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Jannis Andrae

Property&Casualty Insurance Consultant&Manager

€1,400/day
Hamburg, DE
8-15 years

Average response time: 2 hours

About Jannis

Experienced top tier management consultant (McK, Bain) on associate partner level and seasoned N-1 level insurance leader with focus on distribution (Agents, Brokers, MGA, Direct), product management, underwriting, in force management across P&C Lines of Business in Retail and Commercial. Currently working with leading AI labs to build frontier Financial Services AI agents. I can help especially with designing, structuring, communicating and implementing complex, multi-initiative programmes in, e.g., profitability / solvency management, growth, go-to-market, cost-cutting
  • German

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Hamburg (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Mercor
    Domain Lead, Reviewer and Writer
    October 2025 - Today (9 months)
    Working with the world's leading AI Labs building frontier agents. Focus on Financial Services (Insurance, Banking) and Engineering.
    Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) Agentic AI
  • VHV Group
    Head of Strategy and Business Development International (SVP/F1 level)
    May 2025 - Today (1 year and 2 months)
    • Responsible for the development of 5 subsidiaries abroad, particularly in the areas of strategy, underwriting, active portfolio and claims management (Specialty-focused Property, Surety, Accident & Health, Engineering and Liability portfolio of approx. 450 EURM with predominant broker channel) in France, Turkey, Austria and Italy
    • Development of comprehensive guidelines, processes, monitoring instruments and tools for harmonization and quality improvement in submission funnel management, (re-)underwriting, pricing, discounting and reinsurance jointly with German carrier VHV Allgemeine (focus on LoBs Engineering, Liability, Guarantee and Property)
    • Responsibility for channel management (focus wholesale brokers, MGA, digital platforms, banks)
    • Responsibility for 3rd level referrals (submissions with high PML) and monitoring instruments (e.g., gross and net risk tolerances)
    • Responsibility for M&A activities; transaction leader of one approx. 200 EURM acquisition attempt involving actuarial, commercial, financial, tax and legal Due Diligence of a French Specialty player – deep research in French PE-backed wholesale broker market
    Portfolio Management Underwriting Growth Strategy Mergers & Acquisitions Business Development
  • Head of Product Strategy, Property and Casualty Insurance
    Property and
    January 2021 - April 2025 (4 years and 3 months)
    Head of Product Strategy, Property and Casualty Insurance (11 direct reports; up to 50 dotted line reports via projects)
    • Responsible for all strategic issues across 25 Property and Casualty lines of business (portfolio of approx. EUR 1.5 billion, of which ca. EUR 350 million Accident & Travel); as part of this, responsible for the annual Group strategy process and representative in Group Strategy team
    • Additional P&L and value chain responsibility for
    ◦ Largest distribution partners with delegated authority such as MGAs and large brokers – in this context, implementation of >25% p.a. portfolio rate adjustments and restructuring (portfolio of ca. 250 EURM) – multiple board level negotiations completed
    ◦ Surety insurance "Kautionsversicherung" (full value chain) – extensive business model transformation to suit needs of key customer segments like craftsmen
    ◦ 3rd level Underwriting (1 dedicated team) and discounting referrals for all retail lines
    • Lead in Embedded Insurance, Open Finance, PSDII/PSDIII/FIDA activities, narrow collaboration with Open Banking/Payment players as well as technology providers (e.g., Adyen, apigee, apinity, Backbase), statutory publication organs for legally mandated announcements (Bundesanzeiger) and potential FIDA scheme providers from Banking and Insurance
    • Responsibility for target customer segment management with focus on police, fire departments, crafts like bakeries, carpenters, roofers, heating installers as well as commerce and medium-sized businesses often via their representative bodies like unions or chambers in close alignment with Life & Private Health Insurance segments (e.g., on Dread Disease Insurance and corporate supplemental health insurance solutions) – development of dedicated "Keyperson" Accident product targeted at owners and Managing Directors of SMEs covering incapacity of work due to Accident, Illness or Mental Illness
    Product management Underwriting Profitability Management In force Management Distribution

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Education

  • Political theory; Dr.
    Technical University of Darmstadt
    2017
    Political theory; Dr.
  • M.Sc. Management
    École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC)
    2009
    Management

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