The Baden-Baden meeting was the annual German Marine Conference for many years until 1978. From 1979 that event moved away from Baden-Baden, but re/insurers and brokers continued to meet each other in this south German town during the last full week of October each year.

From that moment on, Colonia Konzern and later AXA Cessions published a participants list of insurers and reinsurers only. In 1995 The Review and Compre Group joined forces to produce a list of all other participants at this yearly meeting, and a diary with useful telephone numbers. In 2001 the lists were merged into one. The Review, Guy Carpenter and XL Re have united with the Baden-Baden city council to create a hosting committee dedicated to protecting the nature of this meeting. Without the kind support of these sponsors it would not be possible to publish the list.