the oldest broker in continental europe
When Joachim Johann Wolters was sworn in as a “broker” in 1758 at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, he surely had no idea that his small company would still exist 250 years later. Today, eight generations later, the GGW Group is the oldest insurance broker in continental Europe. The brokerage house has lived through a sizeable chunk of Hanseatic, German and international history. And anyone spending time on the floor of the Chamber of Commerce in Hamburg as part of a discovery tour, will still find many traces of this tradition today.
Short history
| 1758 | Swearing in of Johann Joachim Wolters as a broker in the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg |
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| 1762 | Following change in Hamburg’s broker regulations, Johann Joachim Wolters ceases to be a sworn broker and becomes a free broker |
| 1866 | Johann Constantin Wolters renames the company from J.J. Wolters to J.C. Wolters |
| 1890 | Founding of the company Gossler Brothers as a multiple general agency and underwriting agent |
| 1953 | Founding of the company Ulrich Klée Gobert |
| 1991 | Merger of the Gossler Brothers and J.C. Wolters brokerages |
| 1995 | Merger of Gossler Brothers & J.C. Wolters with Ulrich Klée Gobert to become the Gossler, Gobert & Wolters Group |
| since 1995 | Expansion of the group’s national locations and international cooperation network |
| 2006 | Opening of the ninth location in Saarbrücken |
| 2008 | 250th anniversary |
| 2010 | Integration of Büttner & Richter Industry Insurance Broker GmbH & Co. KG |
