Wiener Städtische Allgemeine Versicherung AG#
Wiener Staedtische Allgemeine Versicherung AG, Vienna insurance company founded in 1922. In 1938 it took over the property insurance sector of the insurance companies Wechselseitige Brandschaden (founded in 1824) and Janus (founded in 1839) which had merged in 1924; further sectors were taken over later. Offers the entire range of insurances. The Wiener Staedtische Allgemeine Versicherung AG includes in Austria the Allgemeine Versicherungs AG Donau, the Union Versicherung and the Volksfuersorge Jupiter Versicherung. The company also has subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland etc. It has been listed at the Vienna stock exchange with preference shares since 1994. Total premiums in 1998: ATS 17.7 billion, approx. 4,000 employees. Managing director since 1989: S. Sellitsch.