Verena Breuning-Wendlandt heads the new DR-WALTER Academy

The experts for travel insurance and international private medical insurance establish the DR-WALTER Academy. The first aim is to ensure the continuous training and qualification of their own employees. Verena Breuning-Wendlandt, an experienced trainer in the insurance industry, is appointed head of the academy, which will also offer external training courses in the long term.

Focus on ongoing training

In addition to already qualified applicants, DR-WALTER has always had good experiences with students, trainees and career changers who are willing to learn. Those who did not have an insurance-specific qualification were able to qualify as "Certified Specialist for Insurance Brokerage IHK" as part of an internal training course. Training measures are part of the DR-WALTER team's everyday work. In addition to industry-specific knowledge on topics such as international private medical insurance, statutory health insurance and visa regulations, DR-WALTER, as a digital insurance broker and insurtech, has a great need for technical expertise for the further development of its online conclusion and CRM systems.

"Because we operate in a special market niche and have high standards in terms of consulting quality and expertise, we prefer to provide training ourselves. Thanks to our many years in the industry, we have special expert knowledge that we absolutely want to pass on and deepen," says CEO Reinhard Bellinghausen, explaining the founding of the Academy.

Education and training manager

Bundling the development of training programs for basic and advanced training in the form of an academy is a long-held wish of the management. A proven expert has now been found in Verena Breuning-Wendlandt (47). She has a degree in insurance and business administration and has been a qualified trainer for over 20 years. Since then, she has trained, supervised and tested the teams of various insurers, most recently as a sales trainer at Provinzial Versicherung AG. Breuning-Wendlandt has been familiar with the topic of private health insurance for 30 years and, with her background, is able to organize and train the complex specialist area of travel insurance, international private medical insurance and supplementary products and services at the DR-WALTER Academy. "I am looking forward to my big task in this ambitious company. The more than 150 employees at DR-WALTER expect to be kept up to date and are very interested in training and career prospects."