Dr. Thomas Gebert

Experience

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  Lurgi Metallurgie GmbH.

  Oct 1992 - Jun 2000

  Process Engineer

  Involvement in all development steps of large investment projects for Gold, Aluminum and Zinc processing plants (lab tests, pilot plant tests, process design, Basic Engineering, Detail Engineering acceptance of the plant form the construction manager and commissioning;Design of several world scale plants for metal processing;Commissioning of a prototypical process for iron ore reduction ‘Circored’’ in Trinidad (Point Lisas);Commissioning manager for a large zinc processing plant in Thailand (Tak);Commissioning of two aluminum processing facilities in China (Zibo and Guiyang).Commissioning of a sulfuric acid decomposition plant in Kuwait; Presentation of metal processing related topics at symposiums of the metal processing industry; Show less

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  Gerling Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG - Cologne

  Jul 2000 - Dec 2002

  Claims Manager - Engineering Lines

  Management of large Construction and Machinery Breakdown losses without support of Loss Adjusters;Support of the Engineering Lines Underwriter on complex accounts;Support of Risk Engineering on site surveys; Chairman of a Working Group of the German Insurance Association – GDV;Presentation of Engineering Lines Insurance related topics at Industry Symposiums; Extra –occupational study of the ‘Insurance Engineering’ diploma program specifically created for engineers with industry background at the Insurance Institute of the Cologne University of Applied Sciences (3 semester plus diploma thesis); Show less

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  BASF AG

  Jan 2003 - Jun 2003

  Control Manager

  Corporate Engineering: Responsible for time and cost controls for new € 500 mill. production facility in China (Integrated Isocyanate Project Shanghai).

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  Henkel

  Jul 2003 - Dec 2007

  Technical Risk Manager

  Companywide implementation of the ‘Risk Based Maintenance Improvement Program’; Leading training courses in China, USA, France, Ireland and Spain;Complete implementation of the ‘Risk Based Maintenance Improvement Program’ at one production site in Dublin;Development of internal project insurance (Engineering Lines) guidelines; Development of a technical due diligence strategy for company takeovers; Development of a claims management guideline for acquisition of new companies as well as for the sale of existing production sites;Project management for a new waste water plant in at a production site in France;Project management for the dislocation of a production pant from Spain to two different sites in Slovenia and Germany; Show less

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  Infrassure Ltd

  Jan 2008 - May 2011

  Underwriter and Claims Manager - Engineering Lines

  Underwriter and Claims Manager Engineering LinesAll underwriting tasks for Engineering Lines and Industrial All Risk accounts such as: Risk assessment, pricing, wording analysis, creation of tailor-made insurance solutions and negotiations.Regular London market broker visits;Performance of site and risk surveys;Claims handling (Engineering Lines and Industrial All Risk) ;Leading training courses for new Engineering Lines UnderwriterIMIA representativeChairman of an IMIA Working Group (CECR) Show less

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  Zurich Insurance Company Ltd

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2016

  Underwriter Engineering Lines

  Global Underwriting Manager Engineering Lines Underwriting Authority: 500 million USD Regional responsibility for Europe, Middle East and Africa

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  AXA

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2020

  AXA Germany Head of Engineering Lines Claims / Department Manager / Proxy Holder

  Department ManagerProxy HolderHead of the AXA Germany Engineering Lines Claims organisation;Leading a team of 8 Professional Engineering Lines Claims Manager;International Claims Management;Cyber Claims Management

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  ZHAW Institut für Risk & Insurance

  Jul 2020 - now

  Lecturer - Claims Management, P&C Insurance, Riskmanagement & Insurance Broking

  Institute Risk& Insurance

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  Gebert Insurance Consulting GmbH

  Nov 2023 - now

  Loss Adjuster