The Berlin-based German Insurance Association (GDV) is the umbrella organisation for private insurers in Germany. Its 470 member companies, with about 217.000 employees and trainees, offer comprehensive coverage and provisions to private households, trade, industry and public institutions, through about 450 million insurance contracts.

GDV articulates and represents the positions of the German insurance industry before society, politicians, businesses, the media and academia, working to achieve regulatory conditions which will allow insurers to perform their responsibilities in optimal fashion. At the same time, the Association is a source of expert information about all matters relating to the insurance industry, making available its wealth of experience and information to the public. GDV informs and supports its member companies as a service provider, identifies political and social developments of relevance for the sector and proposes solutions.

You can find more information about GDV at their website.