General Casualty Insurance

General Casualty Insurance
Industry insurance
Fate Acquired by QBE Insurance
Founded 1925
Headquarters Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Key people
Peter Christen, President and Chief Executive Officer
Products property and casualty insurance
Revenue 1512.70 M (2004)
Number of employees
2,219 (2004)
Website www.generalcasualty.com

General Casualty Insurance was a super-regional property and casualty insurance provider headquartered in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin as of 2006.

Winterthur U.S. Holdings, which operated as Winterthur North America, and was also based in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin operated General Casualty Insurance, as well as Bellevue, Washington-based Unigard Insurance.

Winterthur North America was a subsidiary of Switzerland-based Winterthur Swiss Insurance Group, which was part of banking giant Credit Suisse Group.

In January, 2007, QBE Insurance Group, Sydney, Australia, agreed to buy Winterthur U.S. Holdings, the Sun Prairie-based parent company of General Casualty and Unigard Insurance Group of Bellevue, Washington, for $1.16 billion.[1]

References

  1. Newman, Judy (2007-01-05). "General Casualty to be sold". The Wisconsin State Journal, Madison.com. Retrieved 2007-01-05.


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