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The two Business Units Niches 1 and 2 will be merged into a single
organisational unit on 1 November 2008. Wolfgang Gemünd, currently
Head of Business Unit Niches 1, will assume leadership of the new
business unit. Angelo Eggli, a member of the Executive Board and
currently responsible for Business Unit Niches 2, has decided to
leave Nationale Suisse and pursue a new professional challenge.
Today's Business Unit Niches 1 is comprised of the subsidiaries in
Italy and Spain and the European travel insurance line in
Switzerland, as well as the legal expenses insurance line; Niches 2
includes the companies in Germany and Belgium, the smile.direct
direct insurance business, as well as the technical and marine
insurance lines. These two business units are being merged in the
context of further simplifying and optimising the management
structure. Nationale Suisse sees this streamlining of the Executive
Board, accompanying more decisive action aimed at pro-active
marketing, as an invigorating factor making the company even more
dynamic.
Angelo Eggli is leaving Nationale Suisse on 31 October 2008. He
started his role as Head of Business Unit Niches 2 in December 2005
and played his part in supporting the new strategic direction
launched in September 2005 with commitment and success. The Board of
Directors and Executive Board would like to thank Angelo Eggli for
his strong commitment to Nationale Suisse and wish him all the best
for the future.
Brief profile
Nationale Suisse is an innovative, The headquarters of Swiss
international Swiss insurer providing National Insurance Company is
first-rate risk and pension solutions in Basel. Nationale Suisse is
and tailored niche products. The Group listed on the SWX Swiss
has gross premiums of CHF 1.87 Exchange (NATN). On 30 June
billion, one third of which come from 2008 the Group employed 1,847
their subsidiaries in Germany, persons
Belgium, Italy and Spain. (1,728 FTEs).
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Information
Cornelia Frei Nationale Suisse
Media relations Steinengraben 41
Tel. +41 61 275 23 72 4003 Basel
Fax +41 61 275 22 21 www.nationalesuisse.ch
cornelia.frei@nationalesuisse.ch
Important dates
Publication of Annual Report 01.04.2009
Media conference to announce financial 01.04.2009
results at Hotel Park Hyatt, Zurich
Financial analysts' conference at 01.04.2009
Hotel Park Hyatt, Zurich
Annual General Meeting 18.05.2009
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Nationale Suisse
Steinengraben 41 Basel
WKN: 1081197; ISIN:
CH0010811971; Index: SMCI, SPI, SPIEX;
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