Country: Switzerland
Net Premiums written 1999: $2,090m (£1471.6m)

Head office:
General Guisan-Straße 40
Postfach 357
8401 Winterthur
Switzerland
Tel: +41 52 261 1111
Fax: +41 52 213 6620
Email: info.ch@winterthur.ch
Website: winterthur.com

Year established: 1875
Parent: Credit Suisse Group

History: Winterthur Insurance was founded in 1875 and it was in its very first year that it opened branch offices outside Switzerland.

Chief officer: Lukas Mühlemann, chairman