- Established in February 1993; the major shareholder of Kooperativa is Wiener Staedtische Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG, Vienna Insurance Group, the leading Austrian insurer rated “A+” by Standard & Poor’s
- Second largest composite insurer with a market share of 22.88% and a total premium income of CZK 27.43 billion in 2006
- Ranked second in the life insurance market with a market share of 13.33% and a premium income ofCZK 6.3 billion in 2006
- Ranked second in the non-life insurance market with a market share of 29.1% in 2006
- Services approximately 2 million clients with 3.6 million insurance contracts (thereof over 800,000 life insurance policies)
- More than 300 operations - one of the most widespread distribution networks in the Czech Republic
- Ranked first in the national league of CZECH TOP 100 (assessing companies according to enterprise and public opinion) in the category “Insurance companies and pension funds” in 2007
- Ranked first in the national survey “The Insurance Company of the Year” (based on broker's evaluation) in 2006
- Strategic partnerships with Ceska sporitelna (the biggest bank in the Czech Republic) since 2004 and Ceska podnikatelska pojistovna (an affiliated company of Kooperativa) since 2005
- Changed name to Kooperativa pojišťovna, a.s., Vienna Insurance Group in 2007
- Member of the Swiss Life Network since 1992











