Insurance companies Swiss Re posts significantly higher profit and buys back shares
Reinsurer Swiss Re significantly increased its net profit in 2025 and also clearly exceeded its own target. The financial group benefited from relatively few major losses as well as a good return on its investments.
27.02.2026, 07:23
SDA
Net profit amounted to 4.8 billion US dollars, as Swiss Re announced on Friday. This was significantly higher than the previous year's figure of USD 3.2 billion, which was, however, still burdened by high provisions for the US liability business. Swiss Re had set itself the target of a Group profit of "at least 4.4 billion dollars" for 2025.
Shareholders should also benefit from the increase in profit. The Board of Directors now intends to propose a 9 percent higher dividend of USD 8.00 per share at the Annual General Meeting. Swiss Re also intends to buy back shares worth USD 1.5 billion in 2026, including USD 500 million as part of the sustainable annual share buyback program.
The reinsurer's results clearly exceeded analysts' expectations. They had expected an average net profit (AWP consensus) of 4.69 billion dollars. At 7.59 dollars, the dividend was also not expected to be significantly lower.
For the current year, the Group is sticking to the profit target of 4.5 billion dollars set in December, according to the press release. The Group continues to aim for a return on equity of more than 14 percent under IFRS in the coming years.
