Ecclesia was established as a GmbH in 1952. Our head office has been located in Detmold (North Rhine-Westphalia) since 1962.
In the postwar years, Ecclesia mainly served churches, church facilities and church employees. This changed with the foundation of several subsidiaries.
Today, we are an internationally oriented, medium-sized group of companies which is also well-positioned in the industry and trade segment, and which has continuously expanded the business segment of employee benefits and pension management.
MILESTONES IN THE DEVELOPMENT
| 1909 | Establishment of Ecclesia Pfarrversicherung and first activity as insurance consultant and insurance intermediary, Cöln |
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| 1911 | Establishment of Ecclesia Baulast- und Feuerversicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit zu Cöln am Rhein |
| 1929 | Liquidation of the insurer and foundation of the insurance broker Ecclesia e.V. as an adviser in civil law and economic matters and as insurance intermediary, Cologne |
| 1949 | Reactivation of Ecclesia e.V. after the Second World War, Detmold |
| 1952 | Establishment of Ecclesia Versicherungs-Vermittlungs G.m.b.H., Stuttgart, additional shareholders EKD, Diakonisches Werk der EKD |
| 1959 | Establishment of Deutsche Vorsorge GmbH ("Arminia") |
| 1960 | Establishment UNION Versicherungsdienst GmbH together with the Deutscher Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband – Gesamtverband e.V. |
| 1962 | Transfer of the company seat to Detmold |
| 1963 | Renaming into Ecclesia Versicherungsdienst GmbH |
| 1976 | Joining of the Deutscher Caritasverband e.V. as additional shareholder of Ecclesia Versicherungsdienst GmbH |
| 1987 | Expansion of services to include trade and industry |
| 1991 | Ecclesia establishments in Austria and Hungary |
| 1993 | Acquisition of the Staun GmbH Versicherungsmakler, Munich |
| 1994 | Establishment of GRB Gesellschaft für Risiko-Beratung mbH |
| 1999 | Acquisition of the City Versicherungs-Kundendienst AG, Switzerland Foundation of PP Business Protection GmbH, Hamburg |
| 2000 | Establishment of Deutsche Vorsorge Pensionsmanagement GmbH, Detmold |
| 2004 | Joining of
Participation in GrECo, Wien by merging industry business in Austria and in Hungary |
| 2005 | Establishment of Ecclesia GrECo Hospital Versicherungsmakler GmbH, Vienna (together with GrECo International AG) Acquisition of Geerken + Partner GmbH, Hamburg Establishment of EOS RISQ Deutschland GmbH, Detmold |
| 2006 | Strategic development of the services for outpatient healthcare, now Ecclesia med GmbH, by joining of NAV-Wirtschaftsdienst GmbH, Cologne Joining of the
Establishment of Deutsche Gesellschaft für ZeitWertKonten mbH, Detmold |
| 2007 | Establishment of ECCLESIA mildenberger HOSPITAL GmbH, Detmold |
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| 2011 | Joining of the insurance broker IC Verzekeringen NV, Brüssel |
| 2012 | The company, which was founded in 1952, is reorganized into a holding company and its operative activities as insurance broker are transferred to an affiliate |
| 2013 | Establishment of the GrECo Ecclesia Hospital Versicherungsmakler GmbH, Warsaw (together with GrECo International AG) Participation in CONCORDIA NV, Gent Participation in Concordia De Keizer, Rotterdam |
| 2014 | Establishment of Ecclesia Broker Assicurativo S.r.l., Klausen Joining of GEAS Sanità S.r.l., Rome Establishment of Ecclesia Gruppe Assekuranz-Service GmbH, Detmold |
| 2015 | Establishment of |
| 2016 | Acquisition of the remaining shares in Concordia NV, Strombeek-Bever |
| 2017 | Acquisition of KS Assekuranz-Makler GmbH, Eschbach |
| 2018 | Acquisition of
Acquisition of a majority shareholding in Finance & Insurance Group, Amsterdam |
| 2019 | Acquisition of
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| 2020 | Acquisition of CFG Finance GmbH Acquisition of a majority shareholding in km credit consulting gmbh |
| 2020 | Merger of
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| 2021 | Acquisition of the majority shareholding company of the SCHUNCK GROUP GmbH & Co. KG |