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What became of it
Completed · High confidence · Last verified 2026-10-17
As catalogued
Large-scale German online comparison portal that arranges insurance (notably motor) as a licensed broker, with a customer account aggregating contracts across insurers.
2026 reality
CHECK24 is a privately held Munich comparison group covering insurance, financial products, energy, telecoms, travel and other verticals; in insurance it acts as a broker and earns commissions. It has operated in Spain since 2020; C24 Bank was founded in 2020 within the group.
The insurance comparison and brokerage model is unchanged; the group expanded geographically (Spain, 2020) and into banking (C24 Bank, 2020). In February 2026 the Bundeskartellamt declared binding its commitments to drop price-parity clauses with energy suppliers.
Germany's dominant comparison portal and a reference point for aggregator-led insurance distribution; scale and cross-vertical customer base remain its moat.
Third taxonomy
REVIEW · Verified Spain entry (2020) and broker role via Wikipedia's cited sources and the February 2026 Bundeskartellamt commitments via LTO (added); softened 'runs the C24 Bank' pending unconfirmed reports of a 2025 ownership change. Spot-checked independence; no classification changes.
Documented evidence
Startpage
Bedarfscheck
Contract overview
Price check
Personal advisor
Research interpretation
Classification paths, as catalogued, connect this example to the original insurance digitalization research models.