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 Headquarters inLucerne. | |
| Company type | State-owned enterprise |
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| Industry | Accident insurance |
| Founded | 1918; 107 years ago (1918) |
| Founder | Hermann Häberlin  |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Switzerland |
Number of employees | 4200 (2018[1]) |
| Divisions | Rehabilitation clinics ofBellikon andSion |
| Website | www.suva.ch |
TheSuva, headquartered inLucerne, is the Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund. It is apublic-sectorinsurer and leading provider of health care coverage for employees in case of accidents inSwitzerland.[1]
The name is the abbreviation ofSchweizerische Unfallversicherungsanstalt (German forSwiss National Accident Insurance Fund, inFrenchCaisse nationale suisse d'assurance en cas d'accidents or CNA; inItalianIstituto nazionale svizzero di assicurazione contro gli infortuni).
It was founded 1912 and it's 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 the people working in Switzerland are insured 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, theSwiss Armed Forces are also insured against accidents by the Suva.[1]
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