Legal notice

Last updated: May 2026

Publisher

Vanguard Advice SA, Swiss public limited company. Registered office: Les Pâquis 1B, 1315 La Sarraz, Vaud, Switzerland. UID: CHE-132.875.747. Registered in the Vaud commercial register on 16 December 2020.

Legal representation

Director with sole signing authority: Ms Alexia Bertoli, of Winterthour, in La Sarraz.

Hosting

OVH Cloud (French subsidiary), servers located in Europe. The site is served over HTTPS with a Let's Encrypt certificate.

Activity

Vanguard Advice SA operates Polia, an independent online comparator for insurance, credit and household services in Switzerland. Contract finalisation is handled by partner brokers registered with FINMA as unaffiliated insurance intermediaries under Art. 41 LSA.

Business model

Polia is free for users. Our revenue comes from partnerships with insurers, FINMA-registered independent brokers and, in the future, premium subscriptions. No partnership influences editorial ranking (methodology public at /methodologie).

Intellectual property

All content (text, graphics, Polia logo, code) is the property of Vanguard Advice SA or used under licence. Any reproduction, even partial, is forbidden without prior written authorisation.

Personal data

Personal data processing is governed by our Privacy Policy (revised Swiss DPA and EU GDPR). Exercise your rights at dpo@polia.ch.

Liability limitation

Comparisons and calculators on Polia are for indicative purposes only. Polia is not a financial advisor or broker within the meaning of FIDLEG Art. 11.

Applicable law

Swiss law. Disputes shall be submitted to the competent courts of the canton of Vaud, subject to appeal to the Federal Supreme Court.

Contact

Vanguard Advice SA — Les Pâquis 1B, 1315 La Sarraz, VD — contact@polia.ch