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
- 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 of 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 insurance broker City Broker, Berne
- Foundation of PP Business Protection GmbH, Hamburg
- 2000
- Establishment of Deutsche Vorsorge Pensionsmanagement GmbH, Detmold
- 2004
- Joining of deas Deutsche Assekuranzmakler GmbH, Berlin (previously DaimlerChrysler Services Assekuranz-Makler GmbH) and its affiliates Lutz Assekuranz-Makler GmbH, Munich, and IHA Industrie- und Handels-Assekuranz Versicherunsmakler GmbH, Koblenz
- Participation in GrECo, Vienna 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 Interassekuranz Sitt & Overlack GmbH, Cologne
- Acquisition of the J. L. Orth Group, Nuremberg
- Acquisition of GEREON Versicherungs-Vermittlungs-GmbH, Cologne
- Establishment of Deutsche Gesellschaft für ZeitWertKonten mbH, Detmold
- 2007
- Establishment of ECCLESIA mildenberger HOSPITAL GmbH, Detmold
- 2011
- Joining of the insurance broker IC Verzekeringen NV, Brussels
- 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 an 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 IAK Inter-Assekuranz Versicherungs-Makler GmbH, Munich
- Establishment of hevianna Versicherungsdienst GmbH, Munich
- 2016
- Acquisition of the remaining shares in Concordia NV, Strombeek-Bever
- 2017
- Acquisition of KS Assekuranz-Makler GmbH, Eschbach
- 2018
- Acquisition of Medicuritas GmbH Assekuranzmakler, Hamburg
- Acquisition of a majority shareholding in Finance & Insurance Group, Amsterdam
- Acquisition of Gebr. Sluyter B.V., Rotterdam
- 2019
- Acquisition of Employee Benefits Consultants Nederland B.V. (EBC Nederland)
- Acquisition of Hemmer & Felder GmbH, Cologne