Karina Schreiber to become Group Chief Risk Officer of Helvetia
Helvetia Insurance has appointed Karina Schreiber as Group Chief Risk Officer and a member of the Group Executive Board. She has extensive international leadership experience in risk management and will take up her new role at Helvetia on 1 October 2025.
22.07.2025 | Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR
Karina Schreiber is to become the new Group Chief Risk Officer and a member of the Group Executive Board of Helvetia Insurance. She will join Helvetia on 1 October 2025, succeeding Bernhard Kaufmann, who announced in April that he will be taking up a new role outside the company. Karina Schreiber has long-standing executive experience in international risk management. She has been serving as Group Chief Actuary at the Allianz SE since November 2023. Previously, she held various leadership positions within the Allianz Group, including serving as Chief Risk Officer of Allianz U.K. and Allianz Versicherungs-AG in Germany. Before joining Allianz, Karina Schreiber worked for other insurance companies and in consulting. Karina Schreiber studied mathematics at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, and went on to earn a PhD in the same subject. She also holds a master's degree in mathematical finance from the University of Oxford. Karina Schreiber is a Fellow of the German Actuarial Association (DAV) and also a Certified Enterprise Risk Actuary (CERA).
"I am delighted that Karina Schreiber is joining our team. She is a remarkable leader whose proficiency in risk management will contribute greatly toward ensuring that Helvetia remains a trustworthy partner for customers, employees and investors, even in periods of constantly shifting risks," says Fabian Rupprecht, Group CEO of Helvetia.
Following the closing of the planned merger between Helvetia and Baloise, it is planned that Karina Schreiber will become Group Chief Risk Officer and a member of the Group Executive Committee of Helvetia Baloise.
"I am delighted that Karina Schreiber is joining our team. She is a remarkable leader whose proficiency in risk management will contribute greatly toward ensuring that Helvetia remains a trustworthy partner for customers, employees and investors, even in periods of constantly shifting risks," says Fabian Rupprecht, Group CEO of Helvetia.
Following the closing of the planned merger between Helvetia and Baloise, it is planned that Karina Schreiber will become Group Chief Risk Officer and a member of the Group Executive Committee of Helvetia Baloise.
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Peter Eliot
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Phone: +41 58 280 59 19
investor.relations@helvetia.ch
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Phone: +41 58 280 50 33
media.relations@helvetia.ch