PrintEmployee Numbers since 1950
Number of employees in insurance companies (office staff, sales reprentatitives and trainees)
Year Employees 1950 54,200 1955 79,900 1956 88,100 1957 94,200 1958 101,400 1959 109,900 1960 116,200 1961 125,700 1962 134,500 1963 141,000 1964 148,100 1965 155,600 1966 167,500 1967 179,300 1968 180,800 1969 184,400 1970 189,500 1971 197,300 1972 204,600 1973 208,100 Year Employees 1974 209,300 1975 203,400 1976 199,900 1977 198,700 1978 200,300 1979 202,300 1980 202,300 1981 202,900 1982 203,100 1983 200,100 1984 198,100 1985 197,300 1986 200,300 1987 202,900 1988 206,600 1989 211,100 1990 233,200 1991 251,900 1992 259,000 1993 255,900 Year Employees 1994 250,000 1995 245,600 1996 241,700 1997 239,300 1998 238,800 1999 239,600 2000 240,200 2001 245,400 2002 248,100 2003 244,300 2004 240,800 2005 233,300 2006 225,700 2007 218,900 2008 216,300 2009 216,500 2010 216,400 2011 215,500
From 1990 these figures also include the new German states
Source: AGV; Survey of Employee Growth.