Private company

Gerling Group

The Gerling-Konzern, also known as the Gerling Group, was an internationally operating Cologne-based multi-line insurance company that was taken over in April 2006 by the Hanover-based Talanx Group,.1

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

May 4, 1904Founded1
  • Industryinsurance1
  • HeadquartersCologne1

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The Gerling-Konzern, also known as the Gerling Group, was an internationally operating Cologne-based multi-line insurance company that was taken over in April 2006 by the Hanover-based Talanx Group, brand name HDI Haftpflichtverband der Deutschen Industrie, Germany's third largest insurance group. The group was fully integrated into HDI.2

How it started

History

The Gerling Group was shaped primarily by three generations of the Gerling family, the company founder Rudolf Gerling, his son Hans Gerling and grandson Rolf Gerling.

Robert Gerling

Robert Gerling founded together with the underwear manufacturer Wilhelm Marum the Central Insurance Office Robert Gerling & Co. Ges. M. B. (Centrale für Versicherungswesen Robert Gerling & Co. Ges. m. b. H.) in Cologne on 11 March 1904. H., and the Insurance Bureau Robert Gerling & Co. GmbH (Bureau für Versicherungswesen Robert Gerling & Co. GmbH) on 4 May 1904. Gerling and Marum also registered, on 5 December 1904, Rheinischer Insured Association (Rheinischer Versicherten-Verband) to advise policyholders.

On 23 October 1909 Gerling founded a fire insurance company, Rheinische Feuerversicherungs-AG, which collaborated with Kronprinz Versicherungs-AG, merging with it in December 1936. In early 1914, Marum resigned from the insurance bureau. In January 1917 Robert Gerling founded a second reinsurance company Rheinische Versicherungsbank AG

Hans Gerling

From Wikipedia’s article on Gerling Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Leadership

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Chief executive

  1. Hans Gerling1949–now
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Board members and other officers (1)

Timeline

  1. Apr 2006Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1949New chief executive Hans Gerling becomes CEO1
  3. May 4, 1904Founded Founded1

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