Introduction
The LähiTapiola Group is Finland’s leading non-life insurer. Local services are provided by regional companies. The Group’s service offering includes, among other things, all voluntary and statutory non-life insurance, life risk insurance, as well as investment and savings services. The Group is owned by its customers, and its mission is to promote everyday safety in a long-term and sustainable manner.
Our operations are based on responsibility, preventive work, and sustainable development – economically, socially, and environmentally. Partnerships that support local vitality and address the key sustainability challenges of our time are a central way for us to fulfill our societal mission.
What is LähiTapiola’s mission and your unique approach to reclaim the sea regions?
Our mission is to combine the principles of sustainable development with long-term business operations and societal impact. In strengthening the wellbeing of marine areas and the Baltic Sea, our approach emphasizes prevention, increasing awareness, and supporting economically sustainable solutions. We believe that the condition of the seas can be improved most effectively when responsibility, local entrepreneurship, and economic profitability support one another.
What does the A’Pelago Ecosystem enable for LähiTapiola?
The A’Pelago ecosystem provides us with a concrete platform where responsibility is brought into practice. The ecosystem enables participation in the development of the Blue Economy throughout the entire value chain, from ideation and research to scalable business models and international collaboration.
What is particularly important to us is A’Pelago’s ability to help local companies connected to the marine environment launch profitable and growing businesses in a way that also promotes the wellbeing of the sea. This strongly supports LähiTapiola’s values as a customer-owned and regionally committed actor.
How does LähiTapiola collaborate with A’Pelago to drive innovation in the Blue Economy? What specific services does LähiTapiola provide to A’Pelago stakeholders to support the development of sustainable business solutions and financing opportunities?
Among the companies within the LähiTapiola Group, LähiTapiola Etelärannikko and LähiTapiola Varsinais-Suomi have wanted to invest in collaboration with A’Pelago because the partnership is based on shared values and concrete impact. Through A’Pelago’s accelerator programs, initiatives, and events, encounters are created that promote networking, the formation of new connections, and mutual understanding between different actors in coastal and archipelago regions. In these environments, LähiTapiola supports sustainable entrepreneurship and the growth of locally rooted businesses as part of broader regional vitality.
Through the collaboration, LähiTapiola brings perspectives on economic sustainability, risk management, and long-term business operations into the ecosystem. In this way, we help create the conditions for business solutions where promoting the wellbeing of the sea and economic growth go hand in hand. For us, the partnership with A’Pelago represents a model of how responsibility, innovation, and growth can genuinely be combined as part of developing the Blue Economy.
We at A’Pelago are thrilled to continue our fruitful collaboration with Lähitapiola Group and look forward to the exciting future possibilities this collaboration will bring to the A'Pelago ecosystem. Would you like to connect with Lähitapiola Etelärannikko or Lähitapiola Varsinais-Suomi? Don’t hesitate to contact Kristian Nygrén (Etelärannikko) or Olli Aakula (Varsinais-Suomi)
