Editor of Ktipp founds an insurance company
The Zurich-based publishing house Konsumenteninfo publishes well-known magazines such as Ktipp, Saldo, Gesundheitsinfo, and Kgeld. Now, the media company is entering the insurance industry, as reported by the Handelszeitung in its latest issue.
"We recently founded an insurance company and are currently waiting for approval from the Financial Market Authority," says René Schumacher, publisher and majority shareholder of Konsumenteninfo-Verlag. The newly founded company called Ktipp Rechtsschutz was entered in the commercial register a few days ago with a share capital of five million Swiss francs. The insurance company is expected to launch in the fall with a team of eight and, according to Schumacher, will offer "simple, consumer-friendly legal protection insurance". The insurance is to be sold via the various publications of the Konsumenteninfo Group. In the run-up to the launch, Konsumenteninfo was also in contact with existing legal protection insurers, but then decided to go it alone.
In addition to René Schumacher, Stefan Thurnheer, partner at VZ Vermögenszentrum, and Daniel Alder, partner at the Zurich law firm Kellerhals Carrard, also sit on the Board of Directors of Ktipp Rechtsschutz.
