Insurance
Europe Guide 2024 : Germany
Band 4
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Provided by Taylor Wessing
Insurance markets around the world are facing a number of challenges. This includes increasing regulation, the availability of alternative capital, online broking, longevity, cyber risks, and commoditisation. Market developments such as insurance linked securities, new products and more sophisticated coverage offer innovative solutions. Inevitably, as the market develops and new products are created, claims and litigation tend to follow.
Our international insurance group is drawn from experts in their fields and are based across the world’s major insurance centres. Our core clients include international (re)insurers, Lloyd’s syndicates and advisers, brokers and intermediaries, run-off agents and other key market participants.
We can provide you with a team that has extensive, in-depth knowledge of the commercial insurance and reinsurance markets globally, and also offer specialists in insurance mediation and international reinsurance law.
You can rely on a team with a strong market focus that has recognised expertise in insurance acquisitions and transfers, new structures and alternative capital arrangements, claims and disputes, policy wordings, reinsurance contracts including compliance, and regulatory issues.
Chambers Review
Taylor Wessing often represents insurers and public associations in various contentious and non-contentious mandates. The team has experience in coverage disputes across the insurance sector, particularly in the D&O and health spheres, with the firm being capable of representing clients in litigation of any level. Taylor Wessing also possesses expertise in distribution, revision of insurance contracts and ESG issues, as well as providing general advice on insurance regulatory law. The client list reads impressively, with Taylor Wessing representing some of the top insurers and reinsurers in Germany and globally.
Work Highlights
- Taylor Wessing advised ERGO on a range of matters, including insurance distribution law-related concerns.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Taylor Wessing gave me very useful guidance and straight-to-the-point advice. Its team is set up well with highly skilled experts."
"Taylor Wessing provided me with detailed and extensive feedback within satisfactory turnaround times."
"Taylor Wessing can handle complex and sophisticated matters very strongly. The lawyers there are always reliable partners."
"Taylor Wessing gave me very useful guidance and straight-to-the-point advice. Its team is set up well with highly skilled experts."
"Taylor Wessing provided me with detailed and extensive feedback within satisfactory turnaround times."
"Taylor Wessing can handle complex and sophisticated matters very strongly. The lawyers there are always reliable partners."
Notable Practitioners
Gunbritt Kammerer-Galahn is well placed to advise on underwriting guidelines, insurance contracts and portfolio run-offs, with further expertise in supervisory and distribution law. She also handles insurance disputes in relation to D&O claims and assists with the setting up of joint ventures and mergers between prominent insurance companies. She also offers expertise in restructuring and financing, including for insurtechs.
"Gunbritt provides sound and very useful guidance on insurance regulations to navigate us through any challenges."
"Gunbritt is a strong and experienced lawyer who has good reinsurance insights."