The Uniqa Insurance Group AG (corporately styled "UNIQA") is one of the largest insurance groups in its core markets of Austria and Central and Eastern Europe and has approximately 40 companies in 14 countries and serve about 17 million customers.[1] The corporate headquarters is located in the Uniqa Tower in Vienna, Austria and is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange.
History
Uniqa was established in 1999. In 2000, Uniqa continued its policy of expansion abroad and acquires companies in Italy, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro, Russia, Spain, Lithuania, Germany and Croatia.[2]
On 1 July 2011, a new management board team headed by Andreas Brandstetter took over at the Uniqa Insurance Group. The new team developed a new growth strategy and begins to implement it.[3] In April 2012, the Uniqa Group sold its majority interest in the German Mannheimer AG Holding.[4]