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Heungkuk Fire & Marine Insurance is an non-life insurance company based in Seoul, South Korea. It began selling policies in March 1948 as Koryo Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd, before it became member of the SSangyong group to become Heungkuk Ssangyong Insurance Co., Ltd in 2006. The company changed its name to current name “Heungkuk Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd in March 2009. The company went to the public on the stock exchange (IPO) in 1974, and its major businesses include the development and sales of various insurance policies such as auto insurance, health insurance, property & casualty insurance, marine, annuities, etc. It diversified it’s distribution channels which includes web-based internet, home-shopping channels and direct marketing.

Type of business : Non-Life Insurance

Line of business : Long-term, Auto, Commercial (Property, Casualty, Marine)

Date of establishment : 1948. 03. 15

Main office Address : 68, Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Homepage : http://www.heungkukfire.co.kr

On March 15, 1948, Koryo Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd was established, and it became one of the members of the SsangYong Group in 1959. The company acquired Seoul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd in 1962 and listed shares on the stock exchange(IPO) in 1974. It opened its London branch office in 1992, decorated as the Presidential Citation for Labor-Management Cooperation in 1993, and released a new insurance policy for the disabled in 1995 which has been the first move in the market . Company was very popular as the attractive premium for the first subscriber of auto insurance in 2001, and it separated from the SsangYong Group in 2002. Company independently developed its own Loss Ratio prediction system for auto insurance and released the leading auto-brand policy called ‘My-Car Automobile’ in 2003.

In 2005, the company received the grand prize in the Product Liability Management contest organized by the Ministry of Commerce Industry and Energy, and also launched new automobile Policy product called “eYou Direct” which markets via internet. In January 2006, eYou Direct was awarded as the best financial product of 2005 by the Financial Supervisory Service. In March of the same year, the company was incorporated into Taekwang Group. In 2007, the company was selected as outstanding service quality provider by the Financial Supervisory Service and the Ministry of Commerce Industry and Energy, and in March 2009, it changed its name to Heungkuk Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.