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Board of Management

Joachim Wenning — 01

Joachim Wenning — 02

Joachim Wenning — 03

Joachim Wenning — 04

Dr. oec. publ. Joachim Wenning

1965, Economics Graduate,
with Munich Re since 1991

Chair

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Thomas Blunck — 01

Thomas Blunck — 02

Thomas Blunck — 03

Thomas Blunck — 04

Dr. rer. pol. Thomas Blunck

1965, Business Management Graduate,
with Munich Re since 1999

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Nicholas Gartside — 01

Nicholas Gartside — 02

Nicholas Gartside — 03

Nicholas Gartside — 04

Nicholas Gartside

1975, Master in International Relations,
with Munich Re since 2019

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Stefan Golling — 01

Stefan Golling — 02

Stefan Golling — 03

Stefan Golling — 04

Stefan Golling

1976, Mathematics Graduate,
with Munich Re since 2001

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Christoph Jurecka — 01

Christoph Jurecka — 02

Christoph Jurecka — 03

Christoph Jurecka — 04

Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Jurecka

1974, Engineering Graduate,
with Munich Re since 2019

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Achim Kassow — 01

Achim Kassow — 02

Achim Kassow — 03

Achim Kassow — 04

Dr. rer. pol. Achim Kassow

1966, Business Administration and Economics Graduate,
with Munich Re since 2020

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Michael Kerner — 01

Michael Kerner — 02

Michael Kerner — 03

Michael Kerner — 04

Michael Kerner

1965, Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Economics,
with Munich Re since 2018

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Clarisse Kopff — 01

Clarisse Kopff — 02

Clarisse Kopff — 03

Clarisse Kopff — 04

Clarisse Kopff

1973, Master in Management, Master in Economics, Business Administration Graduate, with Munich Re since 2022

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Mari-Lizette Malherbe — 01

Mari-Lizette Malherbe — 02

Mari-Lizette Malherbe — 03

Mari-Lizette Malherbe — 04

Mari-Lizette Malherbe

1984, Bachelor of Science in
Actuarial Mathematics,
with Munich Re since 2007

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Markus Rieß — 01

Markus Rieß — 02

Markus Rieß — 03

Markus Rieß — 04

Dr. rer. pol. Markus Rieß

1966, Economics Graduate,
with Munich Re since 2015

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Architecture

Strong foundations have always been Munich Re's specialty - in more ways than one. From its first head office, designed by Oswald Eduard Biber and Wilhelm Hollweck and completed in 1913, to the iconic Münchner Tor by creative minds Allmann Sattler Wappner 90 years on, Munich Re's buildings are emblematic of the company's key to on-going business success: Keep your feet on the ground and your eyes firmly on the horizon.

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Main building with ornamental courtyard, Königinstrasse 107

The Main Building at Königinstrasse 107 was built in 1912/13 to a design by the architects Oswald Eduard Bieber and Wilhelm Hollweck. With its characteristic elements of art nouveau and classicism, it has been a listed building since 1973.
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The stone figures "Air, Fire, Water and Earth" above the entrance to the Main Building, the work of Ernst Geiger (born in Berlin in 1861, died in Florence in 1941; painter, graphic artist and sculptor) and Josef Wackerle (born in Partenkirchen in 1880, where he died in 1959; sculptor and professor at the Academy of Visual Arts in Munich; artistic director of the Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory).
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Main building
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Main building (frontview of the garden)
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Main building (evening)
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Reception, main building
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East Building and forecourt, Königinstrasse 38

The East Building, located opposite the Main Building, was the first addition to Munich Re's office premises. Constructed in 1963, it was designed by Maurer, Denk and Mauder. With its anodized aluminium facade, it embodies the clear lines of 1960s architecture. On the forecourt there is an aluminium fountain “Version two” by the Munich sculptor Georg Brenning, which has been situated there since 1965. This was joined in 2000 by the aluminium sculpture “Concave rounded” by Rupprecht Geiger.
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Building South 1, Gedonstrasse 10

After two years of rebuilding the office building on Gedonstrasse was reopened in spring of 2002. South 1 was completely restructured and renovated and now looks as if completely newly built. The alternation was done by the architects Baumschlager and Eberle from Austria who have redesigned a building from the seventies into a modern structure which complies with newest ecological technology.

Frontview of the altered and renovated Building South 1 Architects: Baumschlager & Eberle, Lochau, 2002
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Entrance to the altered and renovated Building South 1 Artist: Olafur Eliasson, Berlin Title: "Mooswand" (moss-covered wall), 2002 Installation
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Main entry hall of South 1
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South 1
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South 1 (evening)
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Munich Re offices at
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Schlüterstrasse 6–10

In May 2004, the group of Munich Re buildings at and around Königinstrasse was supplemented by a new office complex some three kilometres away in the north of Schwabing: “Am Münchner Tor”. The new offices, comprising a 85-metre high-rise and a six-storey building, were designed by Munich architects Allmann Sattler Wappner and provide workspace for some 1,200 employees.

View of the high rise building "Am Münchner Tor" Allmann Sattler Wappner architects, munich, 2004
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Frontview of the building
"Am Münchner Tor"
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Frontview of the building
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Münchner Tor (evening)
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Münchner Tor (evening)
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Münchner Tor (evening)
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Mandlstraße 3 and 5 (evening)
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Interieur Mandlstraße
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Mandlstraße 3
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Gästehaus Mandlstraße (Abend)
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Building North 6, Berliner Straße 95
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Building North 6, Berliner Straße 95
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Building North 6, Berliner Straße 95
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Building North 6, Berliner Straße 95
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Building North 6, Berliner Straße 95
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Historical images

The German banker Carl von Thieme established Munich Re as the Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft in 1880. His co-founders were Wilhelm von Finck, co-owner of the Merck Finck & Co bank, and the entrepreneur and banker Theodor von Cramer-Klett. Thieme’s vision of an independent reinsurance company with a robust financial standing and a global reach created a business model that continues to be successful today. Despite fierce competition, Munich Re soon asserted itself as one of the leading risk carriers worldwide. After the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, Munich Re emerged as the only insurer to remain solvent after settling all claims. Its name has stood for resilience and reliability ever since.

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Carl von Thieme

Carl v. Thieme (1844–1924) founds Munich Reinsurance Company in 1880.

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Approbation

The Royal Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior approves the founding of Munich Reinsurance Company on 15 March 1880.

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Munich Re Main Building

The Munich Re Main Building designed by architects Oswald Eduard Biber and Wilhelm Hollweck. The building is erected in an amazingly short span of time: excavation work begins in January 1912 and the building is ready for occupancy on 20 March 1913.

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B-roll/footage

The link between architecture and art is of great importance to Munich Re. As the company grew, new opportunities for dialogue between art and architecture continually opened up: Symbolic of this is the main building, built in 1912/13 on Königinstrasse, but also the Walking Man. The 17-meter-high sculpture has stood in the forecourt of the office building on Leopoldstrasse since 1995. The Nord 6 building on Berliner Strasse is the latest office building opened in Munich.

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