Dr. Jonathan Prill

Dr Jonathan Prill is a lawyer in the Finacial Lines department at the Berlin and Cologne offices. He specialises in advising and monitoring claims in D&O, E&O, cyber and fidelity insurance. He also advises our clients in these sectors on product development, as well as on the legal framework conditions relating to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and the insurance of AI risks. As a trained insurance and finance specialist, he is very familiar with the special requirements of claims management and the work processes of an insurance company.

  1. 2011 - 2014

    Apprenticeship as an insurance and finance clerk at the VHV Group in Berlin

  2. 2014 - 2019

    Law studies at the Free University of Berlin, specializing in private insurance law and private international law

  3. 2019 - 2024

    Doctorate at the Free University of Berlin (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Armbrüster)

    Topic: “Artificial intelligence and insurance - A civil, data protection and insurance law analysis of the existing and planned law with a view to the opportunities and challenges of AI for the insurance industry” (awarded the Helmut Kollhosser Prize)

  4. 2019 - 2021

    Research assistant at the Chair of Civil Law, Commercial and Corporate Law, Private Insurance Law, Private International Law of Prof. Dr. Christian Armbrüster

  5. 2020 - 2024

    Research assistant at BLD Cologne

  6. 2022 - 2024

    Legal clerkship at the Kammergericht (Berlin), stations at the Insurance Chamber of Berlin District Court, the Berlin Data Protection Commissioner and the German Insurance Association (GDV)

  7. Since 2024

    Lawyer at BLD

Dr. Jonathan Prill

Lawyer | Associate

Theodor-Heuss-Ring 13-15
50668 Cologne
 Tel +49 221 944027-1292

Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 104-106
10553 Berlin

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  • 2021-2023: Lecturer at Studierendenwerk Berlin with the lecture series “Auf Nummer Sicher - Versicherungsschutz für Studierende” / “Play it safe? - Insurance protection for students”
  • German Association for Insurance Science e.V.
  • Association for the Promotion of Insurance Science in Berlin e.V.
  • Ernst Reuter Society of Friends, Sponsors and Alumni of Freie Universität Berlin e.V.
  • Robotics & AI Law Society (RAILS) e.V.
  • The so-called third-party ownership ban - A plea for its maintenance, together with Bastian Finkel, fourword issue 3, September 26, 2024, p. 25 ff,
  • Silent AI - The insurance of artificial intelligence using the example of motor vehicle policies, Versicherungswirtschaft May 2024, p. 82 ff,
  • Dissertation: Artificial intelligence and insurance - A civil, data protection and insurance law analysis of the existing and planned law with a view to the opportunities and challenges of AI for the insurance industry, Berlin 2024
  • Sections 69-73 BeckOK VVG, commentary since June 2020
  • Use of AI in the insurance sector - with a focus on insurance medicine, ZVersWiss 26.07.2022, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12297-022-00527-2
  • Mutual contracts in times of the Corona pandemic - Part 2, together with Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Armbrüster, JuS 2020, 1144
  • Mutual contracts in times of the corona pandemic - Part 1, together with Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Armbrüster, JuS 2020, 1008
  • Impacts of the Corona crisis on mutual contracts, together with Prof. Dr. Christian Armbrüster, Berliner Anwaltsblatt May 2020, special supplement p. 3
  • Artificial intelligence in the insurance sector - legal challenges, together with Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Armbrüster, ZfV 2020, 110
  • “The legal requirements for the use of AI by insurers”, 14th BLD legal department meeting September 26, 2024
  • “Artificial intelligence and insurance - legal issues of machine learning with a focus on data protection and insurance law”, webinar of the DVfVw Insurance Economics Expert Group, November 9, 2024
  • “Artificial intelligence and health-related insurance”, 6th International Health Insurance Conference of the Association of Insurance Business Economists, February 22-23, 2023, Adliswil (Zurich)
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