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Swisscaution · Insurance · Switzerland

How a Swiss insurer turned a crisis response into a permanent culture shift.

Swisscaution

+20%

resilience score above corporate average

6

assessment rounds over 30 months

5

teams tracked with dedicated reporting

Addressing resilience as a key topic in our organisation has been extremely beneficial. I already recommended this programme and will do it again.
Patrick Oltramare · CEO, Swisscaution

The starting point.

Swisscaution, a Swiss insurance company with 120 employees, came out of the 2020 pandemic with a clear question from its CEO: how do you turn resilience from a crisis response into a permanent organisational competency? The pandemic had made the link between employee well-being and business performance impossible to ignore. But Patrick Oltramare wanted more than awareness — he wanted a structured resilience programme with measurable outcomes and the long-term commitment to see it through.

What we did.

  • Co-designed a long-term resilience strategy with leadership before any training began, aligning on goals, KPIs, and what a resilient workplace culture would look like in practice
  • Built a three-year employee resilience programme structured around two assessments per year, giving leadership a consistent, data-driven view of organisational well-being
  • Year 1: company-wide introductory keynote, a webinar series for all employees, and dedicated resilience training sessions for the management team
  • Year 2: refresher sessions for existing staff and onboarding sessions for new joiners, keeping the programme alive as the organisation evolved
  • Year 3: thematic resilience workshops for all employees, plus targeted sessions to develop a cohort of internal resilience champions

What changed.

  • Swisscaution's resilience score reached 20% above the corporate average across participating teams
  • Five teams tracked with specific insights and reporting, giving managers visibility beyond organisation-wide data
  • 30 months of sustained engagement — a resilience programme that became part of how the organisation develops and supports its people, not a one-off initiative

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