Attorney Dr. Jürgen Wolters (56) will join the team at WILHELM Rechtsanwälte in Düsseldorf as Of Counsel on May 1, 2022. The specialist lawyer for insurance law brings with him experience and expertise in the settlement of liability and financial losses.
"Jürgen Wolters is a proven expert in all liability and insurance issues as well as a seasoned consultant with a broad network and outstanding reputation within the German insurance industry. We are very much looking forward to working together," comments Dr. Mark Wilhelm. As a consultant at WILHELM, Wolters complements the practice groups litigation and insurance law at the law firm's Düsseldorf headquarters.
As a long-standing partner of the commercial law firms Bach Langheid Dallmayr (BLD) and most recently Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek (since 2018), Wolters advised clients in particular on the topics of financial lines and liability insurance. From 2011 to 2017, he was also part of the management of the insurer Die Haftpflichtkasse VVaG - initially on the supervisory board, from 2016 on as a member of the board of directors and later as its chairman. In addition, he headed the German Society for Liability Insurance (DGVH e.V.), which he co-founded, for several years.
"What I particularly like about the new task is the change in perspective to advice that focuses on policyholders," explains Wolters. “I would like to focus on the defense against liability claims. Thus, I remain the contact person for insurers and policyholders alike on this topic.” In addition to dispute resolution, Wolters will advise insured companies, insurance brokers, insurtechs and insurers at WILHELM in the future on the design of insurance conditions and special coverage as well as on supervisory law and management issues.
Wolters is not the first former decision-maker from the insurance industry to join WILHELM Rechtsanwälte. Since 2017, the former global Head of Claims of the insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) Dr. Andreas Shell works for WILHELM as Of Counsel in the area of major claims settlement.
Press information (German)