Philipp Gmür

Philipp Gmür (*April 16, 1963 in Lucerne) is a Swiss lawyer and insurance manager. Since September 1, 2016 he is the CEO of the Helvetia Insurance Group.

Gmür holds an MA from the Duke University School of Law in Durham, North Carolina and a doctorate in law from the University of Freiburg and is also a registered lawyer. In 2008 Gmür completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts.

In 1993 Gmür started to work for Helvetia Insurances Switzerland. After taking over responsibility for the Generalagentur Luzuern in 1995 a variety of management positions within the Helvetia Insurances Switzerland in Basel followed. From 2003 until 2016 he served as CEO of Helvetia Insurances Switzerland and was on the board of directors of the Helvetia Group. In September 2016 Gmür became CEO of the Helvetia Holding AG. He was responsible for the business strategy Helvetia 20.20. which was introduced in 2016.

During his time with Helvetia Insurances Switzerland Gmür initiated various acquisitions of Swiss Insurance companies such as the acquisition of Alba Allgemeine Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AG, of Phenix Versicherungsgesellschaft AG and of Phenix Lebensversicherungsgesellschaft AG in 2010. He also successfully initiated the acquisition of Nationale Suisse in 2014.

For his communication within the takeover of the Nationale Suisse Insurance and for his leadership and influence on those involved Gmür received the 2016 Communicator of the year Award from the Swiss Association for internal and integrated communication (Schweizerischer Verband für interne und integrierte Kommunikation, SVIK).

Gmür is on the Swiss Insurance Association board of directors and is part of the advisory council of Coop Rechtsschutz. In addition to that he is vice president of the Kursaal-Casino AG in Lucerne and serves on the Grand Casino Luzern AG administrative board. As an active member of the Zunft zu Safran guild Gmür held position of the guild master in 2008.

Philipp Gmür is married to the potitician Andrea Gmür-Schönenberger. They have four children. One of his brothers is Felix Gmür, Bishop of Basel.

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