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Deutsche Familienversicherung: Bettina Hornung appointed new Board member for IT

Frankfurt am Main, 6. June 2023 – DFV Deutsche Familienversicherung AG ("Deutsche Familienversicherung"), the innovative direct insurer from Frankfurt, has a new member of the Management Board. As of 1 January 2023, Deutsche Familienversicherung had implemented a new Executive Management Team with Bettina Hornung, Maximilian Knoll and Ansgar Kaschel as initial members. Following the appointment of Ansgar Kaschel, the firm’s Chief Sales Officer, as new Board member on 1 April 2023, the Supervisory Board resolved at its meeting on 23 May 2023 to appoint Bettina Hornung as a member of the Management Board with responsibility for IT with effect from 1 June 2023. The declaration of no objection from BaFin for this has already been issued.

"I am very pleased that the Supervisory Board has appointed Bettina Hornung, a computer scientist with a doctorate from our own ranks, to the Management Board with responsibility for IT," commented Stefan M. Knoll, founder and Chairman of the Management Board of DFV Deutsche Familienversicherung AG.

About Bettina Hornung

The new IT Management Board member, Bettina Hornung, has held the position of General Representative since 1 January 2023 and, as the firm’s Chief Information Officer (CIO), was also a member of the recently created Executive Management Team. Prior to that, she was Head of Department IT Governance, since July 2019.

Bettina Hornung holds a degree in computer science and joined Deutsche Familienversicherung in July 2019 as Head of IT Governance and Information Security Officer. She holds a doctorate in computer science from the Technical University of Darmstadt and previously worked at debis Systemhaus, T-Online and Deutsche Post DHL IT Services, among others. Through her many years of experience, she gained strong expertise in software development, IT governance, IT infrastructure and process automation. She also has in-depth knowledge of IT restructuring and IT organisation. Furthermore, Bettina Hornung is also a renowned expert on the management of national and international IT projects in various sectors and industries. The computer scientist has a lectureship at the TU Darmstadt.

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About DFV Deutsche Familienversicherung AG

DFV Deutsche Familienversicherung AG (ISIN DE000A2NBVD5) is an innovative direct insurer. As a digital insurance company, DFV covers the entire value chain with its own products. The direct insurer's goal is to offer insurance products that people really need and understand immediately ("Simple. Sensible."). DFV offers its customers multiple award- winning supplementary health insurance (dental, health, supplementary long-term care insurance) as well as accident and property insurance. Based on the state-of-the-art and scalable IT system developed in-house, the company sets new standards in the insurance industry with digital product designs throughout.