The most important historical facts in the history of MAPFRE :
1933. The Agrupación
de Propietarios de Fincas Rústicas de España creates
MAPFRE.
1944. An agreement is signed
with the Caja Nacional del Seguro Obligatorio de Enfermedad.
1954. MAPFRE close to bankruptcy
due to increase in the pharmaceutical services.
1955. Ignacio Hernando de Larramendi
takes over the General Management and puts the company back on
its feet. Sickness insurance is dropped.
1962. MAPFRE acquires Central
de Obras y Créditos which operates a network of financing
companies throughout Spain.
1966. Nationalisation of workmen’s
compensation insurance. Legal separation and separation of assets
of MAPFRE MUTUALIDAD and MAPFRE MUTUA PATRONAL de ACCIDENTES de
TRABAJO.
1970. MAPFRE becomes an insurance
group with the mutual company as the parent company (motor insurance)
and two subsidiaries MAPFRE VIDA (personal insurance) and MAPFRE
INDUSTRIAL (other branches).
1975. FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE
is created. MAPFRE SERVICIOS de REASEGURO is set up.
1977. Acquisition of Mundial
de Inversiones which becomes MAPFRE INTERNACIONAL, grouping together
foreign investments.
1981. Central de Inversión
y Crédito becomes CORPORACIÓN MAPFRE.
1982. MAPFRE CAUCIÓN
Y CRÉDITO is set up.
1983. MAPFRE is ranked as the
number one insurance company. MAPFRE GUANARTEME and FUNDACIÓN
GUANARTEME are created. The CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y SEGURIDAD
VIAL MAPFRE (Cesvi), today CESVIMAP, is set up.
1984. SISTEMA MAPFRE is created.
The Comisión de Defensa del Asegurado (Ombudsman Committee
for the Insured) is set up.
1985. Mutualidad Agropecuaria
joins the Sistema as MAPFRE AGROPECUARIA.
1988. MAPFRE RE, MAPFRE ASISTENCIA,
MAPFRE INVERSIÓN and MAPFRE VIDA PENSIONES are set up.
The MAPFRE VIDA, MAPFRE MEDICINA and MAPFRE ESTUDIOS foundations
are set up. International expansion of MAPFRE ASISTENCIA commences.