Swiss Re was the lead insurer of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks which led to an insurance dispute with the owner, Silverstein Properties. On 31 October 2008, Swiss Re completed a £762 million acquisition of (Barclays PLC's subsidiary Barclays Life Assurance Company Ltd. ) In 2009, Warren Buffett invested $2.6 billion as a part of Swiss Re's raising equity capital. Berkshire Hathaway already owns a 3% stake, with rights to own more than 20%. In June 2014, the company through Admin Re acquired the UK pensions business of HSBC Life (UK) Limited worth £4.2 billion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Swiss Re」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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