Andreas Berger

Group Chief Executive Officer ,
Swiss Re

Andreas Berger started his insurance career in 1995 as a leadership trainee at Gerling Group, followed by various leadership positions at Boston Consulting Group. He returned to Gerling in 2004 as Head of Commercial Business and International Programs and Affinity Business. When Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) was created in 2006, Andreas Berger became its Global Head of Market Management & Communication, where he established an overall market management function for the corporate client segment and served as AGCS spokesperson. In 2009, he was appointed AGCS Chief Executive Officer, Regional Unit London with responsibility for the UK, Ireland, South Africa, the Middle East and Benelux. In 2011 Andreas Berger joined the Board of Management as Chief Regions & Market Officer (Central & Eastern Europe, Mediterranean, Africa and Asia). In addition, he assumed responsibility for the Global Broker Channel Distribution the Allianz Group. Andreas Berger joined Swiss Re in March 2019 as Chief Executive Officer Corporate Solutions and member of the Group Executive Committee, and was appointed as Group Chief Executive Officer effective 1 July 2024.

Andreas Berger has a Master's degree in Law, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, and a Master's degree in Business Administration, Université de ParisDauphine (IX), France/Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany.

Andreas Berger is the Chairman of the Executive Council of the International Insurance Society; Board member of economiesuisse and of Advance, Gender Equality in Business; Member of the Geneva Association, the Pan-European Insurance Forum, the Global Reinsurance Forum, and the Steering Committee of the Insurance Development Forum; Insurance Europe's Reinsurance Advisory Board; the Board of Trustees of the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies; and the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce (Chapter Doing Business in the USA.