The Supervisory Board of R+V Versicherung AG, the parent company of the German R+V Group, has named Holger Nieswandt as a member of the Management Board.
Effective April 2025, Nieswandt will oversee R+V Re. Currently serving as Head of Research & Development at R+V Re, he will succeed Christoph Lamby, who is retiring after more than two decades on the board.
“I am very pleased that Holger Nieswandt, an expert from our own company, will succeed Christoph Lamby. This puts us in an excellent position to seamlessly continue the successful course of our reinsurance business,” added Cornelius Riese, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of R+V Versicherung AG.
Norbert Rollinger, the CEO of R+V Versicherung AG, said: “I would like to express my sincere thanks to Christoph, who has built up our reinsurance business very successfully over the past 20 years. And I wish Holger all the best in his new function!”
Lamby further added: “After more than 20 years at the helm of R+V Re and on the Management Board of R+V Versicherung AG, it is time to pass on the baton. My thanks go to all business partners and all employees of our company.
“Together, we have succeeded in developing R+V Re into an important and successful player in the global reinsurance market. In Holger we have found an experienced leader with a profound knowledge of the industry. I am confident that he and our team will continue to build on the success of our company.”
Lamby joined R+V Versicherung AG in 2002 and became a member of the Board of Management in 2004, assuming responsibility for R+V Re.
During his tenure, the company’s premium income grew significantly, rising from under €0.5 billion to over €3 billion. Lamby holds a PhD in economics and began his professional journey with the Gerling Group.
Nieswandt, also an economics PhD holder, has been with R+V Versicherung AG since 2011. He held several roles before being appointed head of Research & Development at R+V Re in 2020, where he managed retrocession and portfolio management.
