Koch, Robert

Since 2006, Chair of Private Law and Insurance Law, University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law, Director of the Institute of Insurance Science and the LL.M. programme on Insurance Law.

• 1986-1991: Law degree (Erstes juristisches Staatsexamen), University of Göttingen
• 1994: Ph.D. of law, University of Göttingen
• 1994: Bar exam (Zweites juristisches Staatsexamen), Hamburg Court of Appeal
• 1995-1996: Associate with Graf von Westphalen & Modest, Hamburg
• 1996-1997: Master of Laws (LL.M.), McGill University, Montreal
• 1997-1998: Visiting Lecturer, Ural State Law Academy Yekaterinburg (Russia)
• 1998-2001: Senior Associate with Graf von Westphalen Fritz & Modest, Cologne
• 2001-2006: Professor of Commercial, Corporate and Int´l Trade Law, Nürtingen University

As chairman: 4 cases (DIS); As sole arbitrator: 2 cases (ICC); As party-appointed arbitrator: 6 cases (3xDIS, 3x GMAA); As counsel: 2 cases (DIS, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce)

• Insurance Law in Germany, 1ed 2018, Wolters Kluwer
• Bruck/Möller, Commentary on the German insurance contract law (co-editor), 9ed, 2009 et seq.; 10ed, 2021 ff.
• Volume 4 (2013): Liability insurance: 100-112 VVG, AHB, ProdHM, UmweltHM (1100 pages)
• Volume 12 (2018): Motor Insurance (1250 pages).
• Fidelity Insurance, Verlag Versicherungswirtschaft, 2007.
• Protection against IT-Risks through Insurance Policies, Erich Schmidt, 2005.
• Numerous articles on insurance law (D&O, general commercial and product liability, cyberrisks, motor insurance), standard terms contracts, German and international business law, CISG.

• International Association of Insurance Law (AIDA): member of the Presidential Council AIDA World, board member AIDA Europe, Chairman Marine Insurance Working Party; Hamburg Association of Insurance Science (chairman)
• Hamburg Association of Insurance Science (chairman)
• German Association of Insurance Science
• German Institution of Arbitration
• German Maritime Arbitration Institution
• Hamburg Arbitration Circle.

Research areas: Liability insurance (all lines of business), D&O insurance, cyber insurance, credit insurance, fidelity insurance, excess insurance, coinsurance and reinsurance, contractors all risk insurance, D&O liability, product liability .