Helvetia Baloise Holding AG and the Touring Club Switzerland (TCS) are continuing their partnership of over 30 years following the merger of Helvetia and Baloise, developing the collaboration further. The entities confirmed their intention to strengthen cooperation in the areas of mobility and legal protection. Customers will continue to receive insurance solutions, coverages, and mobility competence from a single source.
The partnership between TCS and the former Baloise began in 1994. The merger of Helvetia and Baloise provides the opportunity to develop the collaboration further and unlock additional potential. The future collaboration focuses on vehicle insurance, legal protection, mobility services, and the validation of further cooperation opportunities to strengthen the customer base.
Martin Jara, CEO of Helvetia Switzerland, stated that Helvetia and TCS are joining forces for their approximately 3.65 million customers and members in Switzerland to offer solutions for mobility and legal protection questions. TCS contributes its competence in legal protection and mobility, while Helvetia complements the partnership with insurance and distribution competence and its market presence in Switzerland.
Helvetia and TCS are also expanding their collaboration in legal protection. Assista Rechtsschutz AG, a subsidiary of TCS, will become a partner of Helvetia in this insurance branch starting on January 1, 2028.
Jürg Wittwer, Director General of TCS, emphasized the significance of the long-standing collaboration. He noted that the partnership is based on trust, competence, and shared values, and that the new framework agreement creates the foundation to provide solutions and services for members in the future.
The renewed and expanded agreement between TCS and Helvetia is a long-term commitment by the two Swiss brands to customer-centric cooperation. For existing customers, there are no immediate changes, and they will continue to receive the usual services and contacts.
Helvetia Baloise Group is an all-branch insurer in Switzerland and an insurance group in Europe, with over 20,000 employees supporting approximately 13 million customers with insurance, pension, and financial solutions, ranging from private individuals and SMEs to international specialty and reinsurance customers. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Helvetia Baloise is active in eight European markets and global specialty markets. The share of Helvetia Baloise Holding AG (HBAN) is traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Founded in 1896 in Geneva, the Touring Club Switzerland engages in personal mobility with over 2,200 employees and 23 regional sections, offering services in mobility, health, and leisure activities to its over 1.65 million members. A rescue takes place every 70 seconds. 200 patrol drivers undertake approximately 368,000 deployments on Swiss roads annually, enabling immediate continuation in more than 80% of cases. The TCS travel protection processes 77,000 cases and deployments, including 3,700 medical clarifications and 1,350 repatriations. TCS Ambulance operates as a private actor for rescue services and patient transport in Switzerland with 400 employees, 23 logistics bases, and approximately 45,000 deployments per year. Legal protection offices process over 48,000 cases and provide roughly 11,000 legal consultations. TCS develops educational materials, awareness and prevention campaigns, tests mobility infrastructures, and advises authorities, distributing approximately 100,000 reflective belts and 90,000 reflective vests to children annually. Driving training centers record 42,000 participants annually for training and continuing education across all vehicle categories. With 32 sites and approximately 942,000 overnight stays, TCS operates as a camping provider in Switzerland. The mobility academy of TCS researches and shapes transformations in transport, such as vertical mobility of drones or shared mobility with 358 electric cargo bikes known as carvelo and over 45,000 users. TCS is a co-signatory of the Electromobility Roadmap 2030.
