Network Partner Profile

  • Established in 1866.
  • Leading foreign life insurer in Germany.
  • Market share of approximately 13% of all new group pension business, 15% of all new group risks, and about 12% of all new coverages for chief executives or principals of German limited companies.
  • Premium income in 2009 amounted to EUR 1.378 billion, of which 40% consisted of corporate business.
  • Serves approximately 100,000 German pension clients including both group and individual arrangements.
  • Rating in 2010: A by Assekurata.
  • Repeatedly voted by brokers as one of the best providers of occupational pension plans and pension vehicles.
  • Member of the Swiss Life Network since 1962.

Special Advantages

  • Offers tailor-made pension plans.
  • Specialist in occupational pension and in transfer of pension obligations to external carriers.
  • Swiss Life Germany offers the complete range of funding vehicles for corporate business.
  • Dividends on group insurance with a savings element in excess of the technical interest rate; dividends on risk premiums between 30% and 70% for disability and death.
  • Local experience rating is possible, provided that the gross premium is at least EUR 500,000.
  • Collective survivors’ pension tariffs which assure simplified administration are available.
  • Administration Service Only plans are offered by subsidiary SLPM GmbH.

Coverages and Products

Types of Benefit - Coverage available and poolable:

  • Old Age Pension / Lump Sum
  • Disability Pension
  • Group Life & Survivors’ Pension
  • Endowment

Types of Benefit - Product available via associate:

  • Medical

Available Financial Products:

  • Actuarial Services
  • Administration Service Only

Products available via associate:

  • Deposit Administration
  • Company–Specific Portfolios