Society For Risk Advice

Name

Society For Risk Advice

Legal name

GRB Gesellschaft für Risiko-Beratung mbH

Website

https://grb.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Risk Management Consulting

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Compliance Technology, GRC Platforms & Controls Automation Advisory (BPAHAFAO)

Keywords

• Healthcare risk consulting
• Patient safety management
• Clinical risk assessment
• Healthcare compliance consulting
• Organizational risk management

Headquarters

HQ city

Detmold

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Assessment Services: Systematic analysis of risks, processes, and safety structures conducted by interdisciplinary teams to identify organizational needs for action.
2. Consulting Services: From analysis to implementation: translating risk management insights into clear structures, processes, and decisions for effective and sustainable risk control.
3. Competency Development / Training: Training programs, simulations, and leadership development to strengthen patient safety implementation in daily practice. Formats include short formats, seminars, workshops, simulation training, and coaching.
4. Complementary Services: Additional services including certifications (HKS certificate) and specialized partnerships that enhance risk stability of healthcare facilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GRB provides specialized risk management consulting services for healthcare organizations across the DACH region. Its core offerings include systematic risk assessments, implementation consulting, competence development through training and simulation, and supplementary services such as the HKS-Zertifikat certification for midwife-led birth centers. The company combines clinical practitioner experience with organizational consulting methodology and insurance technical expertise from its parent Ecclesia Gruppe to help hospitals and clinics reduce liability risks and maintain sustainable insurability.

Product overview

GRB Gesellschaft für Risiko-Beratung mbH is a specialized risk consulting firm for the healthcare sector, operating in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). As a subsidiary of the Ecclesia Group (one of Germany’s largest insurance brokers), the company offers an integrated four-service portfolio: Assessment (systematic risk analysis), Beratung/Consulting (implementation support), Kompetenzförderung/Competence Development (training and simulations), and Ergänzende Leistungen/Supplementary Services (certifications and specialized offerings). Key products include the HKS-Zertifikat for midwife-led delivery rooms, CIRS systems, M&M conferences, and the ecsolutions ecosystem spanning cyber, financial lines, mobility, pension, and travel risk services. The company also provides ongoing webinars on patient safety topics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GRB-Modell: A systematic approach to risk-stable organizations through the interplay of analysis, clear control, and lived safety culture.

Products and services

• Assessment Systematic analysis of risks, processes, and safety structures that makes visible where action is needed in an organization. Covers system level (governance, risk management), area level (critical care areas such as emergency room, operating room, obstetrics), and process level (specific workflows and safety-critical situations). Targeted at hospitals, clinics, and healthcare facilities in the DACH region.
• Beratung (Consulting) From analysis to implementation: transferring risk management insights into clear structures, processes, and decisions for effective and sustainable risk control. Works across all organizational levels to build functional decision-making pathways and workflows that perform under pressure.
• Kompetenzförderung (Competence Development) Training, simulations, and executive development that strengthen the implementation of patient safety in daily practice. Formats include short-form modules, seminars, workshops, simulation training, and coaching for leaders and key personnel in healthcare organizations.
• Ergänzende Leistungen (Supplementary Services) Additional services including certifications and specialized partnerships that secure and further develop the risk management system. Includes HKS-Zertifikat certification, screenings and audits for insurers and brokers, and access to the ecsolutions ecosystem.
• HKS-Zertifikat (Hebammenkreißsaal-Sicherheitszertifikat) Quality certificate for midwife-led delivery rooms (Hebammenkreißsäle) awarded after a structured audit procedure. Developed jointly with the German Midwives Association (DHV) to make safety and care quality transparent, verifiable, and comparable.
• ecsolutions Integrated service concept from the Ecclesia Group extending beyond classical insurance solutions. Includes ecconstruction, eccyber, ecfinancial_lines, ecmobility, ecpension & benefits, and ectravel_risk as networked services and specialized consulting offerings.
• Webinarreihe Patientensicherheit (Patient Safety Webinar Series) Webinar series providing in-depth knowledge and practical impulses on patient safety topics including CIRS systems, WHO patient safety agenda, ambulatory surgery, psychiatry, second victim phenomena, and simulation training. Targeted at healthcare practitioners and quality managers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced probability of damage/events for patients and organizations
• +4 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Deutscher Hebammenverband (DHV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGRB and the German Midwives Association (DHV) jointly developed the HKS certificate audit procedure for midwife-led birth centers. GRB contributes expertise in risk analysis, patient safety, and organizational development while DHV provides professional midwifery standards and certification authority.
• hevianna Versicherungsdienst GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partnerhevianna is a specialized insurance service broker for midwives and midwife-led birth centers, and is a subsidiary of the Ecclesia Gruppe. The partnership complements GRB services by providing insurance solutions specifically designed for obstetric risks, protecting the work of midwives legally and financially.
• Ecclesia GruppeflagshipOthersGRB is a subsidiary company (Tochterunternehmen) of the Ecclesia Gruppe, one of Germany's largest insurance brokers. The parent company provides insurance technical expertise and underwriting perspectives that complement GRB's organizational and clinical risk analysis approach.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Joint Commission International (JCI): JCI is a global healthcare accreditation and certification body that evaluates hospitals and clinics against patient safety and quality standards. It is comparable to GRB because both monetize third-party certification, audit, and patient safety standard-setting activity in healthcare.
• Curacon GmbH: Curacon is a German management consultancy focused on hospitals, clinics, and social-sector organizations, advising on strategy, organization, and process optimization. It is highly comparable to GRB because both serve German healthcare providers with consulting on operational, organizational, and quality topics.
• DNV Healthcare: DNV operates a healthcare certification and accreditation business alongside its maritime and energy lines, providing standards-based assessment and risk management services. It overlaps with GRB in the structured healthcare audit/certification and risk advisory space.
• COCENTER GmbH: COCENTER is a German consultancy focused on hospitals and healthcare providers, with services spanning process consulting, quality management, and certification support. It overlaps with GRB's Assessment, Beratung, and certification-adjacent work for German healthcare facilities.

Broad incumbents

• Aon: Aon is a global professional services firm with significant healthcare risk and human capital consulting practices, advising hospitals and life sciences clients on risk, insurance, and workforce issues. Comparable to GRB as a broader incumbent addressing healthcare risk management across multiple geographies.
• WTW (Willis Towers Watson): WTW is a global advisory, broking, and solutions company with healthcare industry consulting spanning risk, benefits, and clinical risk management. It overlaps with GRB in delivering risk advisory to healthcare providers, though at a much larger, multi-practice scale.
• Marsh (Marsh McLennan): Marsh is a global insurance broker and risk advisor with a dedicated healthcare industry practice covering clinical risk, claims, and patient safety consulting. It is comparable as a broad incumbent offering the kind of risk advisory and insurance-aligned services that GRB provides at a smaller, healthcare-specialized scale.
• RPS Group (Tetra Tech): RPS, now part of Tetra Tech, is a global professional services firm offering risk, safety, and compliance consulting across multiple sectors. It is comparable to GRB as a broad advisory firm providing health-and-safety and risk management services to complex organizations.

Emerging players

• RLDatix: RLDatix is a healthcare-specific software company providing patient safety, risk, compliance, and workforce management solutions, including CIRS-adjacent incident reporting. It is comparable to GRB as an emerging player addressing the same healthcare risk and patient safety workflows that GRB currently addresses via consulting.
• Riskonnect: Riskonnect is a technology platform for integrated risk management, used by healthcare organizations to manage claims, patient safety, and compliance. It represents the software-enabled approach to healthcare risk management that could complement or substitute parts of GRB's advisory services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCY0rhUDyr0xbLvV3R13tjhg
• Facebookfacebook.com/ecclesiagruppe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/9155036

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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