■UNIQA CRO Kurt Svoboda represents UNIQA in expert forum
The UNIQA Group (UNIQA) has become the newest member of the Chief Risk Officer Forum (CRO Forum), the European working and discussion group for risk management. The forum focuses on key relevant risk issues and on developing and promoting best practices in risk management.
Kurt Svoboda, Chief Risk Officer at UNIQA Versicherungen AG: “The forum offers an important platform for exchange and action for the insurance industry, particularly with respect to the implementation of Solvency II guidelines.”
The CRO forum was formed in Brussels in 2004 and currently has 15 full members. Leading European insurance companies, including AEGON, Axa, Swiss Re and Zurich, as well as other financial institutions are represented in the CRO Forum by top risk management experts.
UNIQA
The UNIQA Group (UNIQA) is one of the leading insurance groups in its core markets in Austria and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). 22,000 employees and exclusive sales partners serve 8.7 million customers in 20 countries. With UNIQA and Raiffeisen Insurance, we possess two strong brands that offer us a very good basis for our further growth. We are the second-largest insurance group in Austria with a market share of around 22%. We operate in 16 countries in the growth region Central and Eastern Europe (CEE): Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. Moreover UNIQA Group also operates insurances in Italy, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.