Insurance
Kevin is a Counsel in the Düsseldorf and Munich offices and advises clients on all insurance-related legal matters. He focuses on insurance corporate and regulatory law as well as reinsurance. He acts as counsel and arbitrator in complex (re)insurance disputes.
Direct Lines
+49 211 882288 72 +49 160 3644278 kevin.bork@clydeco.comMain Offices
Düsseldorf
+49 211 882288 00 +49 211 882288 98Munich
+49 89 244420 100 +49 89 244420 199Regional experience
Full Profile
Kevin is a German qualified lawyer and advises international and domestic clients of the insurance and reinsurance industry holistically.
Prior to joining Clyde & Co, Kevin worked as a General Counsel and Head of Legal & Compliance with a medium-sized German insurer of a major European insurance group in the life and non-life business. Building upon his profound legal-strategic background, Kevin advises with a clear understanding of corporate needs and processes.
He was deeply involved in the industry’s major emerging regulatory demands as a member of the Legal & Compliance Committee of the German Insurance Association (GDV). He has an unfailing sense for the practical effects of overregulation on insurance companies and policyholders.
Kevin has co-drafted the world's first catalogue of principles of reinsurance law, the Principles of Reinsurance Contract Law (PRICL). He remains committed to the development of reinsurance law as Special Advisor Drafting & Research to the PRICL and as member of the board of ARIAS Germany.
Kevin maintains a strong relationship with academia lecturing Insurance Law at the University of Frankfurt and has authored numerous publications on (re)insurance contract and regulatory law.
Experience
- In-depth experience due to personal responsibility for mergers and restructurings of insurance companies
- Extensive experience in creating and implementing effective guidelines and regulatory developments
- Development and drafting of the world’s first catalogue of internationally recognized reinsurance principles, the PRICL (Principles of Reinsurance Contract Law)
- Successful management of judicial and extrajudicial coverage lawsuits with a clear view of their economic impact
- Extensive experience in proactively shaping legislative processes as a former member of the legal committee of the German Insurance Association and various commissions
Credentials
Admission & Qualifications
- Germany, 2021
Languages
- German
- English
- Spanish
Education
- University of Frankfurt
- Senior research assistant at University of Frankfurt / Institute for Insurance Law
- Dissertation on reinsurance contract law with Professor Dr Manfred Wandt
- Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt