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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

Practice groups

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 

  • "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)