wiener versicherung gruppe type aktiengesellschaft traded as wbag vig pse vig industry financial services founded 1824 headquarters vienna austria key people elisabeth stadler ceo g nter geyer chairman of the supervisory board products life and non life insurance profit 98.22 millions 2015 1 total assets 45 147.98 million 2015 1 total equity 5 057.80 million 2015 1 number of employees 22 995 2015 1 website www.vig.com vienna insurance group ag wiener versicherung gruppe vig with its registered office in vienna austria is one of the largest international insurance groups in central and eastern europe with approximately 23 000 employees . contents 1 history 2 management 3 structure 4 listing 5 references 6 external links history edit history of vienna insurance group dates back to 1824 with the founding of the k.u.k. priv . wechselseitige brandschaden versicherung . in the end of the 1980s the company started expanding in central and eastern europe founding kooperativa in czechoslovakia . in 1994 the company was transformed into a corporation and 11 % of the stock was introduced on the vienna stock exchange in the form of preferred shares . those were changed into common shares in 2005 as the company increased its capital by about 900 million to finance acquisitions . in 2006 the brand vienna insurance group was introduced as a global brand . in central and eastern europe subsidiaries use it next to their original name . in 2008 a new capital increase permitted the acquisition of the insurance business of erste group which turned vig to the market leader in central and eastern europe . simultaneously a long term sales agreement was signed with erste group . during the 2010 shareholder meeting it was decided to create a 100 % subsidiary for the insurance business in austria wiener st dtische versicherung ag vienna insurance group . 2 in march 2014 it was revealed that pzu and vienna insurance group were in the race to acquire rival lietuvos draudimas for around 147 million . 3 management edit since january 1 2016 elisabeth stadler is the new general manager of vienna insurance group . chairwoman of the managing board elisabeth stadler ceo member of the managing board martin simhandl cfo member of the managing board franz fuchs member of the managing board roland gr ll member of the managing board judit havasi member of the managing board peter h finger the supervisory board consists of ten members with g nter geyer being chairman . structure edit with its internationalisation strategy in the cee economic region vienna insurance group made the transition from a national insurance company to an international insurance group with more than 50 insurance companies in 25 countries . in total about 50 % of all group premiums already come from the central and eastern european markets . vienna insurance group is active in austria albania bulgaria germany estonia georgia croatia latvia liechtenstein lithuania macedonia montenegro poland romania serbia slovakia czech republic turkey hungary ukraine belarus and bosnia and herzegovina through interests it holds in insurance companies . the group also has branch offices in italy and slovenia . market group company market entry austria wiener st dtische ; donau versicherung ; sparkassen versicherung 1824 germany interrisk versicherungs ag ; interrisk lebensversicherungs ag 1990 liechtenstein vienna life 1999 italy wiener st dtische branch donau versicherung branch 1999 slovenia wiener st dtische zavarovalnica branch 2004 poland compensa ; interrisk ; polisa ; skandia 1998 czech republic kooperativa ; pp ; p s ; vig re 1990 slovakia kooperativa ; komun lna ; pslsp 1990 croatia wiener osiguranje ; erste osiguranje 1999 serbia wiener st dtische osiguranje 2002 montenegro wiener st dtische osiguranje 2010 macedonia winner ; winner life ; makedonija osiguruvanje 2007 albania sigma interalbanian ; intersig 2007 kosovo sigma interalbanian kosovo branch 2007 hungary union biztos t ; erste biztos t ; vienna life biztos t 1996 bulgaria bulstrad ; bulstrad life 2002 romania omniasig ; asirom ; bcr life 2001 ukraine jupiter ; kniazha ; globus ; uig 2004 belarus kupala 2002 turkey ray sigorta 2007 georgia irao ; gpih 2006 estonia latvia lithuania compensa ; compensa life ; baltikums aas 2008 bosnia and herzegovina wiener osiguranje 2011 moldova donaris 2014 listing edit since 1992 the company is listed on the vienna stock exchange and since 2005 it has been a member of the austrian traded index . the major shareholder is wiener st dtische wechselseitiger versicherungsverein verm gensverwaltung vienna insurance group with a stake of about 70 % . references edit a b c d annual report 2015 html . vienna insurance group . retrieved 3 may 2016 . http derstandard.at 1277336881974 vig hv segnet konzernumbau und dividende ab pzu vienna insurance in the race for lithuania s top insurer . reuters . 27 march 2014 . retrieved 28 march 2014 . external links edit official website companies portal v t e atx companies of austria andritz at & s buwog ca immo conwert immobilien invest erste group bank immofinanz lenzing sterreichische post omv raiffeisen international rhi schoeller bleckmann oilfield equipment telekom austria uniqa verbund voestalpine wiener st dtische wienerberger zumtobel v t e px companies of the czech republic cetv ez erste group bank fortuna kofola eskoslovensko komer n banka nwr o2 c.r. pegas nonwovens philip morris cr stock unipetrol vienna insurance v t e major insurance and reinsurance companies insurance composite aegon ageas aig allianz allstate aon aviva axa china pacific insurance china taiping generali ing japan post insurance national mutual insurance federation of agricultural cooperatives ping an insurance prudential plc pzu state farm insurance the hartford unipol unipolsai usaa vienna insurance group zurich insurance group farmers insurance group general insurance berkshire hathaway bnp paribas bradesco seguros direct line group hyundai marine & fire insurance if p & c insurance insurance australia group liberty mutual mapfre ms & ad insurance group picc qbe insurance rsa insurance group samsung fire & marine insurance sompo japan tokio marine travelers xl group life insurance aia aviva bupa china life cnp assurances dai ichi life great eastern jackson legal & general lic india lincoln manulife financial meiji yasuda life metlife new york life nippon life northwestern mutual old mutual phoenix group prudential financial samsung life scottish widows standard life sumitomo life sun life swiss life taikang life reinsurance gen re hannover re lloyd s of london munich re reinsurance group of america scor swiss re xl group methodology applicable fy2013 14 revenues of over us 3 billion coordinates 48 13 02 n 16 22 13 e 48.21722 n 16.37028 e 48.21722 ; 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