The Suva, headquartered in
Lucerne, is a
public sector insurer and leading provider of health care coverage for employees in case of accidents in
Switzerland.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 for a long time held a monopoly for compulsory coverage for employees in high risk professions.
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