Helvetia and Raiffeisen end their exclusive partnership Mittwoch, 17. Juni 2020 - 07:00
Media release
Basel, 17 June 2020
Helvetia and Raiffeisen end their exclusive partnership
Helvetia and Raiffeisen have come to an agreement to dissolve their long-standing and exclusive distribution partnership by mutual consent as of 31 December 2020. This step will enable both companies to flexibly pursue their own strategic goals independently of each other.
Following 20 years of successful cooperation, Helvetia and Raiffeisen have decided to terminate their exclusive distribution partnership by mutual consent. This will enable Helvetia and Raiffeisen to flexibly pursue their own strategic goals independently of each other. Raiffeisen Switzerland issued a call for tender for a distribution partner in the first half of 2019.
The partnership between Helvetia and Raiffeisen dates back to 1999. During this time, both companies have developed successfully: Raiffeisen has become a systemically relevant Swiss banking group, Helvetia a leading Swiss all-line insurer in Switzerland with a strong second pillar in Europe. With its many years of experience in bancassurance in safeguarding residential property, investments and pensions, Helvetia aims to tap into other business areas as technological change gathers pace and to drive the development of its ecosystems. The insurer will therefore work on establishing more targeted digital channels to achieve innovation and cooperative ventures.
The decision has no influence on current customer relationships involving Helvetia and Raiffeisen. Helvetia will continue to ensure professional and needs-oriented customer management. In 2019, Helvetia generated business volume mainly in the Swiss individual life business in the mid two-digit millions through the Raiffeisen distribution channels, which corresponds to just under ten percent of the new business in this area. The resulting contribution to earnings had only a minor effect in the low-single digit millions on the profit of Helvetia in 2019.
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For further information please contact:
Analysts Susanne Tengler Head of Investor Relations Phone: +41 58 280 57 79 | Media Dominik Chiavi Manager Corporate Communications & PR Phone: +41 58 280 50 33 |
In over 160 years, the Helvetia Group has grown from a number of Swiss and foreign insurance companies into a successful international insurance group. Today, Helvetia has subsidiaries in its home market Switzerland as well as in the countries that make up the Europe market area: Germany, Italy, Austria and Spain. With its Specialty Markets market area, Helvetia is also present in France and in selected regions worldwide. Some of its investment and financing activities are managed through subsidiaries and fund companies in Luxembourg. The Group is headquartered in St.Gallen, Switzerland.
Helvetia is active in the life and non-life business, and also offers customised specialty lines and reinsurance cover. Its business activities focus on retail customers as well as small and medium-sized companies and larger corporates. With some 6,800 employees, the company provides services to more than 5 million customers. With a business volume of CHF 9.45 billion, Helvetia generated an IFRS result after tax of CHF 538.1 million in financial year 2019. The registered shares of Helvetia Holding are traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the symbol HELN.
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