
History

- After three successive unsuccessive takeover bids for Grupo SURA shares, its composition changes and the Shareholders' Meeting modifies the Board of Directors.
- SURA was included in Colombia in the Private Social Investment Index (IISP) and highlighted for best practices in social capital management.
- Suramericana launches its insurtech to boost the digital market of Seguros SURA in 9 Latin American countries.
- Grupo SURA is the sixth company with best practices in its industry as part of S&P's Dow Jones 2022 Global Sustainability Index.

- VaxThera, Suramericana's investment in the development, packaging and manufacturing of vaccines, is born.
- Fundación SURA celebrates 50 years of history and consolidates its position as a social investment benchmark.
- Grupo SURA shares begin trading on the Santiago de Chile Stock Exchange.
- EPS SURA applies 5 million vaccines against COVID-19 and its lethality rate is three times lower than in Colombia.
- Grupo SURA is 7th in ALAS20, among leading companies in sustainability, corporate governance and investor relations.

- Gonzalo Alberto Pérez takes over as Chief Executive Officer of Grupo SURA after David Bojanini announces his upcoming retirement.
- Juana Francisca Llano succeeds Gonzalo Pérez as Chief Executive Officer of Suramericana.
- The Companies belonging to the SURA Business Group take measures to ensure their ongoing business continuity in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Grupo SURA is given the Latin Trade Index Americas Sustainability award for 2020 (in the “Multi-Latina” category).

- 76.3% of Grupo SURA's investment portfolio is concentrated in the financial service sector.
- Grupo SURA obtained an all-time high in consolidated net income and reduced its individual indebtedness.
- The Group’s core subsidiaries, SURA AM and Suramericana, made further headway with transforming their different lines of business and creating greater added value for our clients

- Grupo SURA obtained the Silver Class medal by entering the Robeco SAM Sustainability Yearbook for the eighth time.
- Seguros SURA Mexico acquired SURA AM Life business in Mexico.
- SURA Ventures added minority stakes in three companies to add 12 to its portfolio.
- SURA Asset Management completed the sale of its annuities business in Chile.

- We increased our participation in SURA Asset Management to 83.58%.
- We created the SURA Ventures program and with it we started participating in new companies with disruptive business models based on technology.
- Our subsidiary Suramericana acquires the operation of RSA Insurance Group Plc in Latin America. Suramericana thus consolidates a leading insurance platform, geographically diversified, with presence in 9 countries.

- We acquire ING's Latin American operation, which includes pension fund and mutual fund managers in five countries. SURA Asset Management is created to manage the acquired operation.
- We are included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, which groups the companies with the best sustainability performance in the world.
The brand is renewed and henceforth it is called SURA.
- We acquire ING's Latin American operation, which includes pension fund and mutual fund managers in five countries. SURA Asset Management is created to manage the acquired operation.
- We are included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, which groups the companies with the best sustainability performance in the world.

We define the provision of diverse financial services and insurance in the Latin American market as our strategic focus.
- We acquire ING's Latin American operation, which includes pension fund and mutual fund managers in five countries. SURA Asset Management is created to manage the acquired operation.
- We are included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, which groups the companies with the best sustainability performance in the world.
Conavi and Corfinsura merge with Bancolombia, creating a universal banking group which is the current leader in the Colombian market and is present in 6 countries.
Reinsurer Munich Re acquire shares in Suramericana. We retain the majority, and currently hold 81.1%.

- We started operating in international markets when we acquired the majority of the company Interoceánica, in Panama.
- We separated our investment portfolio from the insurance activity. Our stocks for Suramericana de Inversiones (currently Grupo SURA), holding of the affiliate Suramericana de Seguros, was listed in the stock exchange.
- Banco Industrial Colombiano buys 51% of the shares of Banco de Colombia, and Bancolombia is created.
The professional risk administration company Suratep, now ARL SURA, was created.
- We started operating in international markets when we acquired the majority of the company Interoceánica, in Panama.
- We separated our investment portfolio from the insurance activity. Our stocks for Suramericana de Inversiones (currently Grupo SURA), holding of the affiliate Suramericana de Seguros, was listed in the stock exchange.
- Banco Industrial Colombiano buys 51% of the shares of Banco de Colombia, and Bancolombia is created.

- The pension fund administrator Protección was created.
- The stock brokerage company Suvalor was established.
The prepaid medicine company Susalud, which later became EPS SURA, was created.
- The pension fund administrator Protección was created.
- The stock brokerage company Suvalor was established.

- We acquired Colombo Mexicana de Inversiones and Sufinanciamiento was created.
- In association with Cementos Argos, we created Suleasing.
- Corfinsura was created with the merger of Corporación Financiera Nacional and Corporación Financiera Suramericana.
In light of several purchase of companies from Antioquia that were listed in the stock exchanges by business groups that concentrated their ownership, our leaders and other companies proposed a “movement for the defense of the public limited liability companies and the industrial heritage of Antioquia”. This created a system of participation in which companies bought shares in other companies.Since then, patrimonial links have been maintained and a business philosophy has been shared between the food companies (Grupo Nutresa), infrastructure (Grupo Argos) and financial services (Grupo SURA).
- We acquired Colombo Mexicana de Inversiones and Sufinanciamiento was created.
- In association with Cementos Argos, we created Suleasing.
- Corfinsura was created with the merger of Corporación Financiera Nacional and Corporación Financiera Suramericana.

- Our Tiger makes its appearance, one of the best positioned characters in Colombian advertising.
- We participated in the creation of Fundación Suramericana, currently Fundación SURA, to implement social responsibility actions.
- We participated in the creation of Corporación Financiera Industrial Agrícola, which we purchased in its entirety in 1976, and became Corporación Financiera Suramericana.

- We reached the figure of 1,000 employees.
- We published the first art book sponsored by Suramericana, which is part of a tradition of cultural support that continues.

Creation of the Compañía Suramericana de Capitalización, which offered savings services.
- We reached the figure of 1,000 employees.
- We published the first art book sponsored by Suramericana, which is part of a tradition of cultural support that continues.
- We televised the news program Noticiero Suramericana, which aired for 20 years.

We purchased our first computing equipment to process our information.
- We televised the news program Noticiero Suramericana, which aired for 20 years.

- We bought our own headquarters in downtown Medellin.
- The affiliate Suramericana de Seguros de Vida is established.

- We issued the first general insurance policy to the steel company Talleres Robledo.
- We paid the first claim to the textile company Coltejer. We opened a branch office in Bogota.
- Participated in the creation of Banco Industrial Colombiano.

- We issued the first general insurance policy to the steel mill Talleres Robledo.

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