The Suva, headquartered in Lucerne, is the Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund. It is a public-sector insurer and leading provider of health care coverage for employees in case of accidents in Switzerland.[1]
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 Headquarters in Lucerne. | |
| Company type | State-owned enterprise |
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| Industry | Accident insurance |
| Founded | 1918 |
| Founder | Hermann Häberlin  |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Switzerland |
Number of employees | 4200 (2018[1]) |
| Divisions | Rehabilitation clinics of Bellikon and Sion |
| Website | www.suva.ch |
Name
editThe name is the abbreviation of Schweizerische Unfallversicherungsanstalt (German for Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund, in French Caisse nationale suisse d'assurance en cas d'accidents or CNA; in Italian Istituto nazionale svizzero di assicurazione contro gli infortuni).
History
editIt was founded 1912 and its active since 1918.[1] For a long time, it held a monopoly for compulsory coverage for employees in high-risk professions. Its surplus income is distributed to insureds in the form of premium reductions.[1]
Its three missions are prevention, insurance and rehabilitation.[1] About half of people working in Switzerland are insurance by the Suva in case of accidents (128,000 companies and 2,000,000 people insured).[1]
Unemployed people are insured against accidents by the Suva.[1] Since 2005, the Swiss Armed Forces are also insured against accidents by the Suva.[1]
Notes and references
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h (in French) Federal Coordination Commission for Occupational Safety (Federal Department of Home Affairs), CFST communications, number 86, April 2018, page 13.