HEK - Hanseatic Health Insurance

HEK - Hanseatic Health Insurance
social insurance	statutory health insurance
Cash register type	Substitute Fund
legal form	Public corporation
founding	1826
Jurisdiction	Germany
Seat	Hamburg
Board	Torsten Kafka
Board of Directors	Klaus Wonneberger (Chairman) Jürgen Schuder (Deputy)
Supervisory authority	Federal Social Security Office
Insured	over 530,000
Budget volume	approx. 1.3 billion euros (2020)
Offices	6 customer centers
Employee	about 700
Website	www.hek.de

HEK headquarters in Hamburg-Wandsbek

The HEK - Hanseatische Krankenkasse is a German health insurance company based in Hamburg. It is a nationwide replacement fund and belongs to the Association of Replacement Funds (vdek).

history

Today's Hanseatic Health Insurance Fund goes back to the self-help association of the clerks of the praiseworthy Kramer office, founded in 1826 . At the time, clerks were the clerks in the office buildings . As early as 1827, the association was renamed the Kranken-Casse der clerks of the praiseworthy Kramer office . Thus the Hanseatische Krankenkasse is one of the oldest health insurance companies in Germany, the general introduction of the German social insurance did not take place until 1881; over 50 years later. In 1901 the health insurance company already had 2,447 members. From 1927 on, it was called the Hanseatische Ersatzkasse von 1826 zu Hamburg , in 1996 it was given the current name HEK - Hanseatische Krankenkasse .

Administration and Finance

A sole director is responsible for the management. The board of directors is responsible for supervision and control as the highest body, to which 15 members belong.

The additional contribution has been 1.0% since 2015.

Web links

Commons : Hanseatische Krankenkasse  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Early documents and newspaper articles on HEK - Hanseatic Health Insurance Fund in the 20th Century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Articles of Association in the version of the 92nd amendment HEK - Hanseatische Krankenkasse, as of January 1, 2020, accessed on January 1, 2020 (PDF).
2. ↑ Data & facts about HEK on hek.de (last accessed on June 7, 2019).
3. ↑ History of the Hanseatische Krankenkasse on hek.de (last accessed on June 7, 2019).

Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′ 32.7 "  N , 10 ° 4 ′ 46.1"  E