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Baloise was able to continue expanding internationally even during the depression before World War II. During the War, the headquarters were evacuated due to proximity to both the French and German border and 115 tons of files were moved to a secure location protected by the Swiss army near Saanen. After the war, Baloise was able to grow as part of Europe's economic advances and in 1962, the separate parts of the business all became part of holding structure.
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Austria, and acquisitions, including Deutscher Ring Leben in Germany, a majority stake in Mercator in Belgium, and the Providence Washington Insurance Company in the U.S. Many of these businesses were later sold, while new ones
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was launched as the company's online insurance provider, offering insurance for vehicles, personal liability insurance, home contents insurance, legal expenses insurance and travel insurance.
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Bâloise
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904:Zurich Insurance Group
799:Assicurazioni Generali
351:Basler Versicherungen
272:Basler Versicherungen
138:, Andreas Burckhardt
1257:Lindt & Sprüngli
947:Kyobo Life Insurance
731:Prudential Financial
449:"Annual Report 2015"
874:RSA Insurance Group
711:Northwestern Mutual
696:National Life Group
334:Baloise Fund Invest
228:Number of employees
204:CHF 78.783 billion
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1267:PSP Swiss Property
1067:Korean Reinsurance
1032:Arch Capital Group
942:Great Eastern Life
869:Royal London Group
746:UnitedHealth Group
741:Sun Life Financial
666:Markel Corporation
621:Berkshire Hathaway
413:SIX Swiss Exchange
406:Bâloise Assurances
256:Bâloise Holding AG
219:CHF 5.462 billion
189:CHF 511.1 million
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77:Financial services
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31:Bâloise Holding AG
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1057:Hannover Re
1025:Reinsurance
967:Nippon Life
879:Sampo Group
834:LähiTapiola
577:reinsurance
318:Switzerland
280:Switzerland
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110:Switzerland
1338:Categories
1247:Julius Bär
1227:Ems-Chemie
894:Swiss Life
884:Storebrand
854:Old Mutual
779:Aegon N.V.
736:State Farm
676:MassMutual
426:References
402:Luxembourg
221:(end 2015)
206:(end 2015)
118:Key people
1323:VAT Group
1298:Straumann
1283:Schindler
1077:Munich Re
922:AIA Group
646:FM Global
585:Insurance
579:companies
573:insurance
497:. Bâloise
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293:In 2007,
154:Insurance
57:Traded as
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1237:Galenica
1222:Clariant
1097:Swiss Re
1042:China Re
987:Singlife
849:NN Group
829:Groupama
671:Manulife
593:Americas
501:24 April
162:pensions
150:Products
142:Chairman
73:Industry
1318:Temenos
1202:Bâloise
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824:Folksam
814:Bâloise
789:Allianz
681:MetLife
458:3 April
385:Belgium
347:Germany
266:History
244:Website
168:Revenue
158:banking
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