Welcome to the ERGO Group Company Newsroom Responsibility Career Deutsch Home Company Facts and figures Historie History ERGO is a young group whose roots go back a long way. It was established in 1997/1998 as a merger of experienced German insurers. 1997 D.A.S., DKV, Hamburg-Mannheimer and Victoria merge to establish the ERGO Insurance Group 1999 Group asset manager MEAG and IT services provider ITERGO are set up 2000 Market entry in Italy, Russia, Poland and the Baltic States 2001 Exclusive Sales cooperation with German HypoVereinsbank (today a member of the UniCredit Group> 2002 Acquisition of German direct insurer KarstadtQuelle Versicherungen, today‘s ERGO Direkt Insurance 2004 Reorganisation and new Group management organisation according to segments 2006 Market entry in Turkey and India 2007 Representative Office opened in China 2009 Integration of travel insurer ERV and Austrian BA-CA Insurance 2010 Introduction of brand promise „To insure is to understand“ The Hamburg-Mannheimer and Victoria brands are merged into the ERGO brand 2011 New initiatives for customer dialogue in Germany, for example ERGO Customer Advisory Board and ERGO Customer Workshop 2012 First ERGO Sustainability Report 2013 Sales start of life insurance products in China 2014 New Customer and Sales Services Division 2015 German D.A.S. Company merged into ERGO Versicherung, brand D.A.S. maintained 2016 New Group Structure Permalink Print Company Portrait ERGO Group ERGO Germany ERGO International Technology Management Corporate Governance Facts & figures Business partner DFB Cup Media Relations Newsroom Career Vacancies Experience ERGO Corporate Responsibility Strategy Sustainable business practices Employees Environment Commitment Reporting & figures Contact ERGO Group AG ERGO-Platz 1 40198 Düsseldorf Germany +49 211 477–7100 Contact ERGO Whistleblowing Portal More social networks Imprint Privacy statement © 2021 ERGO Group AG | All rights reserved. Data Privacy Settings By clicking "Accept All", you consent to the storage of cookies and similar technologies, referred as tools in the future, on your device to improve site navigation, analyze site usage and support our marketing efforts. If you do not wish to agree to this, we are unfortunately not able to present you with customized adjustments and advertising on this site. You can adjust your decisions at any time by clicking the "Tool settings" button. More about the tools we use: Privacy statement Accept All Tool Settings