Axel Kleinlein

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Axel Kleinlein (born October 6, 1969 in Lower Franconia) is a German graduate mathematician. He has been Chairman of the Board of the Association of Insured Persons (BdV) since November 1, 2011 (with an interruption from March 22 to September 14, 2013 ).

Professional activities

Axel Kleinlein studied mathematics and philosophy at the University of Cologne and at the Free University of Berlin . He graduated as a mathematician.

From 1998 to 1999 he worked in the actuary at Allianz Lebensversicherung in Stuttgart. Among other things, he worked out actuarial company history analyzes and dealt with issues of consumer protection when creating and revising insurance conditions .

From 2000 to 2002 he served in the Stiftung Warentest as a project manager in the Department of Financial Services the area of life insurance and retirement plans . The results of his research were published in the journal Finanztest . In addition, he presented the test results and the test methodology in the media, at conferences and at meetings. The recall campaign (September 2002), which was unique in the history of Finanztest, due to incorrect calculations of the Riester pension, took place in his time.

In 2003 he switched to Assekurata Assekuranz Rating Agency in Cologne. There he led several industry studies on life insurance and was in charge of the company's public relations. In close cooperation with Oskar Goecke , he led the new edition of the plausibility check at Assekurata; a new prospective stochastic approach was followed ( Monte Carlo method ).

In 2004, Axel Kleinlein founded the actuarial and specialist journalistic office math concepts , where it offered actuarial and specialist journalistic services. The focus was on checking financial service contracts on behalf of injured consumers. He worked with many renowned consumer law firms. The focus was on the German and British insurance markets.

He also carried out studies on questions of old-age provision and social security (e.g. working time accounts , unemployment insurance ). Because of his independent view of the financial industry, he was often a discussion partner in these subject areas for associations, parties, trade unions, parliament, government, etc. Through this independent positioning, there are diverse and close connections with consumer protection. In 2007 he also supported the Federation of German Consumer Organizations (vzbv) as a speaker for the area of ​​old-age provision and capital investments. In the finance committee of the German Bundestag he represented consumer policy positions as an expert.

From November 1, 2011, Axel Kleinlein was Chairman of the Board of the Association of Insureds . On March 22, 2013, the Supervisory Board announced that Axel Kleinlein was leaving the Board of Management with immediate effect due to differing views on the “content and personnel orientation” of the BdV. A new supervisory board was elected on September 14, 2013 by an extraordinary general meeting that was then forced by the members. This brought Kleinlein back and reinstated him as chairman of the board of the association with immediate effect.

Awards

Opinions and publications

  • Axel Kleinlein, In cooperation with Kornelia Hagen ( German Institute for Economic Research [DIW]): Ten years of Riester pension: inventory and efficiency analysis. (PDF) Expertise on behalf of the Economic and Social Policy Department of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung , November 2011, accessed on June 18, 2015 .
  • Kornelia Hagen, Axel Kleinlein: Ten years of Riester pension: No reason to celebrate. (PDF) Abstract of the study. German Institute for Economic Research , November 23, 2011, accessed on June 18, 2015 .
  • Statement on the draft discussion for the introduction of a product information sheet for certified old-age provision and basic pension contracts from June 22, 2011.
  • Opinion on the “Draft Ordinance on the Amendment of the Premium Reserve Ordinance and the Pension Fund Premium Reserve Ordinance” of the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) of December 17, 2010.
  • Opinion on the draft annual tax law 2010 (JStG 2010).
  • Opinion on the "Draft of a law to implement the Participation Directive" - ​​here on Article 2, "Amendment of the Insurance Supervision Act" of October 31, 2008.

Web links

  • BdV board. Association of the Insured, accessed on June 18, 2015 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hardy Prothmann: After the shock - How the Stiftung Warentest deals with the faulty "financial test" for the Riester pension In: Der Tagesspiegel . August 30, 2002, accessed online May 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ Axel Kleinlein is again CEO. In: Handelsblatt . September 14, 2013, accessed online September 16, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Kleinlein, Axel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graduate mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Lower Franconia