Historical highlights

1833

The beginnings of insurance operations in our area date back to the first half of the nineteenth century when the town of Maribor had its buildings insured against fire by an Austrian insurance institution.

1840 

Karl Denke in Karl Gerdes, the owners of a coffee substitute factory, started operating as insurance agents selling hail insurance. They represented Mariborska vzajemna zavarovalnica (Maribor Mutual Insurance company).

The period before the first world war

Not less then seventeen insurance agencies opened their branch offices in Maribor. They were representing insurance companies from Vienna, Trieste, Graz and London. Most of them operated in Maribor also after the war, when even some more were added to the list.

1927

In Maribor an insurance company "Ljudska samopomoč" (People's Self-Aid) was established. Its objective was to help relatives to cover the expenses for medical treatments or funeral services. Already first year of its existence the company had ten thousand insured persons, and less than six years after its foundation their number trebled.

1937

The above first Maribor insurance company also started a mutual loan society "Ljudska štednja". Excellent business results led to the construction of a large building located opposite the railway station (today's address is Paritzanska c. 47), which suffered bombing during the second world war, and at the same time even expanded its activities by opening its branch office in Ljubljana. 

1939

The second Maribor insurance company was "Gospodarsko zavarovalna zadruga Drava", which built its own business premises in the present Ulica talcev 1, and at the same time also opened its branch office in Ljubljana.

April 1941

The property of the "Ljudska samopomoč" insurance company was, due to German occupation, transferred to the Südmark in Graz, Austria.

1945

On the ruins of the ex-"Ljudska samopomoč"and other pre-war insurance agencies and branch offices, two branch offices of "Državni zavarovalni zavod (DOZ)" (National Insurance institution) were established: DOZ - Maribor town, and DOZ - the surroundings of Maribor.

1962

"Skupna zavarovalnica za okraj Maribor" (a joint insurance company for the Maribor district) was established due to the restructuring of "Državni zavarovalni zavod"; it was operating relatively independently despite being under supervision of "Zavarovalna skupnost Slovenije" (Slovenian Insurance Community). It was carrying out insurance operations in the territory of the then Maribor District.

1968

The year of turbulent times all over the world. It was also the year that brought real independence for the insurance company in Maribor, which was entered into the register under the title "Zavarovalnica Maribor" (Maribor Insurance Company). Soon it established its business units also in Celje, Ljubljana, Postojna, Piran and Pula.

The end of 1976

in the seventies, there was a political pressure for mergers. This led to the integration of the two sole Slovenian insurance companies - "Zavarovalnica Sava" (Sava Insurance Company) and "Zavarovalnica Maribor" (Maribor Insurance Company) into a joint insurance company called "Zavarovalnica Triglav" (Triglav Insurance Company). On 1 January 1997 a regional office Maribor of the Triglav Insurance Company started to operate, but its operations were limited solely to the Podravje and Koroška regions.

The end of 1990

 the winds of change started to blow in Slovenija and also the biggest town on the Drava river. The regional office Maribor with two bigger business units (in Slovenj Gradec and Ptuj) split from the Triglav Insurance Company and started to operate under its previous title Zavarovalnica Maribor (Maribor Insurance Company).

15 December 2000

at the annual general meetings of the Maribor and Tilia Insurance Companies the resolutions on merger were adopted. But on the grounds of the appeal filed by 17 minor shareholders of Tilia, the implementation of the entry of the integrated company into the register was suspended, and revoked at the annual general meetings of both companies in 2002. 

2000 - 2003 

Successful growing of insurance operations and providing safety and security to our customers.

2003

Opening of new business premises for Zavarovalnica Maribor d.d. branch office in Kranj.