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Winterthur Group

Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Trademark based in Winterthur1

Axa Winterthur is a multinational insurance company. The original company named Winterthur was founded in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 1875. From 1997 to June 2006, Winterthur was a Credit Suisse (CS) subsidiary.2 It ceased to exist in 2018.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1875Founded1
  • Industryinsurance1
  • HeadquartersWinterthur1
  • Founded inWinterthur1
  • Websitewww.axa.ch
  • Legal formAktiengesellschaft1

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Photo: Roland Zumbühl ( Picswiss ), Arlesheim ( Commons:Picswiss project ), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Axa Winterthur is a multinational insurance company. The original company named Winterthur was founded in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 1875. From 1997 to June 2006, Winterthur was a Credit Suisse (CS) subsidiary. Paris-based Axa Insurance entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Winterthur group from CS for approximately CHF 12 billion. From 2007 onward, Axa merged the companies. Due to the takeover, Axa Insurance took over the brand name and general supervision of the company. Logo changes started to appear in Barcelona during January 2007.2

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Schweizerische Unfallversicherungs AG1

Timeline

  1. 2018Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1875Founded Founded in Winterthur1

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