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398. Swiss Reinsurance

Rank: 398 (Previous rank: 209)
CEO: Stefan Lippe
Employees: 11,560
Address: Mythenquai 50/60
Zurich,
Country: Switzerland
Website: www.swissre.com

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	23,081.8	-35.4
Profits	-798.4	-123.0
Assets	225,369.2	—
Stockholders' equity	19,216.0	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	-3.5
Assets	-0.4

Industry: Insurance: Property and Casualty (stock)

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Allianz	20	142,394.6
2	Berkshire Hathaway	41	107,786.0
3	Munich Re Group	95	67,515.4


4	Tokio Marine Holdings	231	34,870.0
5	Zurich Financial Services	255	32,349.0
6	Allstate	295	29,394.0
7	Liberty Mutual Insurance Group	304	28,855.0
8	Travelers Cos.	366	24,477.0
9	Mapfre Group	394	23,185.9
10	Swiss Reinsurance	398	23,081.8
11	Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings	458	20,306.4
12	Nationwide	463	19,848.0

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