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Also known as Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA is a Norwegian insurance company. The company traces its roots back to 1816 when a fire mutual was founded as Land Gjensidige Brandkasse in what is today Innlandet county. Gjensidige demutualised and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in December 2010. The firm, headquartered in Oslo, has a market share of some 26% (2021) in the Norwegian insurance market. The company has 36 branch offices in Norway, not including affiliated fire mutuals, and 1 million customers. Gjensidige has subsidiaries in Denmark, Sweden and The Baltics.

Key facts

Company.name
Gjensidige Forsikring ASA
Company.logo
Gjensidige_Logo.svg
Company.logo_size
250px
Company.type
Allmennaksjeselskap
Company.area_served
Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Baltic region
Company.key_people
Geir Holmgren (CEO), Inge Hansen (Chairman)
Company.industry
Financial services
Company.products
Insurance, pensions, savings, online banking
Company.revenue
NOK 24.16 billion (2015)
Company.net_income
NOK 3.785 billion (2015)
Company.assets
NOK 129.264 billion (end 2015)
Company.equity
NOK 23.3 billion (end 2015)
Company.num_employees
3,908 (end 2015)
Company.subsid
Gjensidige Bank, Gjensidige Pensjon og Sparing
Company.foundation
1923
Company.location
Oslo, Norway
Company.homepage
(Corporate) (Norway) (Sweden) (Denmark)

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Gjensidige Forsikring ASA is a Norwegian insurance company. The company traces its roots back to 1816 when a fire mutual was founded as Land Gjensidige Brandkasse in what is today Innlandet county. Gjensidige demutualised and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in December 2010. The firm, headquartered in Oslo, has a market share of some 26% (2021) in the Norwegian insurance market. The company has 36 branch offices in Norway, not including affiliated fire mutuals, and 1 million customers. Gjensidige has subsidiaries in Denmark, Sweden and The Baltics.

The company offers all kinds of insurance for retail customers, agriculture and business. It also offers pensions and savings products.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gjensidige” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.