Vienna Insurance Group: Peter Thirring takes over as new Supervisory Board Chairman

As agreed during the constituent meeting that followed the 33rd Annual General Meeting of Vienna Insurance Group (VIG), Peter Thirring took over the role of Chairman of the VIG Supervisory Board with effect from 1 July 2025. He succeeds Rudolf Ertl, who will continue to serve on the Supervisory Board as Deputy Chairman.

Peter Thirring studied law in Vienna and began his career with Generali, where he also held the position of Chairman of the Managing Board of Generali in Austria. He joined Vienna Insurance Group in 2016, taking on the position of CEO at DONAU Versicherung AG.

In 2018 he joined the VIG Managing Board, taking over responsibility for areas including underwriting, compliance and the VIG Re reinsurance business, whose expansion he strongly promoted. He contributed his many years of management experience in Eastern Europe through mandates on supervisory boards in Slovakia, Türkiye, Georgia and Liechtenstein, among others.

Since 2023, Peter Thirring has been Deputy CEO of Wiener Städtische Versicherungsverein.