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BarmeniaGothaer

Mutual insurer offering private, corporate insurance

Key Account Manager in Makler-& Großkundenbetreuung - bAV & Biometrie

Full-TimePosted on 10/15/2026
No salary listed
Mid
Cologne, Germany
HybridUp to 60% mobile work; occasional travel of up to five days per month.
Sales & Account ManagementAccount Management

About the job

Requirements
  • Demonstrated customer orientation, a structured working style, and the ability to coordinate different interests and build lasting relationships.
  • Strong communication, confident presentation, and well-developed organizational and time-management skills; ability to prioritize when handling parallel demands.
  • Ability to work independently and in a solutions-oriented manner, maintain high quality standards, and resolve challenges pragmatically with a customer focus.
  • Flexibility for occasional travel of up to five days per month to maintain and develop customer and broker relationships.
  • Completed vocational training as an insurance and financial investments clerk or an equivalent qualification.
  • Several years of experience in account management, sales support, or a comparable sales-related role, ideally working directly with brokers.
  • Knowledge of the insurance or financial services industry, particularly occupational pension provision and biometric insurance, including products, processes, and distribution channels.
  • Knowledge of broker processes, ability to analyze sales data, and confident use of Microsoft Office applications.
Responsibilities
  • Manage selected major-customer relationships and specialist brokers, focusing on occupational pension provision and collective biometric insurance, and develop existing partnerships and business sustainably.
  • Serve as the central contact for partner sales directorates and their broker relationship managers, as well as directly connected specialist brokers, supporting high sales and customer satisfaction through service-oriented collaboration.
  • Analyze sales metrics and market potential, identify growth opportunities, and derive measures to develop broker and customer relationships.
  • Develop tailored benefit concepts and solutions for specialist brokers and their business and employee clients, and support successful implementation.
  • Work closely with relevant departments in the Pension and Wealth division to ensure customer requirements are implemented smoothly from a technical and administrative perspective.
  • Contribute to sales initiatives, the development of sales approaches and products, and training activities, applying market and sales expertise.
Desired Qualifications
  • Insurance-related professional development or a relevant university degree.

About the company

BarmeniaGothaer is a mutual insurance group formed in 2024 by the merger of Barmenia Versicherungen and Gothaer Versicherungsbank VVaG, serving about eight million clients. It offers a full range of private and corporate insurance, including property and casualty, health, life, and retirement planning, and operates BarmeniaGothaer Asset Management with around €50 billion in assets. As a policyholder-owned mutual, premiums fund coverage and services, emphasizing long-term stability and customer benefit. The merger combines Gothaer’s strength in SMEs and commercial lines with Barmenia’s focus on retail and health, aiming to grow its market position in Germany.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Cologne, Germany

Founded

2024

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • S&P upgraded Gothaer entities to A+ in 2026, signaling stronger capital and execution.
  • September 2026 launches include Lunara+ telehealth fertility care and Lonely-Lotse support.
  • The company extended Cologne-Zollstock leases to 2035, anchoring integration and employer stability.

What critics are saying

  • Andreas Eurich exits in December 2026, removing a merger architect during integration.
  • BarmeniaGothaer must merge systems, sales channels, and cultures across Wuppertal and Cologne.
  • Munich Re, Allianz, and AXA keep squeezing margins in German private health and SME insurance.

What makes BarmeniaGothaer unique

  • Germany's first major mutual-insurer merger in decades created unmatched scale and policyholder ownership.
  • BarmeniaGothaer combines Gothaer's SME strength with Barmenia's retail and private-health franchise.
  • Asset Management now controls about €53 billion, ranking among Germany's top ten insurers' managers.

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Benefits

  • Training Programs
  • Mentorship Program
  • Professional Development Budget

Company News

IPE
Jan 10th, 2025
German insurers create €50bn asset management company

The transfer of assets under the new firm follows the merger of the two insurance companies officially completed last September