About

Victor Andrés Gómez Henao is an expert lawyer in insurance law, contract law and civil liability, with extensive knowledge in private law, and has experience in litigation and arbitration. He has more than 10 years of experience in the insurance sector as an in-house lawyer for insurance companies in charge of the administration of legal proceedings, advice on the elaboration of insurance products, advice on the handling of civil liability claims and breach of contract. Gómez was the legal director of the judicial area of Seguros Colpatria when, in 2013, the French insurance company AXA acquired 51% of the shares of the company belonging to the Colombian group Mercantil Colpatria. He joined La Previsora, the state insurance company, in 2016, as legal process manager, responsible for the strategy of redefining the department’s operating model and optimising judicial savings. As a lawyer, he has led transformation processes in legal management information systems, as well as accompanying international disputes on reinsurance issues, and mitigating legal risk in the definition of defence strategies for judicial savings. Gómez and his team specialise in the resolution of conflicts through friendly composition, and an appreciation for the economic analysis of law, effective negotiation and creation of value towards society. In 2017, he supervised the creation of a new operating model for his area, with measurements according to the business and the creation of key performance indicators associated with the macro processes of judicial processes management. Similarly, his participation in the “Optimal Management Model” led by the National Judicial Defence Agency of Colombia allowed him to apply more thoroughly the concept of management tools applied to the law, the reduction of the litigious activity and strategic guidelines. He says, that ‘since joining Previsora, the number of litigations completed by conciliation agreements has been increased, thus increasing the judicial savings value’ to over COL$19bn, an example of the success of his streamlining and time saving measures. He and his team have also been involved in several negotiations with reinsurers, as well as different disputes with large companies and control entities, with amounts exceeding COL$10bn.