Tradition in der dritten Generation

 

The third generation still maintains the same important foundation stones for the culture of the company after 60 years:

Provide counselling based on know-how and never go for "a quick sale"
Commitment in all dealings
To be better than the competition

There has always been a clear vision of the way in which the cover of our clients should be optimally achieved. Each generation has implemented and further developed this vision.

Here are some of the important stages:

 

Year Key words Events
     
1949 Foundation Foundation of an agency in Garstedt near Lüneburg by August-Martin Gußmann.
1952 Move to Osnabrück Better business opportunities and more freedom of action resulted in change of location.
1954

 Independence
 With good communications with Hamburg and Bremen we became independent through co-operation with more and more insurance companies.
1956 First company insurance The move into the demanding world of business insurance was rapid.
1959 Entry of Herwig Gußmann Through the successful activities of Herwig Gußmann the number of clients from the world of industry increased considerably.
1966 International The first insurance placement with foreign insurers and on the London market.
1968 Gußmann Assekuranz KG, Insurance Brokers The founding of this company marked the move to being an insurance broker independent of insurers.
1984 Introduction of IT Ahead of the market and with great foresight the first generation of the broker software KluG was introduced.
1995 Founding of Gußmann Consultancy Services In order to meet the growing need for counselling independent from insurance, a separate counselling company was set up.
1988 Protection for foreign locations The internationalisation of trade led to providing cover for the first foreign locations.
1992 Founding of Gußmann Leipzig After the fall of the Iron Curtain, Saxony was quickly seen to be a region of strong economic activity and a new company was set up locally.
1998 Construction of head office After years of strong growth the old offices became too small and a new office complex of 1,600 m² was built.
1999 Entry of Bodo Gußmann Bodo Gußmann joined the company after his training as an insurance broker and engineering degree, followed by years of practical experience in the insurance business.
2000 Extension of risk management The increasing needs of the clients for precautionary security concepts led to the development and extension of our own innovative risk management system.