BKK firmus
| BKK firmus | |
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| social insurance | statutory health insurance |
| Cash register type | Company health insurance fund (open) |
| legal form | Public corporation |
| founding | 1841 |
| Jurisdiction | Germany |
| Seat | Bremen |
| Board | Gerhard Wargers |
| Board of Directors | Reiner Ahlert / Torsten Knappe (alternating chairmen) |
| Supervisory authority | Federal Social Security Office |
| Insured | approx. 120,000 |
| Budget volume | approx. 300 million euros (as of 2019) |
| Offices | 15th |
| Employee | about 150 |
| Website | www.bkk-firmus.de |
The BKK firmus , based in Bremen, is a German company health insurance fund . It is a public corporation with self-administration .
Contribution rates
Since January 1, 2009 the contribution rates have been standardized by the legislator. From 2015 to 2018, it levied an income-related additional contribution of 0.6 percent of the underlying income. Since 2019, the additional contribution has been 0.44 percent.
Companies
The BKK firmus is run by a board and is open nationwide. It operates 15 branches in Bremen , Lower Saxony , North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony .
history
BKK firmus was created through the merger of BKK Unterweser and BKK Osnabrück. BKK Osnabrück was created in 1996 through the merger of nine company health insurance funds and merged with BKK Homann Feinkost in the same year . BKK Unterweser was created in 1997 through the merger of BKK Bremer Vulkan , BKK Bremer Woll-Kämmerei and BKK Dewers . In 2004 the BKK Bremer Straßenbahn AG merged with the BKK firmus. The first BKK was founded in 1841.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tradition since 1841 (PDF; 122 KB) BKK firmus, accessed on December 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Website of the company: History
Coordinates: 53 ° 8 ′ 27.4 " N , 8 ° 42 ′ 13.4" E