ERGO is a young group whose roots go back a long way. It was established in 1997/1998 as a merger of experienced German insurers.
| 1997 |
D.A.S., DKV, Hamburg-Mannheimer and Victoria merge to establish the ERGO Insurance Group |
| 1999 |
Group asset manager MEAG and IT services provider ITERGO are set up
Market entry in Poland |
| 2000 |
Market entry in Italy and the Baltic States |
| 2001 |
Exclusive Sales cooperation with German HypoVereinsbank (today a member of the UniCredit Group |
| 2002 |
Acquisition of German direct insurer KarstadtQuelle Versicherungen |
| 2004 |
Reorganisation and new Group management organisation according to segments
Market entry in China |
| 2006 |
Market entry in Turkey and India |
| 2008 |
Market entry in South Korea
Expansion of cooperation with UniCredit to Central and Eastern Europe |
| 2009 |
Integration of travel insurer ERV and Austrian BA-CA Insurance
Decision for new brand alignment in Germany taken |
| 2010 |
The Hamburg-Mannheimer and Victoria brands are merged into the ERGO brand
Specialist business in bundles under a single brand (D.A.S., DKV) |