Chairman of the Board of Directors, Zurich Insurance
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“we do not just need you to protect zurich's business in decades to come we need you to steer the world to a safer place”
“we live in different times uncertainty and geopolitical instability hang over Europe in a way not seen since World War II it means the strong bonds between our Nations have never been more relevant we came together to overcome the covid-19 pandemic and now we must show strength in unity against the Russian invasion of...”
“It is obvious that you cannot change from a day to another. You need a transition and you need to accept that and i must say i've met probably almost more convinced people are the firms who have the challenge to be transitioned to carbon neutral than the people who are simply counting the points judging society or ente...”
“I believe more than i believe i'm deeply convinced that the ancients industry could have provoked more it should have tried harder to warn the world about pandemic risk mother nature he gave us warning with sauce merce and the zika virus mother nature gives us all these warning and in the world economic forum risk repo...”
“I do believe that digitalization is at the same time a challenge for the insurance industry, but a unique opportunity to move from a pure financial exchange of premiums and claim payment to a better understanding of the risk that people are facing and maybe helping them facing or avoiding the risk, helping them to face...”
“The enormous advantage of Switzerland is that because of its size, it never had the schizophrenia or the paranoia between being protectionist or being global. It had only the choice of being global, and for the last more than one century, it educated its people in order to be prepared to be global.”
“ce qui est frappant dans notre secteur d'activité c'est qu' il n'y a que 25 % de ces catastrophes climatiques qui sont couvertes par les compagnies d'assurances davantage dans les pays industrialisés est avancée et un peu moins dans les pays en développement”
“le problème climatique est dix fois plus important et il y a le même défi en matière de solidarité dont nous sommes saisis ici sommes nous prêts à faire preuve de solidarité ou pas et si ce n'est pas le cas soyons prêts à payer le prix des décisions que nous ne prendrons pas”
On November 15 the American Swiss Foundation celebrated its 2022 Alumni Dinner at the distinguished Bellevue Palace in Berne. The dinner was hosted by Michel M. Liès, Chairman of the Board, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd. who also gave welcome remarks.
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Zurich Insurance chairman Michel Liès knows that digitalization is shaking up his industry. In part one of the Newsmaker interview, the insurance veteran goes so far as to say it is “destroying” the solidarity that lies at its core. But he adds that digital transformation also presents an opportunity to better understand the risk before the claims process has even started. In part two, Zurich Insurance Chairman Michel Liès feels strongly that there should be diversity on company boards, saying they should reflect the company’s clients and the world around it. However, he feels just as stron…
Plus de 50 personnalités venues du monde entier et mobilisées dans la lutte contre les changements climatiques se sont retrouvées le 5 décembre à la COP21 pour l'Action Day. La Journée de l’Action a été le point d’orgue d’une mobilisation internationale sans précédent des acteurs non-étatiques (entreprises, collectivités locales, organisations internationales, centres de recherche…) depuis plus d’un an. A la suite de la COP20, la France et le Pérou, conjointement avec les Nations unies, ont décidé d’encourager et de soutenir ces initiatives coopératives et engagements d’acteurs individuels (pl…
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