Portrait / Foto: Peter Knaus

Peter Knaus

Member of the Board of Management der ERGO Versicherung AG

Responsible for Commercial P&C Composite

Curriculum vitae


Since July 2024

ERGO Versicherung AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Member of the Board of Management
Responsible for Commercial P&C Composite

2019 to June 2024

AXA XL Insurance Company SE, Cologne, Germany
Last function Regional Manager Northern Europe

2019 to 2021

AXA Konzern AG, Cologne, Germany
Plenipotentiary
Head of Industrial Cooperation Business and Sales

2016 to 2021

TeKo GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
Member of the Board of Management
Responsible for Machinery Interruption Insurance

2014 to 2018

AXA Konzern AG, Cologne, Germany
Chief Underwriting Officer Industrial Cooperation (CUO)
Head of Industrial Sales and Directorates

2013 to 2018

AXA Insurance Company, New York, USA
Member of the Board of Management

2013 to 2014

AXA Konzern AG, Cologne, Germany
Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO)
Industrial and Corporate Customers Business

1999 to 2013

AXA Versicherung AG, Cologne, Germany
Last function Head of Department Commercial
Corporate Customers and Financial Loss Liability

1997 to 1999

AXA Insurance Company, New York, USA
Underwriter Casualty

1993 to 1997

Colonia Versicherung AG, Cologne, Germany
Underwriter Commercial Liability

1988 to 1993

Studies of Insurance Sciences, University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany
Focus areas Liability, Casualty, Legal Protection
Degree: Diploma in Business Administration

1986 to 1988

Aachener und Münchener Versicherung, Koblenz, Germany
Training as insurance clerk

16. April 1964

Born in Polch, Germany