Swiss Re to pay former employee £1.3mn in sex discrimination suit
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Swiss Re to pay former employee £1.3mn in sex discrimination suit

Aisling Finn
24 August 2023
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A former Swiss Re underwriter has been awarded £1.29mn ($1.63mn) in compensation after she won a sex and maternity discrimination and unfair dismissal case against the insurer last year.

Earlier this year, following the initial decision in the case, Julia Sommer sought £5.1mn in compensation.

In the lawsuit, she alleged her manager, Robert Llewellyn – former global head of trade credit and political risk, who left the carrier in...

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