The ELVIA story
ELVIA Reiseversicherungen, an Allianz group company, has been in the travel insurance business for over 50 years. ELVIA has witnessed and helped shape the development of tourism in Germany from its infancy to the internet era. When the first Volkswagen Beetle rolled towards Italy, ELVIA entered the world of travel and tourism. As an enterprise of Allianz, ELVIA Travel Insurance is part of the world’s leading Allianz Global Assistance Group network. Among special insurers in Germany, ELVIA has a top position. Modern and high quality products, professional competence, promptness, flexibility and friendly customer service distinguish the travel specialists from Munich. Every year, approximately eight million German travellers embark on their holiday with an ELVIA travel insurance policy in their wallets. The worldwide security network of ELVIA and ALLIANZ GLOBAL ASSISTANCE assures, that in case of an emergency, help will arrive instantly. And, thanks to the specialised knowledge and language skills of the ELVIA emergency call centre, communication is never a problem – no matter how complex the issue. ELVIA’s global network of doctors, hospitals, interpreters and other specialists guarantees a swift response to every need – medical, technical or travel-related. Clients can trust that they will get help promptly and with absolute reliability if the worst happens – and that their claims will never end up mired in bureaucracy.
Founded in 1949 by the Swiss insurance group Helvetia in Zurich, ELVIA had a single focus: to sell travel insurance. By the time ELVIA Travel Insurance opened in Munich in 1956, the ELVIA company had already made a name for itself in the Swiss tourist industry. More European expansion followed, with subsidiaries in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain. In 1995, ELVIA joined the Allianz group. Since 2000 – when the Swiss ELVIA Travel Insurer merged with the French ALLIANZ GLOBAL ASSISTANCE – the company has been part of the ALLIANZ GLOBAL ASSISTANCE Group as a holding of Allianz. With 8,100 employees and global annual revenues of 1,366 billion Euros (2006), ALLIANZ GLOBAL ASSISTANCE is the world’s largest travel insurance and assistance group. The global network dispose of 37 emergency call centres in 28 countries and all continents, and a pool of 400,000 service companies.
ELVIA Reiseversicherungs-Gesellschaft
| Adress: | Ludmillastr. 26, 81543 Munich, Germany |
| Phone: +49 (0) 89 624 24 – 0 Fax: +49 (0) 89 624 24 – 224 E-mail: service@elvia.de |