Antti Pulkkanen elected Managing Director of LocalTapiola General Mutual Insurance Company
Antti Pulkkanen (MSc (Tech)) has been appointed as Managing Director of LocalTapiola General Mutual Insurance Company, the parent company of LocalTapiola Group. He will start in his new position on 1 August 2025. Mr Pulkkanen (46) will move to head the company from his current role as Managing Director of LocalTapiola Savo, which he has occupied for the past five years. Before his career at LocalTapiola, Antti Pulkkanen worked for nearly 10 years in international roles at Danske Bank in Copenhagen and Finland.
“As Chair of the Board of Directors of LocalTapiola General Mutual Insurance Company, I am pleased that our company will be headed by a professional with a versatile background in insurance and banking duties internationally and in Finland. Antti is a modern leader with demonstrated experience of strategic management and successful implementation. I trust that under his guidance, the company will retain its ability to address, in the best possible way, needs to safeguard the business growth of our clients and to protect them against risk. Experience of managing client accounts and developing client processes in both the physical and the digital business environment will be advantageous in this work,” says LocalTapiola Group President Sari Heinonen.
In his new post, Antti Pulkkanen, who holds a Master of Science in Technology degree in Industrial Engineering and Management, will get to guide more than 400 non-life insurance experts whose clients consist of large companies across Finland. As a workers’ compensation insurer, LocalTapiola has a leading position in its sector.
“I look forward with enthusiasm to taking charge of LocalTapiola General Mutual Insurance Company, a firm of great social relevance. Finland needs growth, and supported by insurance and good risk management, businesses can also make their way to international markets. Our key mission is to be a risk management partner for our corporate clients. There is a growing need to safeguard the continuity of operations, insure staff against illnesses and accidents and protect companies from, for example, cyber risks. To meet this, we need to be close to businesses, make transactions increasingly smooth and actively listen to what needs our clients have now and for the future,” says Antti Pulkkanen, the new Managing Director of LocalTapiola General Mutual Insurance Company.
In his role, Antti Pulkkanen will be reporting to President Sari Heinonen starting 1 August. Approval is still needed from the Financial Supervisory Authority for Mr Pulkkanen to start in his position. Until then, Mika Makkonen, who has been serving as the acting Managing Director of LocalTapiola General Mutual Insurance Company, will continue in his role.
With Mr Pulkkanen leaving his position as the Managing Director of LocalTapiola Savo, the process to recruit a new Managing Director will be launched immediately. This recruitment is led by the LocalTapiola Savo Board of Directors, with Jani Bäck as its Chair.
LocalTapiola General Mutual Insurance Company is in charge of providing workers’ compensation insurance to LocalTapiola Group clients, and it delivers insurance and finance services to large Finnish enterprises. The company is growing and solvent, with EUR 330 million in premiums written in 2024 (+2.5% comp. 2023).
LocalTapiola General Mutual Insurance Company acts as the leading parent company of the LocalTapiola insurance group. All in all, LocalTapiola Group has more than 1.8 million customers.
