Marc Hengen
Managing Director
ACA is a professional association within the Luxembourg financial sector. As such, it is an integral part of an ecosystem that goes far beyond the borders of Luxembourg.
Marc HENGEN Managing Director
About ACAWe are a member of : 
ACA HistoryFounding of ACA by :
Signature of the 1st Insurance Collective Bargaining Agreement for the insurance industry.
1993 : 3rd Life Directive establishing the system of Freedom to Provide Services. ACA has about 60 members and in 1994 created the Single Market Committee, which later become the International Life Committee.
In 1995, ACA and ULC introduced an ombudsman service for insurers’ customers.
ACA opens its membership to consulting professionals and lawyers with an associate member status.
ACA moves into the House of Finance, alongside the ABBL, ALFI and Luxembourg for Finance to strengthen the links of the financial sector.
1st woman President of ACA
ACA serves 146 members.
In February 2022, the ABBL and the ACA signed a partnership agreement strengthening the collaboration between the two associations. This new partnership materializes in particular by the fact that the joint public affairs representation office of the ABBL and ALFI will henceforth also defend the interests of Luxembourg insurers from the Brussels office.
Our missionsThe main mission of the Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies (ACA):
CSR EngagementACA integrates a socially responsible business strategy into its missions. Our CSR strategy allows us to develop our knowledge and improve our work processes. The CSR strategy creates value for our members, and our corporate strategy creates value for our stakeholders.
Moving to the House of Finance
Signature of the agreement “SuperDrecksKëscht”
Creation of an internal ACA CSR committee
Statutes of the association
Team
Marc Hengen
Managing Director
Valérie Tollet
Member of ACA Executive Committee
Laura Barre
Legal advisor
Hadrien Bertrand
Economic Advisor
Kilian Bonnemberger
Digital Communication Officer
Sarah Hartmann
Legal advisor
Sarah Lentini
Senior Communication Manager
Léa Zanda
Legal and tax advisor
Annick Beckius
Management Assistant
Chantal Gansen
Management Assistant
Patrizia Trasatti
Management Assistant
Luciana Morolli
Luxembourg Bureau and Automobile Guarantee Fund
Isabelle Spautz
Luxembourg Bureau and Automobile Guarantee FundE-mail: marc.hengen@aca.lu
Phone : +352 44 21 44 1
Marc Hengen has been ACA’s Managing Director since 2013. A lawyer by training and an insurer by profession, Marc joined the ACA Management Committee in 2010. Marc is also a member of the Haut Comité de la Place Financière, a member of the Executive Committee of the UEL (Union des Entreprises Luxembourgeoises), the Secretary General of AGERE (Association des gestionnaires d’entreprises de réassurances) and a member of the Management Committee and Treasurer of Insurance Europe.
E-mail: valerie.tollet@aca.lu
Phone : +352 44 21 44 1
Member of the Executive Committee and Insurance Ombudsman of Luxembourg. After 20 years in tax consultancy in Belgium and Luxembourg, Valérie joined ACA in February 2020. With a degree in law and tax law, she is in charge of files related to international life and non-life insurance, reinsurance, as well as various working groups. She is particularly involved in Luxembourg and international tax issues and represents the ACA within the UEL Tax Taskforce. She also assists ACA members in human resources matters.
E-mail: laura.barre@aca.lu
Tel : +352 44 21 44 29
With a Master’s degree in Financial Sector, Banking and Insurance, and a thesis in Financial Law, Laura started her career in indirect taxation in 2016. She was seconded to a multinational group in Luxembourg, notably in the industry sector.
She joined a group of non-life insurance companies in 2018 as a tax specialist, then in the Legal and Compliance department. Over the next four years, she worked on issues related to the distribution of insurance products, relations with intermediaries, delegations of authority and management of external service providers.
She also analyzed the regulations applicable to the company’s various lines of business in Europe, and the adaptation of procedures and documentation to local law.
E-mail: hadrien.bertrand@aca.lu
Phone : +352 44 21 44 22
Hadrien holds a Master 2 in Finance and started as a Financial Auditor in Luxembourg in 2010. He joined the insurance sector in 2013 and worked in particular in the Finance and Compliance departments of life and non-life insurance companies. Hadrien joined the ACA in 2019 and is in charge of the Finance, Private Equity, SFDR, IFRS 17, Custodian Bank Reporting, Statistics, and Solvency 2 working groups.
E-mail: kilian.bonnemberger@aca.lu
GSM : +352 621 655 932
In September 2021, Kilian Bonnemberger joined ACA as Digital Communication Officer. After 4 years of internship/workstudy in the financial sector in Luxembourg, Kilian started his professional career with the ACA team. Kilian is now in charge of digital communications, allowing ACA to strengthen its communications strategy with the support of a dedicated digital strategy, to carry the voice of the insurance sector online. In particular, he is tasked with ACA’s website redesign project.
E-mail: sarah.hartmann@aca.lu
Phone : +352 44 21 44 35
Sarah holds a Master’s 2 degree in business law and is a legal advisor to companies. She started her career in 2008 in a consultancy firm, where she mainly worked on tax and regulatory assignments for local insurers. She joined the legal and compliance department of an insurance group in Luxembourg in 2012, where she was in charge for several years. As of 2018, and with a particular focus in 2020, Sarah was Compliance Officer and Legal Officer for the group’s Insurtech. Having joined ACA in March 2021, Sarah is involved in various subjects and coordinates several local market and cross-cutting working groups (e.g. data protection, licensing examinations for insurance agents). Sarah also follows topics of interest to insurers connected with digital matters and professional training.
E-mail: sarah.lentini@aca.lu
Phone : +352 44 21 44 30
A graduate of the IEP in Aix-enProvence with a Master’s 2 in Public and Political Management, Sarah has been working in the financial sector in Luxembourg for 17 years, 14 of which in insurance. She joined ACA in 2015 as an advisor. She is in charge of communication in the ACA and the promotion of the sector in Luxembourg and abroad.
E-mail: lea.zanda@aca.lu
Phone : +352 44 21 44 21
Léa joined ACA in January 2020 after more than 10 years of experience in taxation in the Grand Duchy, including 8 years in a consulting firm with a specialization in international taxation. Trained as a lawyer, specialized in business law, Léa is responsible for working groups related to taxation such as DAC6 or regulatory issues such as distribution (IDD, PRIIPS), sustainable finance, AML or escheated contracts.
E-mail: annick.beckius@aca.lu
Phone : +352 44 21 44 23
The secretariat assists ACA’s Management Committee and team in all matters handled within ACA. The administrative assistance includes a wide range of duties including the organisation of all ACA events, accounting, calculation of ACA payments and membership fees, the monitoring of statistics, the updating of the website and extranet, and communications to members.
E-mail: chantal.gansen@aca.lu
Phone : +352 44 21 44 26
The secretariat assists ACA’s Management Committee and team in all matters handled within ACA. The administrative assistance includes a wide range of duties including the organisation of all ACA events, accounting, calculation of ACA payments and membership fees, the monitoring of statistics, the updating of the website and extranet, and communications to members. Chantal Gansen is also the Corporate Secretary for the ACA, thus permitting better governance within the organisation.
E-mail: patrizia.trasatti@aca.lu
Phone : +352 44 21 44 28
The secretariat assists ACA’s Management Committee and team in all matters handled within ACA. The administrative assistance includes a wide range of duties including the organisation of all ACA events, accounting, calculation of ACA payments and membership fees, the monitoring of statistics, the updating of the website and extranet, and communications to members.
E-mail: luciana.morolli@aca.lu
Phone : +352 44 21 44 25
Luciana Morolli carry out the administrative follow-up of the files of the Luxembourg Bureau and the Automobile Guarantee Fund, as well as the requests for information addressed to the Automobile Guarantee Fund in its capacity as Information Centre.
E-mail: isabelle.spautz@aca.lu
Phone : +352 44 21 44 36
Isabelle Spautz carry out the administrative followup of the files of the Luxembourg Bureau and the Automobile Guarantee Fund, as well as the requests for information addressed to the Automobile Guarantee Fund in its capacity as Information Centre. Isabelle assists Marc Hengen in her tasks as the Secretary General of the Luxembourg Bureau and the Automobile Guarantee Fund. She also manages the secretariat of the ILAC (Institut Luxembourgeois des Actuaires).
Isabelle Spautz also holds the position of Corporate Secretary for the Luxembourg Office and the Guarantee Fund, thus ensuring better governance within the organization.
Other services of ACALuxembourg Green Card Bureau and Motor Guarantee Fund
The Luxembourg Green Card Bureau and Motor Guarantee Fund bring together all Motor Civil Liability insurers that are authorised to operate in this sector in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
The Luxembourg Bureau manages claims arising in Luxembourg involving vehicles registered abroad and provides compensatation for personal injury and material damage in accordance with Luxembourg law.
The mission of the Motor Guarantee Fund is to compensate personal injury and material damage caused in Luxembourg by a vehicle that is uninsured, unidentified (personal injury only) or, for which, the Motor Civil Liability insurer has become insolvent. It bears the cost of compensation of victims if, within a period of 3 months from the date of presentation of a claim, the insurer concerned has not presented a reasoned response to the cited elements. The Motor Guarantee Fund shall compensate an injured person who is resident in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and has been the victim of an accident abroad caused by an uninsured vehicle, as well as so-called «vulnerable» victims.
Insurance Ombudsman
Since 1995, ACA and ULC (Luxembourg Union of Consumers) have offered a joint mediation service as an out-of-court alternative for insurance disputes and to avoid, as far as possible, lengthy and costly procedures.
The Ombudsman has as mission to process applications for out-of-court settlement of insurance litigation between Luxembourg-based insurance companies and consumers residing in Luxembourg or in another State of the European Union. The mediator’s opinions, proposed solutions or agreements are non-binding on the parties concerned.
Negotiation of the Collective Labour Agreement
ACA has been negotiating the Collective Bargaining Agreement applicable to the insurance sector since 1967. This Collective Bargaining Agreement is concluded between the trade unions (ALEBA, LCGB, and OGBL) and ACA, usually for a 3 year period. The legislation of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg makes the Collective Bargaining Agreement a general obligation for the entire market (including companies that are not members of ACA).
