Main landmarks

Published on: 21/09/2015
1900
First law that compels to the companies to compensate to its hard-working people in the event of work-related accident. The first mutual societies are established.
1907
The Mutua General de Seguros - Branch of Work-related Injuries, the origin of Mutual Universal.
1932
Work-related injury insurance becomes compulsory. They are managed jointly by mutual societies and private insurance companies.
1939
Mutua Universal is a pioneer in creating an accident prevention department.
1961
Work-related injury insurance includes coverage for occupational diseases.
1967
The Social Security Bases Act opens a new era for mutual societies as collaborating bodies of the Social Security.
1972
Mutua Universal creates the Occupational Risk Prevention Service.
1990
The General Accounting Plan Act gives the public sector and the companies the freedom to agree on the risk of work-related injury and occupational disease. Mutual societies are now called “Mutual Societies for Work-related Injuries and Occupational Diseases of the Social Security”.
1993
Mutual General changes its name to Mutua Universal.
1993
The people self-employed workers can arrange optionally with a mutual society the financial assistance of the temporary disability.
1994
Mutual societies undertake by law the economic benefit resulting from temporary disability due to a work-related injury or occupational disease.
1996
Mutua Universal starts developing the electronic case history for managing its patients' records.
1998
Is compelled to the people self-employed workers to formalise with a mutual society the option of temporary disability benefit.
2002
Mutua Universal inaugurates the Laboratory of Ergonomics and Biomechanics, a pioneer in Spain and the first one of a mutual society of Work-related injuries.
2004
Mutual societies expand its responsibilities to cover the contingencies of work-related injury and occupational disease of the people self-employed workers.
2006
Acknowledgement of the preventive work of Mutua Universal in the centenary of the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate.
2011
Mutua Universal opens the Online Clinic.
2011
Mutual societies assume the management of the coverage for Cessation of activity of person self-employed workers.
2015
The so-called “Mutual Societies” Act comes into force, in order to modernise their management and operation. Call “collaborative mutual societies with the Social Security Institute ”.
2017
Launch of the Online Company Clinic.
2019
Incorporation of Biomechanics in the Online Clinic.
2021
Management of extraordinary benefits for self-employed workers affected by COVID-19.
2022
Online Clinic in mobility.