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Figures 2006

All nine of the groups and conglomerates placed under supervision meet the specified minimum requirements of Solvency I. The solvency ratio (quotient of the allowable equity capital and the solvency requirements) at the end of 2006 confirms that no company was under 150%, 4 companies moved between 150% and 200%, the remainder (5 companies) were above this level.

Most important indicators:

The following table shows the most important indicators of the supervised groups and conglomerates. For the conglomerates, the size of the financial sector is represented by a ratio. This ratio is calculated by dividing the balance sheet total of the financial sector (banks, securities dealers, and companies serving this sector) by the balance sheet total of the entire conglomerate.

Conglomerates
Bâloise
Swiss Life
Swiss Re**
ZFS
(figures in million CHF)
 
 
 
 
Gross premiums*
 
 
 
 
. Non-life
3'065
631
19'152
42'828
. Life
3'651
21'433
12'644
12'848
Balance sheet total
63'936
186'950
291'300
455'729
Equity capital
4'987
7'851
30'884
32'981
Return on equity
15.3%
12.2%
16.3%
19.0%
Financial sector
9.2%
7.2%
N/A
2.6%
Profit after taxes
707
954
4'560
5'673
* including reinsurance
**Swiss Re has switched its accounting from Swiss GAAP FER to US GAAP as of its 2006 business report.


Groups
Helvetia
Mobiliar
National
Vaudoise
Winterthur
(figures in million CHF)
 
 
 
 
 
Gross premiums*
 
 
 
 
 
. Non-life
2'423
2'023
1'226
680
8'907
. Life
2'832
674
 509
1'187
13'103
Balance sheet total
31'810
13'384
7'304
8'035
186'362
Equity capital
2'738
2'524
650
443
10'080
Return on equity
16.2%
13.1%
10.5%
10.8%
14.4%
Profit after taxes
424
309
64
45
1'419
* including reinsurance

Balance sheet total by region, wordwide
The following table shows the balance sheet total for 2006 of the groups and conglomerates, broken down by region.

 
Bâloise
Helvetia
Mobiliar
National
Swiss Life
Swiss Re** 
Vaudoise
Winterthur
ZFS
(figures in million CHF)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Switzerland
34'292
23'383
13'384
5'875
89'617
N/A
5'311
71'939
27'920
Benelux
6'590
1
0
357
27'858
N/A
   0
13'094
865
Germany
19'571
2'788
   0 
76
 21'826
N/A
0
49'246
72'177
France
  0
180
    0
267
46'029
N/A
0
0
23
Southern Europe*
  0
3'407
0
729
643
N/A
0
9'070
26'640
UK
  0
   7
  0
  0
  0
N/A
0
  27'485
168'280
Rest of Europe
3'483
2'044
 0
  0
977
N/A
2'724
 5'257
20'296
Europe Total
63'936
31'810
13'384
7'304
186'950
N/A
8'035
176'091
316'201
USA
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
0
4'516
111'940
Rest of World
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
0
5'755
27'588
Total
63'936
31'810
13'384
7'304
186'950
291'300
8'035
186'362
455'729
* Italy, Spain, Portugal
** Breakdown of balance sheet total by region not reported


Capital investments positions
The following table shows the breakdown of capital investments as of the end of 2006 for the most important investment categories. All groups and conglomerates have increased their percentage of shares relative to the preceding years. These capital investments only include the assets that have been invested at own risk. They do not include capital investments invested at the client’s risk, i.e. in particular contributions from unitlinked life insurance and other unitlinked products.

 
Bâloise
Helvetia
Mobiliar
National
Swiss Life
Swiss Re
Vaudoise
Winterthur
ZFS
(figures in million CHF)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares
6'046
2'049
1'612
766
13'002
13'200
253
13'186
22'355
Holdings
175
46
87
20
75
N/A
13
798
187
Bonds
22'894
14'732
6'610 
3'457
91'945
129'300
2'330
89'371
154'124
Real estate
5'313
3'890
962
1'620
11'809
3'300
784
8'535
8'437
Mortgages
9'942
3'094
470
437
8'342
N/A
167
10'328
13'173
Loans
7'860
 1'951
530
  4
20'541
N/A
1'138
6'117
15'401
Other
4'250
3'166
167
162
14'962
16'800
383
2'332
24'853
Total
 56'480
28'928
10'438
6'466
160'676
162'600
5'068
130'667
238'530

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Last updated on: 25.05.2007

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