DFV Deutsche Familienversicherung AG announced that the annual general meeting elected two new members to the supervisory board. Carola Theresia Paschola and Axel Hellmann were newly elected to the supervisory board to replace the two departing members, Dr. Hans-Werner Rhein and Herbert Pfennig. Ms Paschola was elected chairwoman of the supervisory board at the constituent meeting of the newly elected body held on the same day.

The self-employed management consultant has held several management positions at international companies. For example, she worked for the American computer company Dell, the French media and technology group Vivendi and the American credit card provider American Express. In the insurance industry, she gained extensive experience at the British specialist insurance company Domestic & General.

There, as Managing Director, she had overall responsibility for the markets in Germany, Austria and Poland. Axel Hellmann, a fully qualified lawyer, is the Spokesman of the Executive Board of Eintracht Frankfurt Fu?ball AG, where his responsibilities include Sales & Marketing. Before being appointed to the Executive Board in 2012, Mr. Hellmann worked as a lawyer at various law firms in Frankfurt.

He is of counsel at the international law firm White & Case LLP. Ansgar Kaschel will take over the responsibilities as Head of Sales at Deutsche Familienversicherung on 1 June. Mr. Kaschel holds a degree in economics and was already responsible for online sales at Deutsche Familienversicherung as Head of Department from 2015 to 2019.

He is now moving from Continentale Krankenversicherung, where he was most recently responsible for direct sales, broker sales, online sales, as well as marketing and web development as a division manager at Europa Versicherung. Mr. Kaschel will be responsible for direct, online, DRTV (Direct Response Television) and broker sales as well as marketing at Deutsche Familienversicherung. Furthermore, the Executive Board contract of Dr. Stefan M. Knoll, which expires next year, was extended by three years until 2026.

The 64-year-old founder of the company has been a member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Familienversicherung since 2007 and CEO since 2015. His term of office included the introduction of the 16-product matrix, the digitalisation of all sales processes and a large part of the operational and claims settlement processes, the IPO and the internationalisation of the company with its market entry in Austria.