Basel, March 10, 2022. “In 2021, we successfully completed the first stage of our Simply Safe strategy. I am delighted with the results and feel very proud. We made tremendous strides with our three strategic targets in relation to employees, customers and shareholders while also reporting robust results from operations and profitable growth over the entire period. This is a very positive outcome given that we faced huge challenges during this strategic period in the shape of two once-in-a-century events: the COVID-19 pandemic and the storms in summer 2021. At the same time, we pushed ahead with Baloise’s cultural and digital transformation. We collaborate more efficiently, have become faster, make greater use of digital technologies, have reduced complexity for our customers and, by establishing the Home and Mobility ecosystems, have laid the foundations for our future business model. The rebranding project that we recently initiated will give a new public face to these efforts. Baloise is demonstrating that it can be successful over the long term. Against the backdrop of the exceptional NatCat events that took place in 2021, I would like to thank all employees, who worked tirelessly to support our customers day in day out and whose efforts enabled Baloise to achieve success,” says CEO Gert De Winter, commenting on Baloise’s annual financial results.