- As an independent family business, we have been a competent partner for all insurance matters for three generations. As an insurance broker operating as a multiple agent, we are the link between selected insurance companies and our customers – trust is the best foundation.
- Our clients include industrial and commercial companies, SMEs, as well as private customers. All of them appreciate our first-class service and consulting - competent, flexible, fast.
- Our long-term client relationships focus on individual analysis and ongoing optimization of risk prevention – security through continuity.
- Complete and efficient protection in all aspects of business and private insurance – the benefit we provide our clients.
- For over 90 years, we have been cooperating with all major underwriters in the German and international markets – our independence gets results.
- Thanks to our many years’ experience, we can offer all of our customers tailor-made concepts – solutions with added value.
Key facts about Breffka & Hehnke
1922 The company was founded by Constantin Breffka and Emil Hehnke in Düsseldorf. From the start, our list of clients included numerous industrial, trade, and commercial companies.
1973 Alfred Hehnke took the helm and built the company into an international brokerage of transport, property, liability, and personal insurance.
2008 Since the death of Alfred Hehnke, the company has been managed by his son-in-law, keeping the business in the family for the third generation. Dr. Thomas Werthmöller, who had been with the company since 1984, assumed management of the company as a co-partner.
2022 Continuity and reliability are still the foundations of our mid-sized family business. Stability, reliability, and trust shape our relationships with our clients. This is not going to change in the future.
As a respected insurance partner, we tailor all of our services and consulting to our clients’ needs:
- Risk analyses for business and private clients
- Assessment of cause-of-loss and risk potential
- Development of tailor-made insurance solutions
- Conceptualization of balanced risk coverage
- Consulting on risk minimization and loss prevention
- Ongoing information and adaptation to developments in the insurance market
- Fast policy management and claims adjustment
- Continuous personal consulting and support
Tailor-made risk management for SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises)
Our product portfolio includes insurance concepts for the production industry, trading companies, craftsmen, self-employed persons, and freelancers.
We have particular expertise in the following business sectors, so we can offer our clients tailor-made insurance solutions.Plant engineering, law and auditing firms, tax consultancies, physicians and medical care centers, printing companies, financial services providers, crafts enterprises, engineering firms, IT, automotive suppliers, plastics processing, food producers, logistics companies, metal processing, carpentry, steel trade/steel industry, and advertising agencies.
- Property insurance
(Fire, burst pipe, storm, hail, and natural hazard damage, burglary, theft, all risks) - Liability insurance
(Business, product, environmental, professional design, monetary damage insurance, recall costs, D&O, E&O) - Technical insurance
(Machines, electronics, assembly, building services) - Legal protection insurance (incl. criminal law)
- Transport and forwarders liability insurance
- Company pensions
- Financial lines
(Fidelity losses, cyber risks, transaction risks (mergers & acquisitions) - Credit and guarantee insurance
- Art and gallery insurance
- Motor vehicle insurance
(Fleets and single vehicle contracts) - Loss of earnings insurance
(Fire, all risks, transport and assembly, business interruption insurance)
Right from the start, one of our business priorities has been transport insurance.
Our activities in this sector include:
We have special expertise in the steel industry, so we can offer our clients extraordinary added value with special solutions:
As a competent and independent insurance broker, we make sure you are on the safe side regarding all aspects of private risk insurance.
Whether as an individual or as a family, you can benefit from our personal service on all insurance questions:
- Property insurance coverage for your home, valuables, household effects, and natural damage insurance
- Liability for private persons, home and land owners, pet owners, and all hobbies
- Legal protection for tenants and landlords, private and professional, forwarders and GmbH (Limited liability company) managers
- Builder’s liability, building services and building shell insurance for all construction projects
- Insurance for old age and dependent provision, disability, health, life, and accident insurance
- Automotive insurance from liability, full coverage, passenger accident, breakdown coverage, and added value insurance all the way to GAP coverage for leased vehicles
- Vacation: Luggage, cancellation, and travel health insurance for your vacation travel
- Hobby: Insurance for extreme sports, recreational and hunting weapons, and for volunteer activities
Breffka & Hehnke GmbH & Co. KG
Mörsenbroicher Weg 151
40470 Düsseldorf
Tel. +49 211 610 71-0
Fax +49 211 610 71-21
Email bh(at)breffka-hehnke.de
We provide our customers with their own individual, secure data space. Here you will find a clear overview of your contracts and policies, as well as online forms for conveniently purchasing new policies.
If you do not yet have access, you may register here.