Swiss Life Select Deutschland GmbH, headquartered in Hanover, is a financial advisory firm offering consultation in insurance, investment and real estate matters.

[1] It was initially created under the name AWD Holding by Carsten Maschmeyer and acquired in 2007 by Swiss Life.

[4] Around 750 permanent employees currently working at the Hanover location, the back office for all sales.

There is a popular belief that Carsten Maschmeyer founded the company alone, together with his later wife Bettina or her brother Kai Lange, but the official founder was Kai Lange, alone or with his girlfriend Ulrike Schröter.

[6][7] Personal Communication with a friend turned Swiss Life Select Financial Advisor