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Robert Burr

About Robert Burr

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Robert Burr joined Swiss Re in July 2011 as Managing Director and Head of Life & Health, Reinsurance Client Markets Asia and he significantly expanded the business across the region. Under his leadership, L&H Client Markets launched the first Swiss Re Solutions Group, a strategy which has become a critical part of Swiss Re’s growth. In September 2019, Rob was appointed as CEO Swiss Re Life Capital Asia Pacific. He then became CEO of iptiQ’s APAC region in January 2021, after iptiQ became a standalone division, leading iptiQ's B2B2C business in Australia and establishing the digital non-life insurance business platform in China. Robert has more than 25 years of senior experience in the insurance sector. He began his career in London as an Aviation broker and spent time as an insurance agent, before moving to the Life & Health industry with CIGNA where he managed strategic distribution partnerships with American Express and Citibank across the EMEA region. In 1997 he moved to Asia, working for the Ogilvy Marketing Agency, followed by time at AIG and Sun Life of Canada. At AIG he was the Global Chief Marketing Officer for their Accident & Health Division, before being promoted to run the Asia Accident & Health Profit Centre with premiums of USD 1.4bn. In 2007, Rob moved to Sun Life of Canada to be Head of Marketing & Product Development across Asia, managing market entry strategies and strategic bancassurance partnerships in India, China, Indonesia and Korea. Robert lived in various locations in Asia for more than 20 years before relocating to Zurich, Switzerland, in July 2022. Robert Burr was born in 1962 and is a British citizen.

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