History

  • ApplicableOver 140 years of experience
  • ApplicableInnovative ideas and tradition

The history of HanseMerkur

HanseMerkur has accumulated over 150 years of experience, enabling it to face future challenges with confidence.

As a traditional Hanseatic enterprise, we consider this one of our duties. Our roots are anchored in the health insurance. By 1875 one of our predecessor companies had already been founded. This makes us, HanseMerkur, the second-oldest private health insurer in Germany - long before the founding of HanseMerkur Reiseversicherung as an independent company offering travel insurance products in 1977. Our company history fills us with pride and is at the same time a further enticement to do our best.
 

Overview

  
2022Founding of HanseMerkur Trust Swiss AG
2019Founding of HanseMerkur International AG
2015Acquisition of Advigon Versicherung AG
2014Founding of HanseMerkur Grundvermögen AG
2012Founding of BD24 Berlin Direkt Versicherung AG
2010Founding of "HanseMerkur Zentrums für Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin (TCM)" at the university clinic of Hamburg-Eppendorf
2009Founding of HanseMerkur Trust AG
2008Founding of HanseMerkur Krankenversicherung AG
2008Founding of HanseMerkur Holding AG (since 2025: HanseMerkur Holding SE)
2000Acquisition and rebranding Albingia Krankenversicherungs as HanseMerkur Speziale Krankenversicherung AG
1985Acquisition and merger of Braunschweig'sche Lebensversicherung von 1806 with HanseMerkur Lebensversicherung AG
1981First presentation of the HanseMerkur Child Protection Award
1977Founding of HanseMerkur Reiseversicherung AG
1973Founding of HanseMerkur Allgemeine Versicherung AG
1972Founding of HanseMerkur Lebensversicherung AG
1969Merger of Hanseatische Krankenversicherung VVaG and Hanse Krankenschutz VVaG to form Hanse-Merkur Krankenversicherung aG
1936Founding of Hanse-Krankenschutz VVaG
1875Founding of Hanseatische Krankenversicherung VVaG