Progrès Versicherungen

Progrès Versicherungen AG was a Swiss health insurance company headquartered in Dübendorf and a member of the Helsana Group. Its core business was the mandatory basic health insurance under the Swiss Health Insurance Act (KVG) together with optional supplementary insurance products covering outpatient care, hospital treatment, long-term care, dental treatment, loss of earnings and capital insurance. In supplementary insurance it cooperated with the wider Helsana Group. Founded in 1903 in Le Locle, Progrès operated for decades as a local health fund in the canton of Neuchâtel. From the early 1990s, as part of the Helsana Group, it expanded first across French-speaking Switzerland and later throughout the whole country. In 2004 the company, previously organised as a foundation, was converted into a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft). In 2008 its registered office moved from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Dübendorf as Helsana concentrated its activities at its new headquarters. On 1 January 2011 Progrès merged with Aerosana Versicherungen AG, another Helsana Group basic insurer. With the Helsana Group's brand harmonisation on 16 June 2013, Progrès lost its own brand presence and communicated only under the Helsana umbrella, while Progrès Versicherungen AG remained a separate legal entity. On 1 January 2022 it was fully merged into Helsana Versicherungen AG, and on 3 January 2022 it was deleted from the commercial register as an independent company. The brand is therefore best understood as a former regional health insurance brand that was absorbed into the Helsana master brand. Today, customers and products associated with Progrès are served under the Helsana name, and the official web presence is the Helsana website.

Progrès was founded in 1903 in Le Locle and remained a local health fund active in the canton of Neuchâtel until the end of the 1980s. From the beginning of the 1990s, as part of the Helsana Group, the company expanded its business activities first to the whole of French-speaking Switzerland and later to the whole of Switzerland. In 2004 the company, previously organised in the legal form of a foundation, was converted into a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft). In the course of concentrating activities at the new Helsana headquarters, the registered office of Progrès Versicherungen was moved in 2008 from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Dübendorf. On 1 January 2011 Progrès merged with the basic insurer Aerosana Versicherungen AG, also a subsidiary of the Helsana Group. With the brand harmonisation of the Helsana Group on 16 June 2013, Progrès lost its own brand presence and communicated only under the Helsana umbrella; Progrès Versicherungen AG nevertheless remained an independent legal entity and legal person. On 1 January 2022 the full merger of Progrès Versicherungen AG with Helsana Versicherungen AG took place. On 3 January 2022 Progrès Versicherungen AG was deleted from the commercial register as an independent company.

• 2022

  Fully merged into Helsana Versicherungen AG on 1 January; deleted from commercial register on 3 January.

• 2013

  Lost own brand presence in Helsana Group brand harmonisation on 16 June.

• 2011

  Merged with Aerosana Versicherungen AG on 1 January.

• 2008

  Registered office moved from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Dübendorf.

• 2004

  Converted from a foundation into a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft).

• 1903

  Founded in Le Locle as a local health fund.

Regional Swiss health insurer absorbed into the Helsana master brand; focused on basic and supplementary health insurance.

• Obligatorische Grundversicherung (mandatory basic insurance)

  Basic health insurance under the Swiss Health Insurance Act (KVG).

• Zusatzversicherungen (supplementary insurance)

  Optional supplementary insurance for outpatient care, hospital treatment, long-term care, dental treatment, loss of earnings and capital insurance.

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