company . for the bank that previously shared the same name a part of sampo group until 2006 see danske bank . sampo plc type public company nasdaq helsinki samas industry financial services founded 1988 headquarters helsinki finland key people bj rn wahlroos chairman kari stadigh president and ceo products insurance profit 1.404 billion 2012 total assets 32.05 billion end 2012 number of employees 6 767 fte 31 march 2013 website www.sampo.com sampo group is a finnish financial company made up of the parent company sampo plc and if p & c insurance holding ltd and mandatum life insurance company both of which are its fully owned subsidiaries . the helsinki based parent company administers the subsidiaries . sampo group employs nearly 6 800 employees . kari stadigh is the group ceo and president for sampo . sampo group had a banking operations under the name of sampo bank between 2000 2006 . in november 2006 it was disclosed that the banking business of sampo is sold to the danish danske bank so that sampo will concentrate on its insurance business . 1 the proceeds of the sale were invested in the shares of nordea the largest bank in the nordic region . sampo currently owns more than 20 per cent of nordea bank ab the nordic banking group . nordea is sampo s associated company . contents 1 share 2 if 3 mandatum life 4 nordea 5 name 6 see also 7 external links 8 references share edit sampo plc s a share has been listed on nasdaq omx helsinki former helsinki stock exchange since january 1988 . in terms of market capitalization sampo plc is one of the largest companies listed on nasdaq omx helsinki . shareholder structure 31 october 2014 1 . solidium entirely owned by the finnish state 11.90 % 2 . varma mutual pension insurance company 6.35 % 3 . bj rn wahlroos 2.10 % 4 . ilmarinen mutual pension insurance company 1.00 % 5 . kaleva mutual insurance company 0.93 % foreign and nominee registered owners has 59.57 % of sampo plc s shares 31 october 2014 . 2 sampo plc has more than 81 000 registered owners . if edit if p & c insurance is responsible for sampo group s property and casualty insurance operations . if p & c insurance is the leading property and casualty insurer in the nordic region with approximately 3.6 million customers in the nordic and baltic countries . if offers insurance solutions and services in finland sweden norway denmark estonia latvia lithuania and russia . mandatum life edit sampo plc owns the entire stock of the mandatum life insurance company limited . the mandatum life group owns mandatum life insurance baltic se which operates in all baltic countries and is domiciled in estonia . in latvia and lithuania the company operates through branch offices . mandatum life s market share of the finnish and the baltic insurance markets is about 20 per cent . nordea edit nordea bank ab commonly referred to as nordea is a nordic based financial services group operating in northern europe . in october 2009 sampo plc received permission from swedish authorities to acquire more than 20 % of nordea . 3 today sampo group owns 21.2 % 4 of the banking group and nordea is sampo s associated company . name edit in finnish mythology the name sampo refers to a mythical machine that creates salt food flour and gold out of nothing . see also edit list of finnish companies if p & c insurance external links edit official website of sampo group sampo group s annual report archive mandatum life if p & c insurance references edit bank danske . sampo plc to sell sampo bank group to danske bank a s danske bank . retrieved 1 june 2016 . largest shareholders . retrieved 1 june 2016 . releases . retrieved 1 june 2016 . http www.nordea.com investor % 20relations share shareholders 85732.html . retrieved 1 june 2016 . external link in title help v t e omx helsinki 25 companies of finland cargotec elisa fortum kemira kesko kone konecranes metso neste nokia nokian tyres nordea orion corporation outokumpu outotec pohjola bank rautaruukki sampo 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