Swiss Life reported earnings results for the year 2017. For the period, the company reported increases net profit by 9%. The company achieved further operational progress in 2017: adjusted profit from operations increased by 5% to CHF 1475 million. Net profit increased by 9% to CHF 1,013 million. The Group generated premiums of CHF 18.6 billion, equating to 6% growth. The Group increased its net profit from CHF 926 million to CHF 1,013 million in 2017. That corresponds to an increase of 9%. Adjusted profit from operations increased by 5% to CHF 1,475 million. The savings result was CHF 817 million (previous year: CHF 808 million), the risk result was practically at the level of the previous year at CHF 389 million (previous year: CHF 391 million). Swiss Life achieved an adjusted return on equity of 9.3% in 2017 (previous year: 9.6%), which is within the 8-10% target range.

The Board of Directors proposed to the annual general meeting an increase in the dividend from CHF 11.00 to CHF 13.50.

Gerold Bührer (born 1948) will resign from the Swiss Life Board of Directors at the next Annual General Meeting, due to having reached the statutory age limit. Martin Schmid (born 1969), a member of the Council of States, will be proposed to the shareholders for election.