Dr. Yannick Eckervogt, LL.M.
Senior associate
Yannick advises insurance and reinsurance companies on all regulatory and investment aspects, with a focus on digitalisation and ESG topics. He is also specialised in the assessment of cyber insurance and executive liability scenarios in connection with directors' and officers' ("D&O") insurance.
Moreover, he advises insurance and reinsurance companies on M&A and other transactions, i.e. on the acquisition and sale of business shares or insurance portfolios, on the establishment of insurance companies and their (branch) offices in Germany as well as on the run-off of portfolios.
Career
| Since 2021 | Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing |
| 2018 – 2021 | Associate, Taylor Wessing |
| 2016 – 2018 | Legal clerkship, Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf |
| 2013 – 2016 | Research associate to Professor Steinmeyer, public law, faculty of the University of Münster |
| 2013 – 2014 | Research Fellow of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Beijing/Shanghai |
| 2010 – 2013 | Student assistant to Professor Steinmeyer, public law, faculty of law of the University of Münster |
Education
| 2021 | LL.M. (Insurance Law), University of Münster |
| 2018 | Admitted as a lawyer, Düsseldorf |
| 2018 | Second state examination, Düsseldorf |
| 2013 – 2016 | Doctoral degree on the question of the manager’s discretion, also called Business Judgment Rule (sec. 93 para. 1 sentence 2 Stock Corporation Act – AktG), Ph. D., University of Münster |
| 2013 | First state examination, Hamm |
| 2008 | Legal studies, University of Münster |
Publications
Taxonomie hat großen Einfluss auf die Assekuranz, in: Versicherungsmonitor, 03/2021 Let’s talk about: BGH Urteil vom 18. November 2020 – IV ZR 217/19 – D&O–Versicherung, in: Der Sanierungsberater, 02/2021, (gemeinsam mit Dr. Leonard Szabó) Ist die Gruppenspitze ein Vermittler?, in Versicherungsmonitor, 01/2021 Bafin-Entwurf zur Gruppenversicherung: Wie gut für den Verbraucher? Wie schlecht für die Branche?, in: Versicherungswirtschaft, 06/2020 Der Plan zur Einheit Bafin konsultiert Rundschreiben-Entwurf zu Gruppenversicherungsverträgen, in: Versicherungswirtschaft, 07/2020, S. 94-97 Bei Telematikangeboten könnte es sich um verbotenes, versicherungsfremdes Geschäft handeln, 01/2019 Analysen für Telematik-Tarife rechtssicher outsourcen, in: Computerwoche, 11/2018 Telematik-Tarife aus versicherungsaufsichtsrechtlicher Perspektive, PlugIn – Wir denken das Recht der digitalen Zukunft, Ausgabe #11, Juli/2018 Die Innenhaftung des hauptamtlichen Leitorgans einer Krankenkasse i.S.d. § 35a SGB IV – Die Business Judgment Rule (§ 93 I 2 AktG) und ihre Über-tragbarkeit, in: Nomos Schriftenreihe, 2017 (Promotion) Die soziale Sicherheit in der Volksrepublik China nach dem Inkrafttreten des Sozialversicherungsgesetzes, in: ZIAS 2016, S. 233 ff. |
Memberships & Associations
| Member of a network of experts for the magazine "Computerwoche“ on the issues Digitalisierung und Versicherungsrecht |
Additional languages
| English |
| French |
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