{"id":8029,"date":"2026-04-20T07:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/8029\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T07:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:14:32","slug":"ai-will-bring-huge-productivity-improvements-swiss-re-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/8029\/","title":{"rendered":"‘AI will bring huge productivity improvements’: Swiss Re CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Swiss Re CEO Andreas Berger has told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper that artificial intelligence (AI) will radically change the nature of work.\n<\/p>\n

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\u201cThanks to AI agents we will see productivity improvements such as we have not seen in decades,\u201d the head of the Swiss reinsurance giant said in an interview. \u201cWe are in the process of rethinking our company\u2019s core processes from the ground up with the help of AI.\u201d<\/p>\n

Berger gave a concrete example: in the construction insurance business, pricing used to take up to three weeks with 25 steps and 14 applications. \u201cWith AI agents we have greatly simplified this process and reduced the number of applications to less than five. Today we can determine a price partly already within one day. The increase in productivity is up to 80%,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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But the goal is not to reduce staff, he added. \u201cThe time freed up for our employees can be used for their real work: handling more claims, closing new business and helping customers increase their resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for AI-related risks, Berger says he is cautious but not alarmist. \u201cInnovation and science do not frighten me, as long as it is implemented responsibly,\u201d he said. \u201cAt Swiss Re we take great care that people are not relieved of responsibility: in the end it is the person who decides.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Berger believes that many companies have fragmented IT infrastructures: \u201cData integrity and quality are a central issue. Without reliable data, AI mainly creates additional complexity, costs and frustration.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the cyber risk front, Berger confirms that the potential damage of artificial intelligence is enormous. \u201cIn worst-case scenarios they are so great that a single company cannot sustain them. That is why today the insured damage is limited. But we are discussing collaborations with the public sector to increase coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Berger defends the decision to partner with Palantir, a United States company specialising in big data analysis at the centre of controversy. \u201cWe have strict governance processes in choosing our partners and our collaboration with Palantir is clearly focused on defined use cases,\u201d he said. \u201cWe can say in good conscience that our use case is guaranteed by clear rules.\u201d <\/p>\n

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