Premium Sponsor FIS Cross-Country World Cup

Since 2006, Helvetia Schweiz has been a Swiss-Ski partner. Helvetia attaches importance to long-term relationships – with its partners and customers alike. Reliability is a central feature of the Helvetia brand. In Switzerland, the involvement with Swiss skiing has increased brand awareness and raised the company's profile as a Swiss quality brand. Through its future involvement in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Helvetia is extending this successful partnership to its other country markets.

About Helvetia Group

In more than 150 years, Helvetia Group has grown from a number of Swiss and foreign insurance companies into a successful insurance group that does business everywhere in Europe. Today, Helvetia has branch offices in

Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy and France, and routes some of its investment and financing activities through subsidiaries and fund companies in Luxembourg and Jersey. The Group is headquartered in St. Gallen in Switzerland. Helvetia is active in the life, property and casualty and reinsurance business, and almost 4,900 employees provide services to more than 2.5 million customers. With a business volume of CHF 6.8 billion, Helvetia posted a net profit of CHF CHF 341.5 million in the 2010 financial year. The Helvetia Holding registered share is traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the symbol HELN.