Joerg Arnold new CEO of Swiss Life Germany
April 2017
Swiss Life in March 2017 announced the appointment of Jörg Arnold as the new CEO Germany and member of the Corporate Executive Board. He will replace Markus Leibundgut, CEO of Swiss Life Switzerland since April 2017.
Jörg Arnold joins Swiss Life from AXA Group, where he was Global Head of Savings, Retirement & Distribution within the Life & Savings Global Business Line. He is 52 years old and has a track record in insurance going back over 25 years – including within the AXA Group, as member of the management committee and head of sales at Deutsche Ärzteversicherung AG (2001-2009), where he took over as the CEO from 2010 to 2013.
After completing his studies in business economics at the University of Cologne, Jörg Arnold in 1991 joined Colonia Versicherung (acquired by AXA in 1996) as assistant to the CEO and later sales director and member of the executive committee, before joining Deutsche Ärzteversicherung.