Media release: TheTalk@TheStudio, by Helvetia and Ringier with Marc Faber

Media release

St. Gallen/Zurich, 12 March 2018

TheTalk@TheStudio, by Helvetia and Ringier

Marc Faber: "The worst mistake you can make is thinking you know something."

Swiss economist Marc Faber will be appearing as a guest this evening at TheTalk@TheStudio, held by Helvetia and Ringier. The show will be airing at least five times this year, where top-flight speakers are invited to The Studio café at the Ringier Pressehaus building. The talks will be broadcast live on the website Blick.ch.

Marc Faber is far more than a mere crash prophet. As a prominent commodities expert, he has served on numerous boards directors of mining companies, is a popular speaker at international investor conferences and is a regular commentator on several major TV networks. In live appearances and in his newsletter entitled the Gloom Boom Doom Report he provides knowledgeable commentary, penetrating analysis and thought-provoking forecasts on the economy and financial markets.

In an interview with Christine Maier, Mr Faber will be talking about his connection with Asia, his current views on the financial markets and why he usually stays in the same hotel in Zurich as back when he was a university student.

The talk will be streamed live starting at 7:15 pm here, and on our social media channels:

Helvetia:

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Linkedin

Ringier:

• blick.ch
• Facebook

Marc Faber will be the second guest of the TheTalk@TheStudio discussion series in 2018. Organised by Helvetia and Ringier, the broadcast takes place in The Studio café in the Ringier Presshaus building in Zurich.

This press release is also posted on the websites www.helvetia.ch/media and www.ringier.ch/en/press.

For further information please contact:

Helvetia Versicherungen

Claudia Sauter

Leiterin Corporate Communications & PR

Dufourstrasse 40

9001 St. Gallen

Mobile: [phone]

[e-mail]

www.helvetia.ch

Ringier Ltd

Media Relations

Dufourstrasse 23
8008 Zurich

Phone: [phone]

[e-mail]

www.ringier.ch

About the Helvetia Group

In 160 years, the Helvetia Group has grown from a number of Swiss and foreign insurance companies into a successful international insurance group. Today, Helvetia has subsidiaries in its home market Switzerland as well as in the countries that make up the Europe market area: Germany, Italy, Austria and Spain. With its Specialty Markets market area, Helvetia is also present in France and in selected regions worldwide. Some of its investment and financing activities are managed through subsidiaries and fund companies in Luxembourg and Jersey. The Group is headquartered in St.Gallen, Switzerland. Helvetia is active in the life and non-life business, and also offers customised specialty lines and reinsurance cover. Its business activities focus on retail customers as well as small and medium-sized companies and larger corporates. With some 6,600 employees, the company provides services to more than 5 million customers. With a business volume of CHF 8.64 billion, Helvetia generated underlying earnings of CHF 502.4 million in the 2017 financial year. The registered shares of Helvetia Holding are traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the symbol HELN.

About Ringier

Ringier is a diversified media company active in 19 countries with approximately 7,300 employees. Founded in 1833, Ringier manages media brands for print, television, radio, online and mobile, and operates successful print, entertainment and internet businesses. With a company history going back more than 180 years, the Ringier organisation is known for its pioneering individualism, independence and commitment to free speech and information diversity. Ringier is a Swiss family company headquartered in Zurich.

Cautionary note

This document was prepared by Helvetia Group and may not be copied, altered, offered, sold or otherwise distributed to any other person by any recipient without the consent of Helvetia Group. The German version of this document is decisive and binding. Versions of the document in other languages are made available purely for information purposes. Although all reasonable effort has been made to ensure that the facts stated herein are correct and the opinions contained herein are fair and reasonable, where any information and statistics are quoted from any external source such information or statistics should not be interpreted as having been adopted or endorsed as accurate by Helvetia Group. Neither Helvetia Group nor any of its directors, officers, employees and advisors nor any other person shall have any liability whatsoever for loss howsoever arising, directly or indirectly, from any use of this information. The facts and information contained in this document are as up to date as is reasonably possible but may be subject to revision in the future. Neither Helvetia Group nor any of its directors, officers, employees or advisors nor any other person makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this document.

This document may contain projections or other forward-looking statements related to Helvetia Group which by their very nature involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, and there is a risk that predictions, forecasts, projections and other outcomes described or implied in forward-looking statements will not be achieved. We caution you that a number of important factors could cause results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements. These factors include: (1) changes in general economic conditions, in particular in the markets in which we operate; (2) the performance of financial markets; (3) changes in interest rates; (4) changes in currency exchange rates; (5) changes in laws and regulations, including accounting policies or practices; (6) risks associated with implementing our business strategies; (7) the frequency, magnitude and general development of insured events; (8) mortality and morbidity rates; (9) policy renewal and lapse rates as well as (10), the realisation of economies of scale as well as synergies. We caution you that the foregoing list of important factors is not exhaustive; when evaluating forward-looking statements, you should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Helvetia Group on the date of its publication and Helvetia Group assumes no obligation to update such statements unless otherwise required by applicable law.

Press release (PDF)

Provider		Channel		Contact
EQS Group Ltd., Switzerland www.tensid.ch		newsbox.ch www.newsbox.ch		Provider/Channel related enquiries [e-mail] [phone]