Very excited and proud to announce that André Costa has joined HSFL as Broker Financial Lines, effective January 2026. André brings extensive experience in Financial Lines and Cyber Insurance, having spent many years as an Underwriter at Zurich Insurance, and most recently contributing as a Product Developer for Cyber Insurance at AXA. Beyond his strong […]
On 3 April 2025, the annual conference organized and hosted by HSFL, the Financial Lines Forum 2025 (FLF 2025), took place at the Marriott in Zurich, as well as the FL Night on 2 April 2025 at the Zunfthaus zur Meisen. With around 350 total registrations, the Financial Lines Forum 2024 and the FL Night […]
Markus Haefeli, Managing Partner at Haefeli & Schroeder Financial Lines AG, has given a lecture on “Directors & Officers Insurance (D&O)” at the “Board Essentials” Program – a collaboration between the Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Sankt Gallen and SIX Swiss Exchange. Led by Prof. Dr. Michèle F. Sutter-Rüdisser, this program […]
A special highlight for us this year: jazz legend Monty Alexander from Jamaica and the USA gave an unforgettable charity concert in Switzerland in September 2024 in aid of children in need around the world. We at HSFL had the honour of supporting this unique event as the main sponsor – a moment that inspired […]
Markus Haefeli’s Interview with Dr. Josef Ackermann, former Chairman of the Group Executive Board of Deutsche Bank, conducted as part of the Financial Lines Forum 2024, has been integrated in an article and published by HZ Insurance. Link hier (in German): Joe Ackermann: «There is no bank run in insurance»
On 11 April 2024, the annual conference organized and hosted by HSFL, the Financial Lines Forum 2024 (FLF 2024), took place at the Marriott in Zurich, as well as the FL Night on 10 April 2024 at the Zunfthaus zur Meisen. With 315 registrations, the Financial Lines Forum 2024 and the FL Night 2024 the […]
On June 20, 2023, the annual conference organized and held by HSFL, the Financial Lines Forums 2023 (FLF 2023), took place at the Marriott in Zurich, as well as the FL-Night on June 19, 2023 at the Zunfthaus zur Meisen. The cross-border exchange of German-speaking Europe was central at FLF 2023. Once again, experts and […]
The registration to the Financial Lines Forum 2023, the internationale FL-Event in the DACH-Region, is open here: https://forum.financial-lines.ch. You can expect high-profile speakers, presentations and panel discussions with experts, focus-presentations D&O and Cyber, impulse-talks on Cyber risks and claims developments, client – Insurers Dialogue. Register now!
We are pleased to announce that Nadja Fischer has joined Haefeli & Schroeder Financial Lines AG (HSFL) as Operations Executive from January 2023. Nadja Fischer previously spent more than 12 years as Underwriting & Credit Control Assistant at Liberty, a large insurance company with a focus on Financial Lines, and previously completed her training at […]
On 27 September 2022, after a break due to Corona, the annual conference organised and hosted by HSFL, the Financial Lines Forums 2022 (FLF 2022), finally took place again at the Marriott in Zurich. After two turbulent years with some drastic changes to the Financial Lines insurance offering, dialogue was more important than ever. After […]
HSFL held the Financial Lines Night (FL Night) for the first time on the eve of the Financial Lines Forum 2022, on 26 September 2022. At the networking event at the Zunfthaus zur Meisen, a apéro-riche was served in the large guild hall. The FL-Night is open to all conference participants and enjoyed great interest. […]
Happy to announce that Dr. Cristian I. Duda is joining Haefeli & Schroeder Financial Lines AG (HSFL) as Managing Partner and Chief Digital Officer as of September 2021. After a PhD from ETH Zurich, management consulting in regulated markets with Accenture and leading Digital Identity at the World Economic Forum, Cristian will strongly complement HSFL’s […]
The Financial Lines Forum 2021 in Zurich has been scheduled for 15.6.2021 – unfortunately we have to postpone this conference due to the pandemic. There is still a ban on holding such events and travel restrictions between countries as well as internal company restrictions on business travel have an additional limiting effect. We will make […]
A new article published in the Handelszeitung by Markus Haefeli, Managing Partner at HSFL, looks at the changes in the market for directors and officers liability insurance (D&O). With a certain delay, the hardening of the D&O market has also arrived in the Swiss market. Following our webinar on this topic last September, the article […]
The HSFL webinar entitled “D&O – Anatomy of a changed reality” with over 350 registrations brought the German-speaking market together virtually. The expert panel, moderated by Markus Haefeli, Managing Partner at HSFL, focused on the hardening of the D&O market: backgrounds, challenges and the options for action available as well as the outlook for the […]
“Deepfake” is a relatively new phenomenon and a serious threat to companies. Rüdiger Kirsch is a top expert in this field and key note speaker at the Financial Lines Forum 2020 in Zurich. Here is the link to Rüdiger’s recent article in the Handelszeitung in advance of his key note speech on March 25.
Following the great success of the Financial Lines Forum 2019 with 170 participants, Haefeli & Schroeder Financial Lines Ltd (HSFL) is organising the Financial Lines Forum 2020 (FLF 2020), the Swiss conference on financial loss insurance, on 25 March 2020. The invitations have been sent out – you may register here. We are again expecting […]
Financial Lines risks and insurances need focus and dialogue. This is exactly why we have created a new platform with the Financial Lines Forum 2019 (FLF) in Zurich on 2 April. It was a great success for everyone involved. As organizers, we are overwhelmed by the market’s response and the number of participants: 170 – […]
We are pleased to announce that Mr. Peter Ackermann and Dr. Cristian Duda have joined our company as Senior Advisors effective October 2018. Peter serves as a legal counsel of a well-known commercial law firm in Zurich and is the General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer of a leading international asset management group in the […]
