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How the Swiss Re Board Rebuilt After the Financial Crisis
Episode 37 of Boardroom Conversations dissects how Swiss Re, one of the world's largest reinsurers, reconstructed its board after near-collapse in 2008. Lucas and Luna walk through the specific governance failures—overconcentration in financial guarantees, a chairman-CEO dynamic that stifled dissent, and a board heavy on former CEOs with light risk expertise. They then examine the post-crisis rebuild: flipping the board to majority independent directors, adding actuaries and climate scientists, creating a dedicated risk committee that reports directly to the board, and importing a…
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