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 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 |
| 1980 | Acquisition of the Middelberg GmbH Versicherungsmakler, Osnabrück |
| 1982 | Acquisition of the VMD Versicherungsdienst GmbH |
| 1987 | Expansion of services to include trade and industry |
| 1991 | Ecclesia establishment in Austria |
| 1993 | Acquisition of the Staun GmbH Versicherungsmakler, Munich |
| 1994 | Establishment of GRB Gesellschaft für Risiko-Beratung mbH |
| 1999 | Foundation of PP Business Protection GmbH, Hamburg |
| 2000 | Establishment of Deutsche Vorsorge Pensionsmanagement GmbH, Detmold |
| 2001 | Participation in VMD-PRINAS GmbH Versicherungsmakler, Essen |
| 2004 | Joining of
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
Establishment of Deutsche Gesellschaft für ZeitWertKonten mbH, Detmold |
| 2007 | Establishment of ECCLESIA mildenberger HOSPITAL GmbH, Detmold Acquisition of the remaining shares in VMD-PRINAS GmbH Versicherungsmakler, Essen |
| 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 | Participation in Concordia NV, Gent Participation in Concordia De Keizer, Rotterdam including Veerhaven Assuradeuren |
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| 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
Merger of J. L. Orth GmbH Assekuranzmakler into deas Deutsche Assekuranzmakler GmbH Merger of KS Assekuranz-Makler GmbH into IAK Inter-Assekuranz Versicherungsmakler GmbH Foundation of the international broker network ECCLESIA GLOBAL NETWORK (EGN) |
| 2020 | Acquisition of CFG Finance GmbH Acquisition of a majority shareholding in km credit consulting Gmbh Merger of
into deas Deutsche Assekuranzmakler GmbH Acquisition of Sibbing Adviesgroep B.V. Merger of Medicuritas GmbH Assekuranzmakler into Ecclesia med GmbH Foundation of the reinsurance broker Ecclesia Reinsurance-Broker GmbH |
| 2021 | Acquisition of the majority shareholding company of the SCHUNCK GROUP GmbH & Co. KG Acquisition of Kegels & Van Antwerpen NV Merger of Employee Benefits Consultants Nederland B.V. und Gebr. Sluyter B.V. to Ecclesia B. V. (formerly Concordia De Keizer B.V.) Acquisition of a majority shareholding in Xolv BV by Ecclesia Holding The Netherlands B.V. Participation in LIVA Partners Ltd., London |
| 2023 | Merger of Middelberg GmbH Versicherungsmakler into deas Deutsche Assekuranzmakler GmbH Merger of GEREON Versicherung-Vermittlungs GmbH into deas Deutsche Assekuranzmakler GmbH Merger of ECCLESIA mildenberger HOSPITAL GmbH, renamed to Ecclesia Universitätsklinken, into Ecclesia Versicherungsdienst GmbH, Merger of Staun GmbH Versicherungsmakler into Ecclesia Versicherungsdienst GmbH Merger of Geerken + Partner GmbH into Ecclesia Versicherungsdienst GmbH |