Suva: Daniel Roscher new member of the Executive Board

At its meeting on November 18, the Federal Council appointed Daniel Roscher to the Executive Board of the accident insurer on the recommendation of the Suva Board of Directors. The 53-year-old will take over the Department of Insurance Benefits and Rehabilitation on January 1, 2016. He succeeds Felix Weber, who takes over as Chairman of the Executive Board on the same day.

Daniel Roscher has been Director of the Zurich Suva agency since 1997. With 130 employees, the Zurich agency looks after 8100 companies with a premium volume of around CHF 300 million per year. Previously, Daniel Roscher held various positions at Zurich Insurance Company, Limmat Insurance Company and Schweizerische Mobiliar. After completing a commercial apprenticeship at Zurich Insurance Company, he went on to study business economics at the AKAD University of Applied Sciences. He completed the Executive MBA program at the University of Zurich.

At the suggestion of the Suva Board of Directors, the Federal Council has now appointed Daniel Roscher to the Suva Executive Board. He will take over as Head of the Insurance Benefits and Rehabilitation Department on January 1, 2016. In this role, he will be responsible for claims management at Switzerland's largest accident insurer. The division also includes the two rehabilitation clinics in Bellikon (AG) and Sion (VS). Roscher is also responsible for military insurance, which Suva manages on behalf of the federal government, as well as for part of the agency network.

The four-member Executive Board is therefore as follows as of January 1, 2016:

Felix Weber, Chief Executive Officer and Head of the Management and Support Department

Ernst Mäder, Head of the Finance Department and Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board

Edouard Currat, Head of the Health Protection Department

Daniel Roscher, Head of the Insurance Benefits and Rehabilitation Department