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Licensed insurance companies in Switzerland (2026)

VerifiedVerified against the FINMA register, checked 3 Sept 2026.

The 188 insurance companies licensed in Switzerland in 2026, as recorded by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), with the class of business and ownership each one is registered under.

188Licensed operators
17Life9% of entities95General (non-life)51% of entities85Cross-border groups103 domestically owned

By class of business

Each company is counted once, under the class its register row records. The supervisor’s own tally counts licences, so a company licensed for more than one class appears more than once there.

By ownership

  • Domestic private103 55%
  • Pan-European group57 30%
  • Foreign multinational28 15%

“Cross-border groups” counts foreign multinationals and pan-regional groups; “domestically owned” counts domestic private, state-owned, mutual and captive entities. The register records the parent’s type, not its home market. How ownership is recorded

Licensed insurers in Switzerland

Showing 25 of 188 entities. The full, filterable table is on the country page; every row is in the JSON below.

InsurerClassOwnershipGroupVerification
AIG Europe S.A., Luxemburg, Zweigniederlassung OpfikonGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalAIGVerified
Allianz Risk Transfer AGGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-European groupAllianzVerified
Allianz Suisse Lebensversicherungs-Gesellschaft AGLLifePan-European groupAllianzVerified
Allianz Suisse Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AGGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-European groupAllianzVerified
Allied World Assurance Company, LtdGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalFairfaxVerified
Atradius Crédito y Caución S.A., Madrid, Zweigniederlassung ZürichGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-European groupZurichVerified
AWP P&C S.A., Saint-Ouen (Paris), succursale de WallisellenGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-European groupAllianzVerified
AXA Leben AGLLifePan-European groupAXAVerified
AXA Versicherungen AGGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-European groupAXAVerified
AXA-ARAG Rechtsschutz AGGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-European groupAXAVerified
Beazley Insurance DAC, Dublin, Schweizer Zweigniederlassung ZürichGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-European groupZurichVerified
Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Limited, London, Zweigniederlassung ZürichGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-European groupZurichVerified
Bupa Insurance Limited, London, Switzerland Branch ZurichHHealth / MedicalPan-European groupBupaVerified
CAP, Rechtsschutz-Versicherungsgesellschaft AGGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-European groupAllianzVerified
Chubb European Group SE, Courbevoie, Zweigniederlassung ZürichGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-European groupZurichVerified
Chubb Rückversicherungen (Schweiz) AGRReinsurerForeign multinationalChubbVerified
Chubb Versicherungen (Schweiz) AGGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalChubbVerified
Cigna Europe Insurance Company S.A.-N.V., Antwerpen, Zweigniederlassung ZürichHHealth / MedicalPan-European groupZurichVerified
ERGO Versicherung AG, Düsseldorf, Zweigniederlassung ChamGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-European groupMunich ReVerified
Euler Hermes Reinsurance AGRReinsurerPan-European groupAllianzVerified
Euler Hermes SA, Brüssel, Zweigniederlassung WallisellenGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-European groupAllianzVerified
Europ Assistance (Suisse) Assurances SAGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-European groupGeneraliVerified
FM Insurance Europe S.A., Luxemburg, Zweigniederlassung ZürichGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-European groupZurichVerified
Fortuna Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AGGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-European groupGeneraliVerified
GAN ASSURANCES, Paris, succursale de LausanneGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-European groupGroupamaVerified

Full table for Switzerland ↗

Regulatory intelligence: Switzerland

Read from the register, not written for this page: the supervisor’s regime, the source the list was checked against, and the market notes recorded alongside it.

Register source
FINMA supervised insurance companies register (2 Sep 2026)
Verification
Verified against the regulator register · FINMA vu.pdf 2 Sep 2026, 188 entities

No market event is recorded against this register for 2026. The regime and source above are the standing facts.

Governing legislation

  • Financial Market Supervision Act (FINMASA); Insurance Supervision Act · Institutional and insurance framework

    FINMASA establishes FINMA’s organisation. Insurance supervision also operates under the sector-specific Insurance Supervision Act.

Verification log

Register categories used for class

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