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NOGA 65.1 Insurance
Activity from the Swiss General Classification of Economic Activities (NOGA 2025), published by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). The full dataset (NACE 2.1 + ISIC 4 cross-walks) is included in Classifications (399 CHF).
651Multilingual description
NOGA 2025 provides the official designation in the four languages used by the Swiss federal authorities, alongside their European equivalents.
| Language | Designation |
|---|---|
| Français (fr) | Assurance |
| Deutsch (de) | Versicherungen |
| Italiano (it) | Assicurazioni |
| English (en) | Insurance |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 65.1 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 2 more specific sub-levels.
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 65.1 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 65.1 | 65.1 Insurance | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 65.1 | Insurance | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 651 | Insurance | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 65.1 | Assurance | exact |
Type exact = strict 1:1 equivalence. partial = partial overlap. multi = one source code maps to several target codes.
Neighbouring codes
NOGA codes close to 65.1, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 65.2 | group | Reinsurance |
| 65.3 | group | Pension funding |
| 64.9 | group | Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding |
| 64.3 | group | Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities |
| 64.2 | group | Activities of holding companies and financing conduits |
| 64.1 | group | Monetary intermediation |
| 66.1 | group | Activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding |
| 66.2 | group | Activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 65.1.
A company whose main activity falls under "Insurance" is classified under NOGA code 65.1.
This category covers financial institutions, banks, insurers, brokers and asset managers: banks, insurers, asset managers, financial advisers and fintechs.
The code is assigned on the principle of the main economic activity: if an entity has several activities, the one generating the most value added determines the classification.
How this code is used
NOGA code 65.1 is used by the Swiss federal authorities to classify companies by their main economic activity, notably:
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO): business and establishment register (BER), censuses and structural statistics.
- OASI compensation funds: classification of the employer's activity at registration.
- Federal Tax Administration (FTA): VAT profiling, net tax debt rates and sector statistics.
- Commercial register: "activities" field when registering a new legal entity.
- SUVA and accident-insurance funds: pricing of accident-insurance contributions by risk class.
- SECO and labour-market statistics: sector analyses and targeted support measures.
Official source
This page reproduces information from the NOGA 2025 standard published by the Federal Statistical Office. For the official version:
bfs.admin.ch — NOGA — General Classification of Economic Activities
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