German BKK

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German BKK
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social insurance statutory health insurance
Cash register type Company health insurance fund (open)
legal form Public corporation
founding January 1, 2003
resolution December 31, 2016
Jurisdiction Germany
Administrative headquarters Wolfsburg
Board Guido Frings (Chairman)
Supervisory authority Federal Insurance Office
Insured approx. 1.1 million (2016)
Budget volume 3.6 billion euros (2015)
Offices 49
Employee approx. 1750 (2016)
German BKK in Wolfsburg

The Deutsche BKK was a German health insurance company from the group of company health insurance funds based in Wolfsburg . It was a corporation under public law and the statutory health insurance provider . On January 1, 2017, the nationwide company health insurance company merged with Barmer GEK to form the Barmer Ersatzkasse .

history

Founding in Wolfsburg under the official name Deutsche Betriebsskrankenkasse (until December 31, 2014) by merging on January 1, 2003 of:

At that time it was the largest company health insurance fund with around 1.1 million insured persons and 1,500 employees in 45 branches. On April 1, 2005, it was divided into the BKK LVR (around 10,000 insured persons ), on April 1, 2008 the BKK Delphi (5,100 insured persons ), on October 1, 2008 the Gothaer VuD BKK (40,000 insured persons) and on January 1, 2015 the BKK Essanelle (410,000 insured persons) and then shortened her name to Deutsche BKK .

On October 20, 2015 it was announced that Barmer GEK and Deutsche BKK intend to merge. The integration was decided by the supervisory boards of both funds on November 10, 2015. On January 1, 2017, the Deutsche BKK finally merged with the new Barmer replacement fund .

Structure and finances

In addition to the headquarters of the Deutsche BKK in Wolfsburg , part of the administration was located in Stuttgart . In 2016, the Deutsche BKK had 49 branches nationwide and had around 1.1 million insured persons, including non-contributory family members, with around 1750 employees.

The budget volume in 2014 was around 2.5 billion euros.

Contribution rates

Since January 1, 2009, the contribution rates have been uniformly specified ( Section 241 SGB ​​V). From January 1, 2016, the Deutsche BKK levied an income-related additional contribution of 1.1 percent.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Statutes of the Deutsche BKK ( memo of December 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b c Antje Höning: Dusseldorf: BKK Essanelle before merger, employees worried . Rheinische Post , July 19, 2014.
    Lothar Klein: Statutory health insurance: Deutsche BKK merges with BKK Essanelle . Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung , December 29, 2014.
  3. ^ German company health insurance fund : statutes. Entry into force: October 1st, 2008 (as of August 1st, 2014) . ( Memento of December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Statutes of the Deutsche BKK valid until December 31, 2014, accessed on October 24, 2015 (pdf; 281 kB).
  4. ↑ DIE BKK POST and Volkswagen BKK merge to form the largest BKK in Germany . ( Memento of July 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Volkswagen BKK press release of September 25, 2002, accessed on October 24, 2015.
  5. ↑ Deutsche BKK keeps the contribution rate stable for the time being, but wants to lower it in the course of the year DiabSite, December 9, 2004, accessed on March 24, 2016
  6. ^ Insurer : Deutsche BKK swallows competition . Focus Online , January 11, 2008, accessed October 24, 2015.
  7. ↑ Gothaer BKK merges with DEUTSCHE BKK on October 1st, 2008 . Press release from Gothaer Allgemeine Versicherung AG on forium.de, July 5, 2008, accessed on October 24, 2015.
    DEUTSCHE BKK: Merger with Gothaer BKK smoothly implemented . Press release of the Deutsche BKK from October 6, 2008 on deutsche-versicherungsboerse.de, accessed on October 24, 2015.
  8. ^ Andreas Mihm: Large merger among German health insurance companies . faz.net , October 20, 2015.
  9. ↑ Barmer and BKK want to become one . Tagesschau.de , October 23, 2015.
  10. ↑ BARMER GEK and DEUTSCHE BKK decide to merge . ( Memento from February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Press release November 10, 2015 by the Deutsche BKK. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  11. ↑ Articles of Association of January 1, 2017 . Barmer website, accessed December 30, 2016 (PDF; 88 kB).
  12. ↑ Deutsche BKK: Publication of the 2014 annual results according to Section 305b SGB V for the Deutsche BKK, Wolfsburg . ( Memento of February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF: 506 kB), accessed on February 7, 2016.