Reto Toscan, who oversaw the rapid rise of elipsLife from only 7 employees in 2011 when he joined, to 300 in 2019 and USD 500 million of premium in the employee benefits space has been succeeded in December 2019 by industry veteran Christoph Gaus. Gaus, who joined elipsLife from Zurich Insurance Group and Swiss Mobiliar Insurance Company, where he held senior roles, has more than two decades’ experience in

Global Benefits Vision: Reto, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Has elipsLife adopted InsurTech? What is your strategy going forward and what are your achievements regarding InsurTech? Reto Toscan: InsurTech is a hot buzzword that gets thrown around a lot, but at elipsLife we’ve embraced it by building one of the most digital and integrated platforms in the business.

Reto Toscan Swiss Re Chief Executive Officer of elipsLife Reto Toscan has been Chief Executive Officer of elipsLife since March 2011 and part of the Swiss Re Group since October 2011. In his current role, Mr Toscan is overseeing the development of business in Europe as one-stop shop for all risk products for corporate customers. elipsLife became wholly owned by Swiss Re in October 2011. Prior to Swiss Re,