Federal Office of Private Insurance
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The Federal Office of Private Insurance was the former Swiss federal authority responsible for supervising private insurance companies before its functions were integrated into the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Office of Private Insurance canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Swiss federal authority ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
BPV
NERFINISHED
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OFAP NERFINISHED ⓘ UFAP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Swiss insurance market
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cross‑border insurance activities involving Switzerland ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dissolved | 2009 ⓘ |
| field | private insurance ⓘ |
| hasObjective |
ensure solvency of private insurers
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ensure stability of Swiss insurance sector ⓘ protect insured persons from insolvency risk of insurers ⓘ |
| hasRegulatoryFunction |
market conduct supervision of insurers
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protection of policyholders ⓘ prudential supervision of insurers ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
financial regulation
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insurance regulation ⓘ |
| isPartOfHistoryOf |
Swiss financial market supervision
NERFINISHED
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Swiss insurance regulation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Swiss Confederation
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canton of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergerInto | Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Bundesamt für Privatversicherungen
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Office fédéral des assurances privées NERFINISHED ⓘ Ufficio federale delle assicurazioni private NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedUnder | Swiss insurance supervision law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Swiss federal administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Federal Department of Finance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution | integration into integrated financial market supervisor FINMA ⓘ |
| replaced | previous fragmented supervision of private insurers at federal level ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sector | insurance supervision ⓘ |
| seeAlso |
Anti‑Money Laundering Control Authority
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Federal Banking Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supervised |
private insurance companies in Switzerland
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reinsurance companies in Switzerland ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
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Federal Office of Private Insurance
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subject surface form:
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority