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Integrated financial supervisor

SwitzerlandFINMA

Insurance supervision in Switzerland.

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01 / The institution

Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)

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

How it is structured

Integrated financial supervisor

Institutional source ↗

The legal foundations

Mandate, written into law.

Establishing legislation and the rules governing insurance may be different instruments.

02 / Market signals

The numbers, with context.

Figures retain the reporting period and accounting basis of their source. They are snapshots, not live indicators or directly comparable country rankings.

Insurance penetration. A current premium-to-GDP ratio has not been independently verified for this profile. No estimate is substituted.

03 / The report notebook

A dated view of the market.

What we noted in the regulator’s publications. Each entry separates the period covered, publication date when known, and our review date.

ReviewedNOTE 01

2025 · Published

Insurance Market Report 2025 ↗

Foreword and total-market results reviewed. Statutory accounting figures include supervised insurance and reinsurance, international business and relevant foreign branches; this is not a measure of Swiss domestic penetration.

Annual profit

CHF 24.42bn

Reported profit rose 135.8%, while premiums were broadly stable.

Insurance Market Report 2025Total-market table, page 5 · Country illustration
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04 / Official contacts

Reach the institution.

Public institutional channels, checked 17 September 2026.

General enquiries
info@finma.chSource ↗

Research trail

Sources you can follow.

Independent editorial research by Insurers Global. Source dates do not certify that a law includes every subsequent amendment.

  1. FINMA’s legal basis | FINMA ↗Checked
  2. Institutional website — contact route ↗Checked
  3. Official institutional contact information ↗Checked
  4. Insurance Market Report 2025 ↗Checked

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