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Here you will find articles by and about Swiss Life, interesting perspectives on leading a self-determined life and useful insights into pensions and financial matters.

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Pension systems in Europe: test your knowledge!

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Mike Müller: “My ambition will keep me going until I’m 70”

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New year, new possibilities: 10 tips for efficient saving

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Self-Determination barometer

Financial self-determination is a fundamental need

The 2024 self-determination barometer shows that financial self-determination is a fundamental need for people in Switzerland. Almost half of those surveyed say they are currently financially self-determined – financial confidence, on the other hand, is at a low.

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Money and mindset: how we can manage our money better

We buy special offers even though we don’t actually need the products. We are easily manipulated by online retailers. Generally, when it comes to money, our thinking is often far too short-term. How can we improve our handling of money, and thus our financial wellbeing, in the long term? Behavioural scientist Thomas Mathar has a few tips.

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When premiums were still paid with stamps

Swiss Life can look back on a long and eventful history. From its founding, which was only possible with the help of the then Kreditanstalt, through the turbulent years following the First World War to its establishment as a major life insurance company in Europe: a look back at some episodes from the company’s eventful history.

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“Financial knowledge affords you more self-determination”

Lorenzo Wienecke and Juri Galkin explain the world of finance to young people. How did they end up teaching this subject? How can 16-year-olds be empowered to make self-determined financial decisions? And how do you motivate schoolchildren to save for old age?

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Ulrich Walter: “Ignorance creates fear”

Since returning from his space mission, German physicist and former scientist-astronaut Prof. Ulrich Walter has been working to make robotics and artificial intelligence understandable to the general public. In this interview, he reveals how intelligent AI actually is, whether robots can lie and how service robotics can make it easier to live a self-determined life in old age.

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