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Central reception of new instructions:
schaden@gielisch.de

Central reception of international claims:
international@gielisch.de

 

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  • 16/01/1918 Paul Gielisch founds the company as an average agent in Düsseldorf
  • During the first world war, Paul Gielisch gets actively involved in clearing the river Rhine of war debris using his own ship
  • 1922 to 1937 He is appointed as average agent/adjuster for Düsseldorf by other insurance companies
  • Till 1956 Paul Gielisch steadily expands his network of business contacts and establishes a name for himself in the handling of losses pertaining to transport of goods by ship, road or rail. He is also called in when vessel collisions occur on the Rhine, organises recovery operations, issues general average statements. He also handles claims involving damage to fine art objects
  • 1956 He passes over the management of the company, which comprises five employees at this point, to his son, Carl, who has already been involved in and learning about the business before completing his university studies

 

  • Law and mechanical engineering graduate
  • 14/12/1959 Carl Gielisch is officially appointed and sworn in as an average agent by the Düsseldorf Chamber of Industry and Commerce
  • The hull claims department grows in size
  • 1964 The company opens its first branch office in Stuttgart
  • 1969 Branch offices are opened in Frankfurt and Cologne
  • 1977 Another branch office is opened in Munich
  • Till 1983 Carl Gielisch is appointed as an average agent for Düsseldorf by domestic as well as international insurance agencies
  • Carl Gielisch expands the fine art claims vertical
  • Expanding its business network, the company reaches out to Scandinavia, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and England
  • 1989 The Leipzig branch office is opened
  • 1990 The Berlin branch office is opened
  • 1990 Claus Gielisch suddenly passes away at the age of 63 and the company is taken over by his son, Claus Gielisch

 

  • 1990 Claus Gielisch (law graduate and publicly appointed and sworn expert for the assessment and evaluation of damages to contemporary art objects) takes over management of the company
  • 1991 He is officially sworn in as an average agent
  • 1993 The Nuremberg branch office is opened
  • 1996 onwards The company expands its activities in the fine arts division
  • 1997 The Hamburg branch office is opened
  • 1998 The Warsaw branch office is opened
  • 1990s onwards The property and liability lines as well as the film, TV, and media insurance segment are expanded
  • 2000 The company’s subsidiary, Gielisch Claims Management GmbH, is founded as a service-oriented desktop claims management company
  • 2007 The Münster branch office is opened
  • 2009 The international loss adjusting network is founded, with 300 partner offices in 140 countries
  • 2010 The Hanover branch office is opened
  • 2011 The wind energy division is set up
  • 2015 The Bremen branch office is opened
  • 2016 The Offenburg branch office is opened
  • 2017 The food and agribusiness division is set up
  • 2018 The business interruption claims division is set up
  • 2019 The engineering insurance division is set up
  • 2020 The Regensburg branch office is opened
  • 2021 A second subsidiary, Gielisch Institut für Analyse GmbH, is founded, which focuses on the investigation, analysis and evaluation of pollutants and microbial contamination