HDI Global SE bolsters Board of Management with two key hires

HDI Global has announced that both Dr Barbara Klimaszewski-Blettner and Dr Dirk Höring will be joining the Board of Management of HDI Global SE, effective from April 1, 2024.

The company has confirmed, that Klimaszewski-Blettner will be taking over responsibility for the business in Germany, as well as global Claims Management, while Höring takes on the role of chief underwriting officer for the property, engineering and marine portfolios at HDI Risk Consulting

Klimaszewski-Blettner is currently responsible for the German business, serving as Managing Director.

Prior to that role, she served in a variety of management positions at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty and Allianz Group.

Moreover, Höring, who is a renowned and highly experienced insurance executive, currently serves as the Head of International Programmes.

Previously, he was responsible as divisional head for pricing, analytics and global portfolio steering.

Additionally, Höring is also a member of the Executive Board of HDI Global Network AG, where he holds responsibility for finance, reinsurance accounting, asset & liquidity management and risk management.

As well as this, he was also a non-executive Board Director of HDI Global Insurance Company in the US. Before joining
the Talanx Group, he worked as a consultant at McKinsey until 2014.

Höring succeeds Claire McDonald, who will be leaving the company.

“I would like to thank Claire for her contribution to HDI Global – under her watch we have seen good portfolio performance and international growth. I wish her all the best for the future”, said Torsten Leue, Chairman of Talanx AG’s Board of Management and Supervisory Board Chairman at HDI Global SE.

Adding: “I am delighted that we have identified strong leaders from within our own company in Barbara Klimaszewski-Blettner and Dirk Höring. They are both highly experienced and will continue to drive our cultural transformation.”

Dr Edgar Puls, who is responsible for Industrial Lines on the Talanx Group’s Board of Management and chairs the Board of Management of HDI Global SE, commented: “It has been a great pleasure to work with Claire over the past five years. In addition to her successful leadership of the UK & Ireland branches, she has also, in her board role, actively supported the branches and made significant contributions to HDI Global’s strategy and culture.

“I would like to wish her all the best for the future. Claire will continue to represent HDI Global in her role within the IUA until the end of the year. I am very much looking forward to working with Barbara Klimaszewski-Blettner and Dirk Höring. I know both of them very well from working together over the past few years. They will continue to develop and execute our strategy and shape our cultural transformation as role models.”

HDI Global SE noted that the new appointments are subject to approval by BaFin, the German supervisory authority.

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