About Jannis
German
Native or bilingual
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Experience
- MercorDomain Lead, Reviewer and WriterOctober 2025 - Today (9 months)Working with the world's leading AI Labs building frontier agents. Focus on Financial Services (Insurance, Banking) and Engineering.
- VHV GroupHead 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
- Head of Product Strategy, Property and Casualty InsuranceProperty andJanuary 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
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Education
- Political theory; Dr.Technical University of Darmstadt2017Political theory; Dr.
- M.Sc. ManagementÉcole des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC)2009Management