Business areas
The Group's operations are divided into six business areas:
Operations
Gjensidige is a Nordic general insurance group listed on Oslo Børs, with its head office in Oslo.We safeguard life, health and assets in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. In Norway, we also offer pension schemes and banking and savings solutions for private customers.
Employees
The Group had a total of 3,834 employees at the end of the year 2017.
Market shares
Market shares are calculated and published by national trade organisations. Below you will find links to the web pages where the market shares are published.
Norway
Finance Norway
The Central Union of Marine Underwriters (CEFOR)
Sweden
The Swedish Insurance Federation
Denmark
The Danish Insurance Association
Latvia
Financial and Capital Market Commission
Latvian Insurers Association
Lithuania
Insurance Supervisory Commission
Owners
Gjensidige is listed at Oslo Stock Exchange. At year-end 2017, Gjensidige had approximately 33,000 shareholders. The 20 biggest owners represented a total of 85.1 per cent of the shares in the Company.
The Gjensidige Foundation is our largest owner with an owner share at 62.2 per cent. The Gjensidige Foundationhas laid down in its statutes that its ownership interest in Gjensidige shall amount to at least 60 per cent, which shall contribute to predictability and stable ownership.
The role of the Gjensidige Foundation
A mutual insurance company is owned by the customers. When Gjensidige was transformed to an public limited liability company in june 2010, the customers ownership was continued by the Gjensidige Foundation. The general insurance customers in Gjensidige elects and is eliglibe to the general meeting and to the Board of the Gjensidige Foundation.
Read more about the Gjensidige Foundation.