Media release
St.Gallen, 16 January 2025
 

The Helvetia Group scored highly again in this year's Top Employer ranking and scored upwards of 90% Group-wide. This year saw subsidiary Caser take part for the first time in addition to the six country markets of Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, Italy and Spain. Not only did all national subsidiaries and the Helvetia Group as a whole achieve outstanding results, but they were also awarded the Top Employer seal of their respective countries and the European Top Employer seal.

"Regardless of whether you’re at the start of your career or in the critical 50-plus age bracket – not only is Helvetia open to all, but it also offers attractive employment conditions for all. Our high score in this year’s Top Employer award is again testament to this. Not only do we offer ideal working conditions, but we also create an environment where we are enthusiastic in our support for our customers," explains Esther Roman, Chief Human Resources Officer of the Helvetia Group.

100% score in AI
The Top Employers Institute has been auditing companies worldwide for more than 30 years, looking at their workplace conditions, workplace culture and their working environment and singling out those that place their employees at the forefront of their corporate activities and offer them an outstanding working environment and development opportunities. All in all, six HR areas and 20 topics – including HR strategy, work environment/workplace culture, recruiting, training and further training, diversity and integration as well as wellbeing were audited.

Helvetia scored highly across all categories again this year, with points scores of more than 90% across the entire Group in the areas mentioned – that's an increase of 5.2 percentage points on the previous year. In fact, Helvetia scored full marks in the new category Handling AI. Helvetia also impressed in the categories anchoring business strategy in HR processes, ethics & integrity, and employer branding with scores of between 100% and 98%.

Thanks to its outstanding results in the individual categories, the Helvetia Group has again been awarded the title of European Top Employer. Helvetia Switzerland received the Top Employer award for the fifth time. Helvetia Germany and Austria received the award for the fourth time, Helvetia France, Italy and Spain for the third time in their respective country markets. In addition, Helvetia France ranked among the top ten employers rated in France. The good score achieved by the subsidiary Caser, participating in the Top Employer audit for the first time, rounds off Helvetia’s outstanding result in this year's Top Employer Institute evaluation.

About the Helvetia Group
Helvetia Insurance Group, with its headquarters in St. Gallen, has grown since 1858 to become a successful international insurance group with strong Swiss roots, over 13,800 employees and more than 7.2 million customers. It has always been there for its customers when it matters. In the Swiss, Spain and GIAM (German, Italian and Austrian Markets) segments, Helvetia positions itself as a Local Customer Champion and supports its customers throughout their lives as their preferred provider. It also focuses on the rapidly growing segment of customers over 50. In all of its segments, and in the Specialty Markets segment in particular, Helvetia strives to generate growth as a global specialist in the international specialty lines business and in reinsurance. Thanks to its lean and flexible structures, Helvetia is able to focus on profitability in a cyclical business. At the same time, Helvetia uses its expertise in its European retail markets to offer specialty solutions to SME customers.With a business volume of CHF 11.3 billion, Helvetia generated underlying earnings of CHF 372.5 million and an IFRS period result of CHF 301.3 million in the 2023 financial year. The shares of Helvetia Holding AG are traded on SIX Swiss Exchange.

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