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Nationale Suisse (SWF:NATN) Corporate news announcement processed and transmitted by Hugin AS. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- The two Business Units Niches 1 and 2 will be merged into a single organisational unit on 1 November 2008. Wolfgang Gemünd, currently Head of Business Unit Niches 1, will assume leadership of the new business unit. Angelo Eggli, a member of the Executive Board and currently responsible for Business Unit Niches 2, has decided to leave Nationale Suisse and pursue a new professional challenge.



Today's Business Unit Niches 1 is comprised of the subsidiaries in Italy and Spain and the European travel insurance line in Switzerland, as well as the legal expenses insurance line; Niches 2 includes the companies in Germany and Belgium, the smile.direct direct insurance business, as well as the technical and marine insurance lines. These two business units are being merged in the context of further simplifying and optimising the management structure. Nationale Suisse sees this streamlining of the Executive Board, accompanying more decisive action aimed at pro-active marketing, as an invigorating factor making the company even more dynamic.

Angelo Eggli is leaving Nationale Suisse on 31 October 2008. He started his role as Head of Business Unit Niches 2 in December 2005 and played his part in supporting the new strategic direction launched in September 2005 with commitment and success. The Board of Directors and Executive Board would like to thank Angelo Eggli for his strong commitment to Nationale Suisse and wish him all the best for the future.



Brief profile Nationale Suisse is an innovative, The headquarters of Swiss international Swiss insurer providing National Insurance Company is first-rate risk and pension solutions in Basel. Nationale Suisse is and tailored niche products. The Group listed on the SWX Swiss has gross premiums of CHF 1.87 Exchange (NATN). On 30 June billion, one third of which come from 2008 the Group employed 1,847 their subsidiaries in Germany, persons Belgium, Italy and Spain. (1,728 FTEs).
Downloads Disclaimer You can access this media release on Swiss National Insurance our website www.nationalesuisse.ch Company wishes to point out under Medien/Medienmitteilung. that any forward-looking statements in this report are based on projections, estimates and assumptions. The influence of uncertain and unforeseeable circumstances and certain risks may mean that actual performance deviates significantly from our expectations.

Information Cornelia Frei Nationale Suisse Media relations Steinengraben 41 Tel. +41 61 275 23 72 4003 Basel Fax +41 61 275 22 21 www.nationalesuisse.ch cornelia.frei@nationalesuisse.ch

Important dates Publication of Annual Report 01.04.2009 Media conference to announce financial 01.04.2009 results at Hotel Park Hyatt, Zurich Financial analysts' conference at 01.04.2009 Hotel Park Hyatt, Zurich Annual General Meeting 18.05.2009

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Nationale Suisse Steinengraben 41 Basel

WKN: 1081197; ISIN: CH0010811971; Index: SMCI, SPI, SPIEX; Listed: Main Market in SWX Swiss Exchange;



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Nationale Suisse

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ISIN: CH0010811971

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