Company Overview

Business Description

Sector
Financials
Industry
Insurance
Headquarters
Austria AT
Employees
32 706
IPO date
Oct 17, 1994

Vienna Insurance Group Wiener Versicherung Gruppe is a large insurance holding company focused on Central and Eastern Europe. Through a network of local subsidiaries and brands, it sells life, health, and property and casualty insurance to individuals, families, small businesses, and larger companies. It also serves public-sector and institutional clients in some markets.

The company makes money mainly by collecting insurance premiums and investing the cash before claims are paid. Its core products include car, home, liability, accident, life, and health coverage, plus related services such as claims handling and risk management. Most of its business comes from long-term customer relationships built through agents, brokers, banks, and direct sales in each country.

What sets Vienna Insurance Group apart is its regional structure. Instead of running one single brand everywhere, it owns and supports local insurers that know their home markets and sell under familiar names. That makes it a key insurance provider in the region and a central part of the value chain between policyholders, sales partners, and the broader financial system.

Vienna Insurance Group Wiener Versicherung Gruppe AG Investor Relations

Address
Schottenring 30
Wien
Austria

Business Segments

Property and casualty insurance

This is the core insurance business for homes, cars, liability, accidents, and commercial risks. VIG underwrites policies through its local insurance companies in Austria and many Central and Eastern European markets.

Customers and revenue model

Life insurance

This part sells policies that pay out on death or after a set term, and it also includes savings-linked life products in some markets.

Customers and revenue model

Health insurance

Description, customers and revenue model

Management

Mr. Hartwig Loger

Chairman of the Managing Board, CEO & GM

Biography unavailable

Mr. Peter Franz Hofinger

Deputy GM & Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board

Biography unavailable

Mr. Gabor Lehel

Member of the Managing Board & CIO

Biography unavailable

Magistrate Gerhard Lahner M.Sc.

Member of the Managing Board & COO

Biography unavailable

Mr. Harald Riener

Member of the Managing Board

Biography unavailable

Magistrate Christoph Rath

Deputy Board Member of the Managing Board

Biography unavailable

Ms. Nina Higatzberger-Schwarz

Head of Investor Relations

Biography unavailable

Jasmin Schwarz

Head of Compliance

Biography unavailable

Philipp Bardas

General Secretariat & Head of Legal

Biography unavailable

Ms. Karin Kafesie

Head of Communication, internal Cooperation & Collaboration

Biography unavailable

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