Dr. Herbert Palmberger, M.C.J.

Location
Duesseldorf
Phone
+49 (0)211 600 55-585
Fax
+49 (0)211 600 55-580
Email
h.palmberger@spam.heuking.de
Location
Zurich
Phone
+41 (0) 44 200 71-00
Fax
+41 (0) 44 200 71-01
Email
h.palmberger@spam.heuking.ch
Languages
German, English, French

Expertises

  • Insurance Law
  • Reinsurance
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation

Vita

  • Certified Specialist Lawyer in Insurance Law
  • Admitted to the bar since 1979
  • Born 1945 in Hamburg, Germany

Education and Former Activities

  • DLA Piper UK LLP, Cologne, Germany (2005-2008)
  • Clifford Chance, Düsseldorf, Germany (1998-2005)
  • General Manager of Chubb Insurance Company of Europe, S.A., Direktion für Deutschland, Düsseldorf, Germany (1991-1998)
  • General Manager of DKV Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG, Cologne, Germany (1988-1991)
  • Director of Hannover Rückversicherungs- AG, Hannover, Germany (1978-1988)
  • Company Lawyer of Urenco Ltd., U.K. (1975-1978)
  • Universities of Bonn, New York and Paris
  • Promotion of Dr. iur.
  • Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (M.C.J.)
  • Examen Préalable du Doctorat d’Université
  • Fachanwalt für Versicherungsrecht (Certified Specialist Lawyer in Insurance Law)

Publications 

  • "Recent Legislative and Judicial Developments in Continental Europe", April 2012
  • "Fraud – liability and insurability under German law and its impact on reinsurance", International Reinsurance Review 2011/2012
  • "Recent Legislative and Judicial Developments in Continental Europe", September 2011
  • "Recent Judicial Developments in Continental Europe", May 2011
  • "Recent Legislative and Judicial Developments in Continental Europe", September 2010
  • "Recent Legislative and Judicial Developments in Continental Europe", April 2010
  • "Mandatory deductible in German D&O insurance", International Reinsurance Review 2009/2010 (Palmberger/Herdter)
  • "Recent Legislative and Judicial Developments in Continental Europe", September 2009
  • "Recent Legislative and Judicial Developments in Continental Europe", May 2009
  • "Der Deutsche Erst- und Rückversicherungsmarkt", The International (Re)Insurance Review 2008/2009 (Palmberger/Oesinghaus) 
  • "Recent Legal Developments in Continental Europe", 2008
  • "Critical Contracts – Much needed reform of the German Insurance Contract Act is in pipeline", Legal Week, London, August 31, 2006 
  • "Aktuelle Entwicklungen im Versicherungskartellrecht", VersicherungsPraxis, 2006, p. 42 et seq., 62 et seq. 
  • "D&O Insurance in Germany", Insurance Day, London, April 2005 
  • "Wohin steuert die D&O – Versicherung?", VersicherungsPraxis, 2004, p. 212 et seq. (What is the direction of D&O Insurance?) 
  • "Demutualisierung von Versicherungsvereinen auf Gegenseitigkeit in Europa", Versicherungswirtschaft, 1999, vol. 13 and 14, p. 920 et seq, p. 1012 et seq. (Demutualisation in Europe) 
  • "Die Federal Excise Tax der USA und das neue deutsch-amerikanische Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen", Zeitschrift für Versicherungswesen, 1991, p. 558 et seq. (The Federal Excise Tax of the USA and the new German-American Convention on Double Taxation) 
  • "Die Krankenversicherung des Arztes", Arztrecht, 1990, p. 92 et seq. (The Health Insurance of Doctors)  
  • "Demain la santé", L’Argus, 1990, p. 990 et seq. (The Health Insurance System of Tomorrow) 
  • "A la coute d’un assureur maladie", Le Conseiller des Assurances et de la Finance, 1989, p. 193 et seq. (At the cost of a Health Insurer) 
  • "Brüssel ordnet den Wettbewerb", Contact, 1989, S. 24 ff. (Brussels rules on Competition) 
  • "Contractual Issues in Insurance and Reinsurance", Newsletter of the Washington Foreign Law Society, 1988, p. 243 et seq. 
  • "Der Londoner Gerichtsstand und das Rückversicherungsrecht", Zeitschrift für Versicherungswesen, 1987, p. 550 et seq. (The London Forum and the Reinsurance Law) 
  • "Die International Reinsurance Law Conference in London", Zeitschrift für Versicherungswesen, 1985, p. 371 et seq. 
  • "A European View on Recent Developments in the Field of Reinsurance Law", Insurance and Reinsurance Law International, 1985, p. 214 et seq. 
  • "Security and Continuity in Reinsurance", Reinsurance, 1985, p. 514 et seq. 
  • "Bonität und Kontinuität in der Rückversicherung", Zeitschrift für Versicherungswesen, 1983, p. 575 et seq. 
  • "Die Federal Excise Tax der USA – Ein Wettbewerbshindernis für deutsche Rückversicherer", Zeitschrift für Versicherungswesen, 1982, p. 579 et seq. (The Federal Excise Tax of the USA – An Impediment on Competition for German Reinsurers)  
  • "Zum Ereignisbegriff in Transport-XL-Verträgen", Zeitschrift für Versicherungswesen, 1982, p. 334 et seq. 
  • "‚One Event’ in Marine-XL-Reinsurance", Reinsurance, 1982, p. 310 et seq. 
  • "The Lien in Private International Law", Thesis, New York University, 1975 
  • "Gesetzliche Pfandrechte im Internationalen Privatrecht", Diss. Bonn, 1975 

Lectures

  • "Arbitration in (Re-) Insurance matters: Growing Pressure or Business as usual?", Düsseldorf International Arbitration School in Cooperation with German Insitution for Arbitration (DIS), September 29, 2011 in Düsseldorf 
  • "Captives und Run-Off – ein Spezialfall?", May 7, 2010 in Zurich
  • "Behandlung von internationalen Versicherungsprogrammen", June 3, 2008 in Munich 
  • "AGG: Auswirkungen aud Industrie und Assekuranz", November 22, 2007 in Cologne 

Affiliations

  • ARIAS Europe 
  • ARIAS (US) und ARIAS (UK) 
  • American Arbitration Association 
  • Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit 
  • Deutscher Juristentag 
  • Versicherungswissenschaftlicher Verein e.V. 
  • American Chamber of Commerce 
  • Atlantik-Brücke e.V. 
  • Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft 
  • Tönissteiner Kreis e.V. 
  • International Bar Association (IBA) 

Press Releases

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek obtains landmark decision on the scope of insurance coverage for transports of money and valuables

Insurance companies Lloyd?s and Delvag Luftfahrtversicherungs-AG jointly with Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek challenged the contracts on ca…


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Our location Duesseldorf

Georg-Glock-Straße 4
40474 Duesseldorf - Germany

Phone
+49 (0)211 600 55-00
Fax
+49 (0)211 600 55-050
Email
duesseldorf@spam.heuking.de
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Our location Zurich

Bahnhofstrasse 3
8001 Zürich - Switzerland

Phone
+41 (0) 44 200 71-00
Fax
+41 (0) 44 200 71-01
Email
zuerich@spam.heuking.ch
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