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Wüstenrot & Württembergische

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Wüstenrot & Württembergische (W&W)
Company typeJoint-stock company
FWB: WUW
IndustryFinancial services
Founded1999 (1999)
HeadquartersKornwestheim, Germany
Key people
Jürgen Albert Junker (CEO))
ProductsInsurance, banking
€4,07 billion[1]
Number of employees
8,129 [1]
Websitewww.ww-ag.com
New headquarters in Kornwestheim (2023)

Wüstenrot & Württembergische (W&W) is a German financial services company that offers a range of products and services, including insurance, banking, and investment products. It based in Stuttgart founded in 1999. The Wüstenrot side of the business offers banking services.[2] Württembergische offers insurance.[3] W&W took over Karlsruher Versicherungsgruppe in 2005, thereby becoming one of Germany's top 15 insurance groups.[4]

History

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Württembergische Versicherung was founded in 1828. The beginnings of the Gemeinschaft der Freunde Wüstenrot (GdF), today Wüstenrot Bausparkasse AG, date back to 1921. Their headquarters are in Ludwigsburg. It is the oldest building society in Germany. It was named after the small Swabian village of Wüstenrot, where the building society was founded.

In 1999, Wüstenrot merged with Württembergische. The merger to form Wüstenrot & Württembergische created one of the ten leading financial service providers in Germany. Other companies emerged from the merger, including W&W Informatik, which was founded in 2002. Wüstenrot Lebensversicherung was integrated into Württembergische Lebensversicherung in 2000.

In 2001, Wüstenrot Bausparkasse merged with Leonberger Bausparkasse to form the third largest private building society in Germany. In 2002, Allgemeine Rentenanstalt Lebensversicherung (ARA), in which unit-linked business was bundled, merged with Württembergische Lebensversicherung. In 2003, the securities management of the insurance companies was transferred to W&W Asset Management; the external reinsurance business of Wüstenrot & Württembergische was discontinued and Wüstenrot hypotečni banka was founded in Prague.

In 2005, Wüstenrot Bank and Wüstenrot Hypothekenbank merged to form Wüstenrot Bank AG Pfandbriefbank with headquarters in Ludwigsburg. It is one of the first universal banks with a Pfandbrief licence under new laws. In the same year, Wüstenrot & Württembergische acquired the Karlsruher Insurance Group. Following accounting irregularities and loss of market share (annual financial statements 2004 and 2005) a modernization course was launched in 2006 under the new chairman of the Board of Management, Alexander Erdland.

Since 2008, the W&W Group has presented itself with a newly developed, uniform image for both traditional brands. In mid-July 2009, Wüstenrot & Württembergische decided to increase its share capital by around EUR 30 million with new subscription rights for 5,749,538 new shares. The company's share capital thus increased to 481,067,777.39 Euro, divided into 91,992,622 no-par value registered shares.[5] The share has been traded on the stock exchange since September 9, 1999.[6] On September 13, 2009, the company's share capital was increased by around 30 million Euro. On 13 April 2010 it was announced that the financial group W&W would acquire Allianz Dresdner Bauspar via its subsidiary Wüstenrot Bausparkasse.[7][8] In September 2010 it was merged into Wüstenrot Bausparkasse.[9] The company has been listed on the SDAX since 21 March 2016.[10]

It was announced on 3 April 2018 that the subsidiary Wüstenrot Bank would be sold to Bremer Kreditbank.

The company moved to a new office campus in Kornwestheim in 2023.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bericht 2018" (PDF). Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. ^ Standard & Poor's Creditweek 2002 - Volume 22, Issues 49-51 - Page 107 "The ratings on WüstenrotHyp, WüstenrotBank, WürttLeben, and WürttVers reflect their core status to the W&W group."
  3. ^ Roberto Ruozi, Luisa Anderloni Modernisation and Privatisation of Postal Systems in Europe 2001 3540427775 "Wüstenrot later created, with Württembergische Insurance, the insurance banking group W&W. For the offer of insurance services in 1999 joint ventures were created with HDI and PB Lebenversicherung and PB Versicherung were set up."
  4. ^ Handbook of International Insurance J. David Cummins, Bertrand Venard - 2007 -0387341633 "In 2005, the takeover of the Karlsruher Versicherungsgruppe by the Wüstenrot & Württembergische .. The new group would become one of the top fifteen in the German insurance industry rankings (Versicherungswirtschaft 2005b)."
  5. ^ "DGAP-Adhoc: Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG (deutsch)". Finanznachrichten. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  6. ^ "W&W am Kapitalmarkt". Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Übernahme der Bausparkasse: Wüstenrot kooperiert künftig mit Allianz". finanzen.tipps.diskussion. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  8. ^ "W&W übernimmt Allianz Dresdner Bauspar AG". Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Wüstenrot schließt Kauf von AllianzDresdner Bauspar ab". Boersen Zeitung. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG: W&W AG wird in den SDAX aufgenommen". dgap.de. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  11. ^ Paul, Jürgen (9 February 2023). "Ein moderner Campus ist das neue Zuhause von W&W in Kornwestheim". Stimme.de (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2024.
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