Administration representatives

The career of Peter Binswanger (1916-1997), from Thurgau, illustrated the continuous interplay between the state and the private sector in social security. Initially, Binswanger was a lawyer in the Federal Social Insurance Office before becoming the director of a life insurance company. He therefore played a key role in both developing and implementing the three-pillar doctrine in old age provision.

Arnold Bohren (1875-1957) was director of the Swiss Institute for Accident Insurance (Suva) in the 1930s and 1940s and an influential expert on social insurance.

Ernst Kaiser (1907-1978) mapped out the actuarial basis and calculated the first pensions of old age and survivors’ insurance (AHV). After 1945, he also became actively involved in international expert committees on social security.

Johann Jakob Kummer (1828-1913) war im ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert als langjähriger Leiter des Eidgenössischen Büros für Statistik und des Eidgenösssischen Versicherungsamtes eine prägende Figur in den damaligen Sozialstaatsdebatten. An der Gestaltung der gesetzlichen Grundlage für die Kranken- und Unfallversicherung wirkte er aktiv mit.

Fritz Lang (1902-1976) was an internationally renowned occupational physician and a director of the Swiss Institute for Accident Insurance (Suva) for many years.

Arnold Saxer (1896-1975) served as director of the Federal Social Insurance Office for many years and was involved in a series of fundamental expansions and reforms to the Swiss welfare state.

Alfred Tzaut (1868-1938) was a controversial founding director of the Swiss Institute for Accident Insurance (Suva) and was responsible for an unpopular set of restrictive premium and expenditure policies in the 1920s and early 1930s.