General Health Insurance Company

The General Health Insurance Company (Slovak: Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa), is a Slovakian health insurance company. It has branches in most districts and is the largest health insurance provider in the country. As of 2018, it insured approximately 62% of the population of Slovakia.[1]

General Health Insurance Company
Native name
Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa
Company typeState owned company
IndustryHealth insurance
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995), transformed into a company in 2005
Headquarters
Panónska cesta 2, 851 04 Petržalka
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Area served
Slovakia
Key people
  • Richard Strapko (Chairman)
  • Beata Havelková (Director)
  • Ľubomír Kováčik (Director)
  • Martin Smatana (Director)
  • Marcel Klimek (Director)
  • Tomáš Malatinský (Director)
  • Oskar Dvořák (Director)
  • Katarína Berová (Director)
  • Juraj Pache (Director)
Websitewww.vszp.sk

It was established in 1995 from the National Insurance Company.[2] On 1 July 2005, it was transformed into a joint-stock company with 100% state participation administered by the Ministry of Health.[3][4] As of 1 January 2010, it was merged with the Joint Health Insurance Company.[5]

History

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The General Health Insurance Company (VSZP) was established in Slovakia on 1 July 1998 by merging the three previous health insurance companies: The Railway Health Insurance Company (Železničná zdravotná poisťovňa), Insurance Company of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic (Poisťovňa Ministerstva vnútra SR), and the Military Health Insurance Company (Vojenská zdravotná poisťovňa).[citation needed]

The spokesperson of the company was Martina Ostatníková, a well known singer.[citation needed]

On 31 December 2009 the company merged with the Joint Health Insurance Company.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Informácia o stave prepoistenia poistencov od 1.1.2018" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Od včerajšieho dňa definitívne zaniká Národná poisťovňa".
  3. ^ "VŠZP, a.s. v Obchodnom registri SR".
  4. ^ "O nás". VšZP (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  5. ^ a b "Zlúčenie VšZP a SZP by poistenci nemali pocítiť".