| Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund (Suva) | |
| Type: | State-owned enterprise |
| Industry: | Accident insurance |
| Hq Location City: | Lucerne |
| Hq Location Country: | Switzerland |
| Area Served: | Switzerland |
| Owners: | --> |
| Num Employees: | 4200 |
| Num Employees Year: | 2018[1] |
| Divisions: | Rehabilitation clinics of Bellikon and Sion |
| Website: | www.suva.ch |
The Suva, headquartered in Lucerne, is the Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund. It is a public-sector insurer and leading provider of health care coverage for employees in case of accidents in Switzerland.[1]
The name is the abbreviation of Schweizerische Unfallversicherungsanstalt (German for Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund, in French Caisse nationale suisse d'assurance en cas d'accidents or CNA; in Italian Istituto nazionale svizzero di assicurazione contro gli infortuni).
It was founded 1912 and its active since 1918.[1] For a long time, it held a monopoly for compulsory coverage for employees in high-risk professions. Its surplus income is distributed to insureds in the form of premium reductions.[1]
Its three missions are prevention, insurance and rehabilitation.[1] About half of people working in Switzerland are insurance by the Suva in case of accidents (128,000 companies and 2,000,000 people insured).[1]
Unemployed people are insured against accidents by the Suva.[1] Since 2005, the Swiss Armed Forces are also insured against accidents by the Suva.[1]