Who we are

UNIQA Re is a licensed reinsurer based in Zurich, Switzerland. As primarily a group-internal reinsurer, UNIQA Re concentrates its business activities mainly on all UNIQA insurance companies. UNIQA Re contributes to the effective risk and capital management within the framework of the UNIQA Group guidelines. Besides a few exceptions, all obligatory reinsurance treaties of UNIQA companies are assumed by UNIQA Re. Moreover, UNIQA Re manages the run-off business of former Group companies.

Our Goals & Vision

UNIQA Re considers itself first and foremost as a service company for the benefit of the UNIQA Group. UNIQA Re strives for an adequate return on capital within the group targets and furthermore contributes to the maximisation of group results. By centralizing the reinsurance function, the UNIQA Group can also ensure a stable and efficient reinsurance policy. As a competence centre, UNIQA Re intends to extend know-how centrally and make it available within the UNIQA Group.

UNIQA Group

With around 21,000 employees and exclusive sales partners, the UNIQA Group serves more than 17 million customers across 17 countries. UNIQA Group is one of the leading insurance groups in its core markets in Austria and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The UNIQA companies offer a comprehensive range of insurance and pension products and cover property and casualty insurance as well as life and health insurance. Thanks to the strong insurance brands of UNIQA and Raiffeisen Versicherung, it is well-positioned in the CEE markets. UNIQA employees actively shape the future of the insurance industry. Accordingly, our mission is to help our customers in leading a safer, better and longer life.

EUR 7,2 bn premiums written

17 million customers

17 countries

The history of UNIQA Group

The history of the UNIQA Insurance Group is rich in tradition and development. Its origins date back to 1811, when Salzburger Landes-Versicherung was founded. This early phase marked the beginning of a long journey in the insurance industry.

In 1922, Versicherungsanstalt der österreichischen Bundesländer was founded, which would later become UNIQA. A significant milestone in the Group's history was reached in 1975, when Bundesländer-Versicherung acquired a stake in Salzburger Landes-Versicherung. This strategic decision laid the foundation for future mergers and expansions.

The 1990s were a time of change and consolidation. 1993 saw the merger with Raiffeisen Versicherung, which further strengthened the Group's position. Finally, UNIQA Insurance Group AG was officially founded in 1999, marking the merger of several Austrian insurance groups.

Today, the UNIQA Insurance Group operates in 17 European countries and serves around 17 million customers. This expansion and continuous growth reflect the Group's commitment to providing comprehensive and reliable insurance services.

The history of UNIQA Re

The history of UNIQA Re began in 2003 with its entry in the commercial register of the Canton of Zurich and its licence from FINMA as a professional reinsurer. With a handful of employees, the company began reinsuring the first cedants from the UNIQA Group. As the international UNIQA companies grew, so did the volume of business assumed by UNIQA Re. UNIQA Re established itself as a competent and trustworthy reinsurance partner within the UNIQA Group and with the Group's reinsurers.

UNIQA Re made a leap forward in terms of the business it assumed in 2012, when it was able to count the Austrian Group companies among its clients for the first time. In the years that followed, the company invested heavily in the expansion of its key functions of risk management, compliance and actuarial in order to meet the ever-increasing regulatory requirements. The assumed business remained relatively stable until 2020, whereafter the companies acquired from Axa in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia were fully integrated into UNIQA Re's reinsurance structure in 2021, leading to a further increase in business volume.

In 2020, UNIQA Re moved into its new premises at Alfred-Escher-Strasse 50, offering around 25 employees a modern and inspiring work atmosphere in the heart of Zurich's insurance centre. In 2023, it welcomed the new colleagues in Bratislava, who provide support through the Group's internal competence hub UNIQA 4WARD. It also started offering reinsurance covers to external customers in the same year.

Today, UNIQA Re presents itself as a reinsurer with a comprehensive range of products, in-depth expertise and a first-class service philosophy, true to the UNIQA motto ‘living better together’.

Our Team

Get to know our extended management board

Ivana Stark

Chief Executive Officer

Ralph Markert

Chief Financial and Risk Officer

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Our Values

In order to achieve all our goals, we are committed to recruiting the best people available on the market. We are not afraid to hire strong personalities, and always endeavour to bring talented people together. UNIQA Re creates a climate in which everyone wants to give their best.

We understand how the reinsurance business works. We have an insight into current and potential future trends that could impact our business and organisation. We know our strengths and limitations.

We strive to meet the expectations and requirements of our customers. We identify the needs and wishes of our UNIQA companies and use them to improve our products and services. We aim to establish effective long-term relationships with our customers and external business partners.

Every employee of UNIQA Re is obliged to follow the UNIQA Code of Conduct. Our Code of Conduct entails all values and rules that we have committed ourselves to. An essential part of these rules is the handling of confidential information and compliance with competition rules. Other focal points of UNIQA Code of Conduct are conflicts of interest in secondary employment and the prevention of corruption and money-laundering.

As a reinsurer with extensive experience and solid capital resources, we can respond flexibly to the needs of our cedants.

Ralph Markert, Chief Financial and Risk Officer

Contact us

Reach us at:

info@uniqare.ch

UNIQA Re AG

Alfred-Escher-Strasse 50, 8002 Zürich, Schweiz

Company Identification Number: CHE-105.869.589

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