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Karen Tan promoted to CRO, Life & Health Reinsurance at Swiss Re

Tan has been with Swiss Re since 2014 and will also join the Life & Health Executive Committee.
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May 19, 2023

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It’s been announced no social media that Swiss Re’s Karen Tan has been appointed as Chief Risk Officer of Life & Health Reinsurance and is now a member of the Life & Health Executive Committee.

Tan has worked at Swiss Re since 2014, when she joined as Managing Director. Prior to this promotion, she was Head of Life & Health Products in Asia.

She also has extensive experience in Insurance, having worked previously at Zurich in Switzerland as Head of Global Life Risk Analysis and then as Chief Life Actuary.

Tan's career path

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