2023-06-07 19:20:39
The two health insurers Atupri and Visana will merge their activities on January 1, 2024 to form the new entity Atusana, comprising more than one million customers, Visana announced on Wednesday.
Although the two companies will merge, they will remain operationally independent under their respective brands, according to a statement. “This association is through a merger by combination and on an equal footing,” said Visana Chairman Lorenz Hess.
The marriage of the two Bernese health insurance funds will have no impact on jobs, nor on their geographical presence, they assured.
Atupri and Visana will come together within the joint Atusana foundation, which will be chaired by Lorenz Hess. The new entity will be headed by Angelo Eggli, the general manager of Visana, and his deputy Christof Zürcher, the boss of Atupri. Stephan Wilms is appointed CFO of the new entity.
“Invest and Acquire”
“Visana has a sales force throughout Switzerland and is the regional market leader in the canton of Bern. Atupri focuses on a digital orientation along the customer journey”, listed Sandra Thoma Hauser, President of Atupri.
By combining the skills of the two companies “in terms of benefits and by capitalizing on the advantages linked to the common size, the two insurers will benefit from synergies to invest and acquire”, they added.
Visana, which employs 1,450 people, claims some 848,000 private customers, including 644,000 for compulsory insurance and 16,500 institutional customers. Atupri has 180,000 policyholders and 250 employees.
In 2021, Atupri recorded premiums of 829.5 million francs and Visana revenue from insurance activity of 3.58 billion.
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