Enlighten Your Career: CBS Networking Event 2009
You could've met Swiss Re on November 4, 2009. One of the 20 participating companies.
At the event
- Profile graduates@swissre: given the diversity of our business and our international reach, we are interested in a whole variety of educational backgrounds. We are mainly looking for successful graduates who distinguish themselves in terms of their excellent academic performance, international experience and extra curricular activities.
- Profile interns@swissre: we are looking for students attending an institute of higher education and offer internship positions to students from all disciplines in their 3rd year (6th semester) and onwards.
Did you know?
- We want to minimise the direct environmental impact of our own operations. Over the last few years we have managed to substantially reduce our per-capita Co2 emissions.
- Diversity drives our company's innovative power and our relationships with clients, business partners and peers.
- We offer excellent rewards and development opportunities to attract talent from a broad spectrum of disciplines.
Facts
We offer:- Internships
- Graduate programme
- Fulltime positions
Swiss Re has been a major player in the reinsurance business for 145 years. Founded in 1863 in Zurich, Switzerland, The Group today is a leading and highly diversified global reinsurer. Under one common brand, we operate from offices in more than 25 countries and provide our expertise and services to clients throughout the world.
We offer traditional reinsurance products for property and casualty and for life and health businesses. These are complemented with insurance-based capital market solutions and services for comprehensive risk management.
Contact information:Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd
Mythenquai 50/60
8022 Zurich
Switzerland
Main contact:
Dorthe Habersatter
University Marketing Manager
Tel: 0041 43 285 6691
Email: dorthe_habersatter@swissre.com

Other information
graduates@swissre programme: we mainly focus on technical training as our business is very specialised. During 18 months, you will receive on-the-job training in your respective positions as well as attend a high number of training days specially designed for the programme. We will train you in all aspects of our business whilst at the same time you will have the opportunity to receive specialised training to accommodate your specific assignment(s).
Swiss Re offers graduate positions in the following business functions: Client Markets, Products Underwriting, Asset Management, Risk Management, Finance and other selected Operations units.
The online recruiting process in Europe will start 16 November 2009 until 8 January 2010. For more information please visit our web site: www.swissre.com/graduates.
interns@swissre programme: every year, Swiss Re offers internships to a number of bright and highly motivated students, enabling them to benefit from Swiss Re’s global perspective and to discover the reinsurance world. During the programme you will be assigned to a line manager and his or her team, where you will take on tasks and work on projects straight away. Start of internship may vary with the needs of special projects, regions or locations. You should submit your application online according to the regional timelines.
For the details about our internship programme visit our web site: www.swissre.com/interns.