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Axa Winterthur is a multinational insurance company. The original company named Winterthur was founded in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 1875. From 1997 to June 2006, Winterthur was a Credit Suisse (CS) subsidiary. [1] Paris-based Axa Insurance entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Winterthur group from CS for approximately CHF 12 billion. From 2007 onward, Axa merged the companies. Due to the takeover, Axa Insurance took over the brand name and general supervision of the company. Logo changes started to appear in Barcelona during January 2007.

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Old headquarters in Winterthur

Winterthur has subsidiaries in Germany, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, the United States, Slovakia, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Luxembourg. In addition, it has subsidiaries in Spain, although Axa are based in Madrid and Winterthur are based in Barcelona.

On June 14, 2006, Crédit Suisse sold the remaining activities of Winterthur assurances (Winterthur Europe Assurances) to the French group Axa for 12.3 billion Swiss francs (7.9 billion euros). [2] [3] Axa Suisse and Winterthur merged, becoming Axa-Winterthur.

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References

  1. Credit Suisse to Acquire Big Swiss Insurer for $8.8 Billion
  2. "Versicherer: Credit Suisse verkauft Winterthur Versicherung an Axa". FAZ.NET (in German). 14 June 2006. ISSN   0174-4909 . Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. Jean-Michel Gaudron (27 April 2007). "AXA Luxembourg: fusion en bonne voie avec Winterthur". paperjam.lu. Retrieved 2022-09-21.