<div class="guss-zeile"> <div class="no1">1949</div><div class="no2">Foundation</div><div class="no3">Foundation of an agency in Garstedt near Lüneburg by August-Martin Gußmann.</div></div><div class="guss-zeile"> <div class="no1">1952</div><div class="no2">Move to Osnabrück </div><div class="no3"> Better business opportunities and more freedom of action resulted in change of location.</div></div><div class="guss-zeile"> <div class="no1">1954</div><div class="no2">Independence</div><div class="no3"> With good communications with Hamburg and Bremen we became independent through co-operation with more and more insurance companies.</div></div><div class="guss-zeile"> <div class="no1">1956</div><div class="no2">First company insurance </div><div class="no3">The move into the demanding world of business insurance was rapid.</div></div><div class="guss-zeile"> <div class="no1">1959</div><div class="no2">Entry of Herwig Gußmann</div><div class="no3"> Through the successful activities of Herwig Gußmann the number of clients from the world of industry increased considerably.</div></div><div class="guss-zeile"> <div class="no1">1966</div><div class="no2">International</div><div class="no3">The first insurance placement with foreign insurers and on the London market. </div></div><div class="guss-zeile"> <div class="no1">1968</div><div class="no2">Gußmann Assekuranz KG, Insurance Brokers</div><div class="no3">The founding of this company marked the move to being an insurance broker independent of insurers.</div></div><div class="guss-zeile"> <div class="no1">1984</div><div class="no2"> Introduction of IT</div><div class="no3">Ahead of the market and with great foresight the first generation of the broker software KluG was introduced.</div></div><div class="guss-zeile"> <div class="no1">1988</div><div class="no2">Protection for foreign locations</div><div class="no3">The internationalisation of trade led to providing cover for the first foreign locations.</div></div><div class="guss-zeile"> <div class="no1">1992</div><div class="no2">Founding of Gußmann Leipzig</div><div class="no3"> 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.</div></div><div class="guss-zeile"> <div class="no1">1995</div><div class="no2"> Founding of Gußmann Consultancy Service</div><div class="no3">In order to meet the growing need for counselling independent from insurance, a separate counselling company was set up.</div></div><div class="guss-zeile"> <div class="no1">1998</div><div class="no2">Construction of head office</div><div class="no3">After years of strong growth the old offices became too small and a new office complex of 1,600 m² was built.</div></div><div class="guss-zeile"> <div class="no1">1999</div><div class="no2">Entry of Bodo Gußmann </div><div class="no3">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.</div></div><div class="guss-zeile"> <div class="no1">2000</div><div class="no2">Extension of risk management</div><br /> <div class="no3">The increasing needs of the clients for precautionary security concepts led to the development and extension of our own innovative risk management system.</div></div>