Two key executives depart HDI Global prompting management reshuffle

Talanx Group-owned industrial lines insurer  HDI Global has shuffled its board leadership following two subsequent departures, with a 27-year veteran taking over its entire international business.

Andreas Luberichs has decided to step down from the board of management at the end of June by mutual agreement “in order to devote himself to new challenges”. While  HDI Global board member Jens Wohlthat has announced retirement effective end of September.

Wohlthat will hand over his duties to David Hullin (pictured), who will then be responsible for the entire business of the industrial lines division of the Talanx Group outside Germany. Wohlthat will continue to remain available to  HDI Global in an advisory capacity.

Previously, Hullin was responsible for Continental Europe, North and South America, the UK and Ireland, while Wohlthat’s area of responsibility covered the regions Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Global Network.

Hullin has 27 years of experience in reinsurance and in international primary insurance at the Talanx Group. Previously, he was manager for the Central and Eastern Europe region in the international retail division, with responsibility for areas including property, engineering insurance, marine and multi-risk.

The company said Luberichs will leave the management board after completing the “successful restructuring” of the organisation in Germany with profitable growth. In future, Barbara Klimaszewski-Blettner will be responsible for business in Germany. She has more than 12 years of experience in the insurance industry, including ten years in industrial insurance, and has held various positions including with Allianz Global Corporate Solutions. Currently, she heads the south-east region at  HDI Global with the locations Munich, Nuremberg and Leipzig. As managing director below the management board, she will report to the chairman of the management board of  HDI Global SE, Edgar Puls.

Torsten Leue, chairman of the management board of Talanx AG and chairman of the supervisory board of  HDI Global SE, said: “Jens Wohlthat, one of the leading experts in the international insurance industry, is going to retire. I should like to thank him most warmly for the successful expansion of the international markets. I would also like to wish him lots of enjoyment and all the best for the next stage in his life. David Hullin has a wealth of international experience and he is the ideal successor to Jens Wohlthat. He is not only familiar with the insurance business and international markets, he also knows how to conduct strategic development of profitable organic and inorganic growth. I would also like to extend my thanks to Andreas Luberichs for his successful work, particularly for the sustainable restructuring of the organisation in Germany of  HDI Global SE.”

Puls commented: “Jens Wohlthat has enriched the Management Board over many years beyond the scope of his international experience with his incisive opinions with the highest personal commitment. I would like to give him my heartfelt thanks for his dedication and I am delighted that he will continue to support us on our journey with advice into the future. David Hullin [photo] will continue to drive forward our international growth. I wish him every success in his supplementary function. Andreas Luberichs is leaving us following completion of the transformation of the German organisation at  HDI Global. I would like to thank Andreas Luberichs very much for his successful work and wish him all the best as he tackles his new challenges.”

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