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Helvetia Holding

#1782

Rank

$9.16B

Marketcap

CH Switzerland

Country

Helvetia Holding
Leadership team

Dr. Philipp Gmür (Chief Exec. Officer)

Dr. Annelis Luscher Hammerli (Head of Fin. & Group CFO)

Mr. André Keller (Group Chief Investment Officer)

Products/ Services
Banking, Financial Services, Health Insurance, Insurance, Risk Management
Number of Employees
1,000 - 20,000
Headquarters
Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Established
1858
Net Income
500M - 1B
Revenue
Above - 1B
Traded as
HELN.SW
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Overview
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Summary
Helvetia Holding AG, through its subsidiaries, engages in life and non-life insurance, and reinsurance business in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, France, Liechtenstein, and internationally. It offers life insurance products in the areas of investment-linked, group life, and others; non-life insurance products in the areas of property, motor vehicle, health/accident, liability, and transport; and annuity insurance products and pension plans. The company was founded in 1858 and is headquartered in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.
History

In 1858 Helvetia was established by Eastern Swiss business people and entrepreneurs as Allgemeine Versicherungs-Gesellschaft Helvetia in St Gallen. It was the first company in Switzerland to offer an insurance against risks of transport by land, river and sea. Three years later, an own private fire insurance company was established in St Gallen called Helvetia Feuer. The occasion was the fire of Glarus, which revealed shortcomings in the building insurance system.Over the course of its history, Helvetia expanded into all five continents and thereby laid the foundation for its business activities outside of Switzerland. In 1862 Helvetia Feuer established its first branches in Germany and expanded from 1876 into the US, where it opened branches in California and New York. Between 1920 and 1962 further Helvetia subsidiaries were set up in France, Italy, Greece , the Netherlands and Canada . In Austria the history of Helvetia goes back to the establishment of Der Anker, Gesellschaft von Lebens- und Rentenversicherung in 1858. Until 2006, Helvetia Austria also operated under this name. The establishment of subsidiaries in Spain, Italy and Germany took place between 1986 and 1988.

In 1968 Allgemeine Versicherungs-Gesellschaft Helvetia merged with Helvetia Unfall and Helvetia Leben. The medium-sized insurance group has offered the entire product range in life and non-life insurance since then. In 1974 Helvetia Feuer and Helvetia Allgemeine merged to form Helvetia Feuer. On 11 October 1988 the shareholders decided in an extraordinary general meeting of Helvetia Feuer and Helvetia Unfall to separate the two partner companies in full. Helvetia Unfall took the name Elvia , which it subsidiary active as a reinsurer already had. Helvetia Feuer was renamed as Helvetia Versicherungen and given a new mission statement and branding. The three-dimensional triangular symbol was introduced.

Mission
Our mission at Helvetia Holding AG is to be a reliable and innovative partner in wealth and cost management, creating personalized solutions that meet customer needs.
Vision
We at Helvetia Holding AG strive for a healthy and secure future for our clients, shareholders and employees by providing financial stability and strong risk management.
Key Team

Mr. Achim Baumstark (Group Chief Technology Officer)

Philipp Schupbach (Head of Investor Relations)

Mr. David Ribeaud (Chief Exec. Officer of Specialty Markets)

Ms. Hamiyet Dogan (Head of People & Devel. Switzerland)

Mr. Patrick Scherrer (Head Strategy and M & A)

Dr. Markus Gemperle (Chief Exec. Officer of Europe)

Mr. Roland Bentele Ph.D. (Group Chief Corp. Center Officer)

Recognition and Awards
Helvetia Holding AG has won numerous awards, including recognition from the Swiss Insurance Awards, Insurance Excellence Award, Swiss ICT Awards and many more.
References
Helvetia Holding
Leadership team

Dr. Philipp Gmür (Chief Exec. Officer)

Dr. Annelis Luscher Hammerli (Head of Fin. & Group CFO)

Mr. André Keller (Group Chief Investment Officer)

Products/ Services
Banking, Financial Services, Health Insurance, Insurance, Risk Management
Number of Employees
1,000 - 20,000
Headquarters
Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Established
1858
Net Income
500M - 1B
Revenue
Above - 1B
Traded as
HELN.SW
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