More about MEAG and the Risk management excellence award

MEAG (Munich ERGO Asset Management GmbH) is part of Munich Re. It provides advice on strategic asset allocation, risk management and asset-liability management, combined with professional investment management. It manages approximately €186 billion worth of assets on behalf of Munich Re and for third parties, including other institutions and public funds.

Munich Re is the world’s largest reinsurance group. It conducts both insurance and reinsurance business in an integrated model, with premium income of €38 billion, net profit of €1.5 billion and 44,000 employees around the world. ERGO, the group’s primary insurance group, has 40 million clients in more than 30 countries and earned premium income of €17.7 billion in 2008. ERGO offers a range of insurance products and is Europe’s leading health and legal expenses insurer.


The SimCorp StrategyLab Risk Management Excellence Award has been established by SimCorp StrategyLab for the purpose of rewarding and promoting best practise within risk management in the global investment management industry.

MEAG was named the 2009 winner by an international jury including Professor Caspar Rose of Copenhagen Business School, Professor Renée Adams of University of Queensland, Professor and Director of SimCorp StrategyLab Ingo Walter of Stern School of Business (NYU), and SimCorp‘s CEO, Peter L. Ravn. The assessment was based on MEAG’s achievements and developments in the field of risk management in the period from 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2009.

SimCorp StrategyLab is the independent research arm of SimCorp. Read more about SimCorp StrategyLab and its Risk Management Excellence Award at simcorpstrategylab.com/riskaward