Winterthur Group
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Winterthur Group is a multinational insurance company founded in Winterthur Switzerland in 1875. Until June of 2006 Winterthur was a Credit Suisse (CS) subsidiary. Now, Paris based AXA Insurance has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Winterthur group from CS for approx 12 billion CHF.
Winterthur has subsidiaries in
- Germany
- UK
- Spain (AXA are based in Madrid however, while Winterthur have been based in Barcelona.)
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Hungary
- Poland
- Czech Republic
- United States
- Slovakia
- Japan
- Taiwan
- Hong Kong
- Luxembourg
Due to the takeover, AXA Insurance will take over the brand name and general supervision of the company.
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