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Swiss SMEs are facing major changes in the next few years. They see the main driver as being technological change and changing customer needs. The KMU-Spiegel 2018 looked into the opportunities and risks that these changes entail for companies. Risks also mean uncertainties that a company must be aware of.

At Helvetia we are confident: Eco-systems will change the business world and also shape and simplify our customers’ daily lives. This is why we want to play a key role in developing business eco-systems. We are starting by setting up a HOME eco-system. Our goal: Together with our partners we offer customers a standardized customer journey from the search for a home through financing to living. Setting up the HOME eco-system is an example of how we proceed with innovations at Helvetia: With skill-based M&A (e.g. MoneyPark), with the venture fund, with cooperations (e.g. Flatfox) and with our own start-ups in our incubator.

Helvetia sees art as part of its corporate culture. Besides being a well-known art insurer, Helvetia holds a large art collection and actively promotes art. Our art insurance customers also benefit from our broad experience.

Since 1 November 2017 Helvetia has had a new brand: simple. clear. helvetia. The brand campaign is part of the helvetia 20.20 corporate strategy and translates the latter's core elements into a new brand experience: Helvetia wants to act in an agile, innovative and customer-focused manner – in other words, to offer simple, clear solutions.