COMPANYHISTORIES
NAIC 524114

Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers (pt)

How the companies in this industry began, and the forces that shaped them.

37companies1839–2002founding years37still active0no longer operating
§ 01

The industry over time

Companies foundedEconomyTechnologyEnvironmentHistory
FoundedAXA Colonia Konzern AG
1839
FoundedSkandia Insurance Company, Ltd.
1855
FoundedThe Prudential Insurance Company of America
1873
FoundedThe Chubb Corporation
1882
FoundedAllianz AG
1890
1903
TechnologyThe Wright brothers achieve powered flight.
FoundedGerling-Konzern Versicherungs-Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft
1904
FoundedJefferson-Pilot Corporation
1907
1914
EconomyWorld War I begins; global trade reorders.
FoundedUSAA
1922
FoundedTorchmark Corporation
1929
FoundedCUNA Mutual Group
1935
1939
EconomyWorld War II begins; wartime production surges.
1945
EconomyThe war ends; a long global expansion begins.
1947
TechnologyThe transistor is invented.
FoundedOregon Dental Service Health Plan, Inc.
1955
1958
TechnologyThe integrated circuit is demonstrated.
1962
EnvironmentSilent Spring launches the modern environmental movement.
FoundedCNA Financial Corporation
1967
FoundedLeucadia National Corporation
1968
FoundedAFLAC Incorporated
1973
1975
TechnologyThe personal-computer era begins.
FoundedCIGNA Corporation
1981
TechnologyThe IBM PC launches and sets a standard.
TechnologyThe first US in-vitro fertilization baby is born.
FoundedUICI
1982
1984
TechnologyApple ships the Macintosh; the GUI era begins.
1989
HistoryThe Berlin Wall falls; global markets open up.
FoundedDanske Bank Aktieselskab
1990
1991
TechnologyThe World Wide Web is released to the public.
1993
TechnologyThe Mosaic browser brings the web to everyone.
1995
TechnologyWindows 95 launches; the internet goes mainstream.
FoundedVanguard Health Systems Inc.
1997
EnvironmentThe Kyoto Protocol sets the first climate targets.
2004
TechnologySocial media and Web 2.0 take hold.
2007
TechnologyThe iPhone launches the smartphone era.
2008
EconomyThe global financial crisis freezes credit worldwide.
2010
TechnologyCloud computing goes mainstream for business.
2015
EnvironmentThe Paris Agreement sets global climate targets.
2020
EconomyThe COVID-19 pandemic upends the global economy.
2022
EconomyInflation spikes; central banks raise rates sharply.
2023
TechnologyGenerative AI reaches mainstream business use.
§ 02

The companies

Old Mutual PLC →
Active · United Kingdom
Old Mutual PLC has shrugged off nearly 150 years as an almost exclusively South African financial services business,…
AXA Colonia Konzern AG →
Active · founded 1839 · Germany
AXA Colonia Konzern AG is Germany's fourth largest primary insurer based in Cologne.
Victoria Group →
Active · founded 1853 · Germany
Düsseldorf-based Victoria Group, formerly known as Victoria Holding AG is one of Germany's leading groups of direct…
Skandia Insurance Company, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1855 · Sweden
Since its founding in 1855, Sweden's Skandia Insurance Company, Ltd.
Credit Suisse Group →
Active · founded 1856 · Switzerland
Credit Suisse Group, which began as a commercial bank in 1856, at a time when Switzerland was first embracing the…
The Prudential Insurance Company of America →
Active · founded 1873
The Prudential Insurance Company of America is one of the largest diversified financial institutions in the world and,…
Winterthur Group →
Active · founded 1875 · Switzerland
Winterthur Group is the largest life and nonlife insurance company in Switzerland, selling a broad range of insurance…
The Chubb Corporation →
Active · founded 1882
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UnumProvident Corporation →
Active · founded 1887
UnumProvident Corporation is a holding company for a group of companies that collectively are the leading disability…
Allianz AG →
Active · founded 1890 · Germany
Once known primarily as a German insurance company, Allianz AG has grown to become one of the world's leading financial…
Alleanza Assicurazioni S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1898 · Italy
Alleanza Assicurazioni S.p.A.
Gerling-Konzern Versicherungs-Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft →
Active · founded 1904 · Germany
Gerling-Konzern Versicherungs-Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft (GKB) is the holding company for the family-owned Gerling…
Debeka Krankenversicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit →
Active · founded 1905 · Germany
Debeka Krankenversicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit, based in Koblenz, sees itself as Germany's number one private…
Jefferson-Pilot Corporation →
Active · founded 1907
Jefferson-Pilot Corporation is a major U.S.
Sanlam Ltd. →
Active · founded 1918 · South Africa
Sanlam Ltd.
USAA →
Active · founded 1922
USAA is a diversified insurance and financial services company patronized primarily by U.S.
Cattles plc →
Active · founded 1927 · United Kingdom
Cattles plc is one of the United Kingdom's top providers of small loans and related financial services through a…
Torchmark Corporation →
Active · founded 1929
Torchmark Corporation is an insurance and diversified financial services holding company.
HUK-Coburg →
Active · founded 1933 · Germany
HUK-Coburg (whose full name is HUK-Coburg Haftpflicht-Unterst�tzungs-Kasse kraftfahrender Beamter Deutschlands AG) in…
CUNA Mutual Group →
Active · founded 1935
Based in Madison, Wisconsin, CUNA Mutual Group provides financial services to credit unions.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. →
Active · founded 1945
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., providing its services under the Kaiser Permanente name, is the largest…
Oregon Dental Service Health Plan, Inc. →
Active · founded 1955
With offices in Portland, Milwaukie, and La Grande, Oregon, Oregon Dental Service Health Plan, Inc.
Malayan Banking Berhad →
Active · founded 1960 · Malaysia
Malayan Banking Berhad is the holding company overseeing Malaysia's largest bank, Maybank and a range of financial…
CNA Financial Corporation →
Active · founded 1967
As the unified holding company for a diverse group of insurance entities that date back to the second half of the 19th…
Guardian Financial Services →
Active · founded 1968 · United Kingdom
Once one of the largest composite insurers in the United Kingdom, Guardian Financial Services, known previously as…
Leucadia National Corporation →
Active · founded 1968
A holding company, Leucadia National Corporation owns businesses ranging from insurance to telecommunications.
Loews Corporation →
Active · founded 1969
Loews Corporation is a holding company with diversified interests in insurance, tobacco, offshore drilling, hotels, and…
AFLAC Incorporated →
Active · founded 1973
Established in April 1973 as the holding company for a specialized insurance subsidiary, AFLAC Incorporated now insures…
Conseco, Inc. →
Active · founded 1979
Conseco, Inc.
CIGNA Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
CIGNA Corporation is an insurance and financial services organization focusing on employee benefits, with its…
Aetna Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Specializing in managed healthcare, Aetna Inc.
UICI →
Active · founded 1982
UICI is a diversified company that offers insurance and financial services to niche consumer and institutional markets.
AEGON N.V. →
Active · founded 1983 · The Netherlands
AEGON N.V., one of the world's ten largest listed life insurance groups, is a prime example of the move toward larger…
Danske Bank Aktieselskab →
Active · founded 1990 · Denmark
Danske Bank Aktieselskab is the largest banking group in Denmark and among the three largest in Scandinavia.
China Life Insurance Company Limited →
Active · founded 1996 · China
China Life Insurance Company Limited is the largest life insurer in the People's Republic of China.
Vanguard Health Systems Inc. →
Active · founded 1997
Vanguard Health Systems Inc.
WellChoice, Inc. →
Active · founded 2002
WellChoice, Inc.
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