Swiss Lions 100 | Provisional 2026 edition
Swiss Life
Swiss Life is No. 23 in the Swiss Lions 100 and No. 5 in Financial Services, with a score of 57.8 out of 100. Headquarters: Zurich, canton of Zurich.
- Swiss Lions score
- 57.8
- Overall rank
- 23of 100
- Financial Services
- 5of 14
About
The Swiss Life Group is the largest life insurance company of Switzerland and one of Europe’s leading comprehensive life and pensions and financial services providers, with approximately CHF 356.3 bn of assets under management. Founded in 1857 in Zurich as the Schweizerische Lebensversicherungs und Rentenanstalt cooperative, the company entered the Swiss stock market in 1997 and adopted its current name in 2002. In 2025, the group declared an adjusted profit from operations of CHF 1.83 billion. Net profit was CHF 1.26 billion. Swiss Life is one of the twenty companies listed under the Swiss Market Index, as SLHN.
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How the score is made
Global scale
CHF 11.9bn revenue.
Swiss value
Founded in Switzerland.
Prominence
Wikipedia attention across language editions, and Google search interest.
Impact
No current SBTi target. Not a certified B Corp.
Philanthropy
Corporate foundation: Stiftung Perspektiven von Swiss Life.
Key figures
- Revenue used in the ranking
- CHF 11.9bnTTM Oct 2026, company
- Revenue
- CHF 11.9bnTwelve months to 30 June 2026
- Net profit
- CHF 1.3bnAttributable to shareholders
- Dividends paid
- CHF 1.0bnTo all shareholders
- Employees worldwide
- 12,313
Employees in Switzerland and dividends paid to Swiss shareholders are not published consistently, so they are not shown.
Profile
- Headquarters
- ZurichCanton of Zurich
- Language region
- German-speaking
- Category
- Financial Services
- Founded
- 1857
Nearby in the Swiss Lions 100
Also in Financial Services
1Zurich InsuranceScore 72.5
2UBSScore 70.5
3Swiss ReScore 64.2
4Helvetia BaloiseScore 58.2
6Julius BaerScore 54.5
7PictetScore 52.6
See all 14 brands in Financial Services.
Sources
- Revenue used in the ranking: stockanalysis.com SLHN (TTM Oct 2026).
- Revenue, net profit, dividends and employees: stockanalysis.com, from company filings.
- Climate target: Science Based Targets initiative dashboard, October 2026.
- Foundations: Swiss commercial register (Zefix). B Corp: B Lab directory.
- Prominence: Wikimedia page views (October 2025 to September 2026) and Google Trends.
- Founded and website: Wikidata.
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