HanseMerkur International is part of the HanseMerkur Insurance Group and has been operating on the Swiss travel insurance market since the beginning of 2019. One of our predecessor companies was established in as early as 1875 − Hanseatische Krankenversicherung von 1875 Merkur VVaG. This makes HanseMerkur, the second-oldest private health insurer in Germany. HanseMerkur was offering products for the tourist market long before the establishment of HanseMerkur Reiseversicherung AG as an independent company in 1977. A combination of innovative ideas and tradition is what inspires us to rise to new challenges.
HanseMerkur – Tradition with over 140 years of history
Overview
| 2022 | Establishment of HanseMerkur Trust Swiss |
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| 2019 | Establishment of HanseMerkur International AG |
| 2017 | Full takeover of Advigon Versicherung AG |
| 2016 | Launch of the “Advigon.Krebs-SCHUTZ” cancer cover, offering additional health insurance cover tailored specifically for individuals suffering from cancer |
| 2015 | CSS Versicherung AG, Vaduz, renamed Advigon Versicherung AG. Takeover of a 75% stake to begin with |
| 2014 | Establishment of HanseMerkur Grundvermögen AG |
| 2013 | Launch of BD24 Berlin Direkt Versicherung AG |
| 2012 | Establishment of Hanse Vertriebspartner AG |
| 2010 | Acquisition of stake in impuls Finanzmanagement AG |
| 2010 | Establishment of the HanseMerkur Centre for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM Zentrum) at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) |
| 2009 | Establishment of the subsidiary HM Trust AG |
| 2008 | Establishment of HanseMerkur Krankenversicherung AG |
| 2007 | Launch of the direct insurer HanseMerkur 24 Lebensversicherung AG |
| 2006 | Cooperation with the chemist’s chain Budnikowsky (rate for dentures); takeover of Jacobsen AG |
| 2005 | Cooperation with the optician’s chain Fielmann (zero-cost insurance) |
| 2004 | Cooperation in the private additional insurance business with Deutsche Angestellten-Krankenkasse (DAK), Hamburg Münchener Krankenkasse, Hanseatische Krankenkasse (HEK) and Hamburger Sparkasse (Haspa) |
| 2003 | Acquisition of a stake in Deutsche Pensionskasse (DPK) |
| 2003 | Portfolio merger of GRUNDEIGENTÜMER LEBEN Lebensversicherung AG and HanseMerkur Lebensversicherung AG |
| 2002 | Acquisition of shares in GRUNDEIGENTÜMER LEBEN Lebensversicherung AG |
| 2000 | Albingia Krankenversicherungs-AG renamed HanseMerkur Speziale Krankenversicherung AG |
| 1999 | Acquisition of Albingia Krankenversicherungs-AG by HanseMerkur Krankenversicherung |
| 1998 | Establishment of BRUNSVIGA Lebensversicherungs AG as a wholly-owned subsidiary of HanseMerkur Lebensversicherung AG |
| 1997 | Establishment of Hanse Regional Krankenversicherung AG (together with Landschaftliche Brandkasse Hannover and Fördergesellschaft des Niedersächsischen Sparkassen- und Giroverbandes mbH, Hanover), now known as Provinzial Krankenversicherung Hannover AG |
| 1993 | Move to newly built headquarters in Hamburg |
| 1991 | Establishment of Albingia Krankenversicherungs-AG |
| 1983 | Merger of HanseMerkur Lebensversicherung AG and Braunschweigische Lebensversicherung AG |
| 1977 | Establishment of HanseMerkur Reiseversicherung AG |
| 1974 | Establishment of HanseMerkur Allgemeine Versicherung AG |
| 1972 | Establishment of HanseMerkur Lebensversicherung AG, formerly Merkur Lebensversicherung AG |
| 1969 | Merger of Hanseatische Krankenversicherung VVaG and Hanse Krankenschutz VVaG to form HanseMerkur Krankenversicherung aG |
| 1875 | Establishment of Hanseatische Krankenversicherung VVaG |
| 1836 | Establishment of Hanse-Krankenschutz VVaG |
| 1806 | Establishment of Braunschweigische Lebensversicherung AG |