Last week it was reported that in 2007, executives with Munich Re subsidiary Ergo Versicherungsgruppe came up with the idea to throw a party for top performing sales executives at a bathhouse, featuring a bunch of prostitutes for their consumption. Because such events have the potential to devolve into mass chaos, with buyers and sellers running amok and no one knowing who’s down for what, the Germans had the bright idea to keep order via color-coding. Each hooker would wear an armband, with yellow indicating “available for sexual favors,” red indicating that she was a hostess and white indicating that she was “reserved for executives and top agents.” Additionally, the girls also received a “stamp” following each visit to one of the curtained canopied beds, so party-goers could know how many times she’d been “frequented.” When the story came out, a spokesman for the company said in a statement that incentive trips for successful salespeople “definitely don’t usually proceed the way it’s described.” Apparently he was just kidding because according to Ergo employees, that’s exactly how they “usually” proceed, and were going to keep proceeding, until someone had to go and ruin thing for the whole group.

[Ergo] has cancelled a trip to Monaco for top executives after details of a sex party in Budapest emerged and it became clear that the so-called incentive trips for sales execs have not been a single event. Sex, Drugs and Rock`n Roll have ruled those trips to destinations such as Mallorca, Dubai, Kitzbühel and Seychelles, according to German tabloid Bild, which quoted sources who took part in the trips.

Bild published videos and photos showing sales agents snorting white powder at a company-sponsored party, prompting Ergo, the Munich re subsidiary who owns accident and life insurance provider Hamburg Mannheimer, to deny the substance was cocaine. “The pictures published in Bild show a drinking game with salt, Tequila and lemon juice,” the company said in a statement. Tequila and lemon are shown in the photographs alongside big lines of white powder.

Ergo has invited top executives to entertainment trips at least three times a year and the so called Top-5 Club was the equivalent of a “nothing is impossible” party, according to Bild. The company is not denying that these trips have taken place.

Obviously the questions that needs answering at this time are 1) how many colored armbands are found at the “nothing is impossible” parties and 2) what do they represent? It seems obvious that cerulean would indicate A2M but what does royal blue mean? And ecru? And CRUSHED CRANBERRIES?**

Executives, Prostitutes and Big Lines of … Salt? [CNBC]

**Obviously assuming the Germans are going with Benjamin Moore paint colors, the sick fucks.

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Comments (38)

  1. Posted by Anonymous | May 25, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    Chocolate/Vanilla swirl armbands – blumpkins.

  2. Posted by Guest | May 25, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    time to get hired away by aig…

  3. Posted by 28 Days Later | May 25, 2011 at 2:02 PM

    Probably too many of the “callgirls” wore red bracelets.
    -A Norwegian Boss

  4. Posted by Mark Haines Ghost | May 25, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    Mark Haines just died

  5. Posted by AmericanBandersnatch | May 25, 2011 at 2:09 PM

    Dubai?  Things must have modernized since I was last there.

  6. Posted by Guest | May 25, 2011 at 2:13 PM

    Snorting salt would hurt.

    -ASU Freshman

  7. Posted by guest | May 25, 2011 at 2:19 PM

    Going with the Caddyshack defense.  I want royalties.

    - Ty Webb

  8. Posted by Anon Corp Dev Guy | May 25, 2011 at 2:19 PM

    I saw what you did there.

  9. Posted by Guest | May 25, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    It’s called a stuntman shot, and they’re for people who really party.

    -FSU Sophomore

  10. Posted by PasteSpecialFormats | May 25, 2011 at 2:24 PM

    Burnt Sienna = no BLANUS

  11. Posted by EEOC | May 25, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    On the positive side, it does not sound like women were underrepresented at these events for the top performers.
    ~EEOC

  12. Posted by Treater | May 25, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    AIG got whole porn industry for parties. You got a job on AIG, you got the pussies.

  13. Posted by InfiniteGuest | May 25, 2011 at 2:40 PM

    Coochie is for closers.

  14. Posted by Aleksey Vayner | May 25, 2011 at 2:56 PM

    I’m still waiting for my royalty check no matter how the words are ordered…

  15. Posted by Brian1284 | May 25, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    I think it is one girl per person you can sign into most hotels, could have changed.

  16. Posted by Anonymous | May 25, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    “Put..that…Coochie down!”

  17. Posted by Texashedge | May 25, 2011 at 3:17 PM

     Well, here’s an uncashed check for $75,000 then

  18. Posted by Anonymous | May 25, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    Indefinitely = until the press dies down a bit.

  19. Posted by JR | May 25, 2011 at 3:29 PM

    The goats wore colored bands just above their right front hooves. 

  20. Posted by Spanishmoon | May 25, 2011 at 3:36 PM

    Exactly. The insurance company was merely interviewing potential female Board members to comply with new EU edicts.

    No good deed goes unpunished!

  21. Posted by VictoryIsMine | May 25, 2011 at 3:44 PM

    “it seems obvious that cerulean would indicate a2m” …. Bess, I bow to you, speechless.

  22. Posted by ChickGuest | May 25, 2011 at 3:53 PM

    What do the hologram wrist bands mean?

  23. Posted by Specialk | May 25, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    Australian Tequila Shots – Duh CNBC….Snort the Salt, Shoot the Tequila, Squirt Lemon in your eye….did the report NOT go to College?

  24. Posted by Anonymous | May 25, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    That obi-wan is your only hope

  25. Posted by Guest | May 25, 2011 at 6:20 PM

    Uh, no thanks.

    - Lohan

  26. Posted by Ty | May 25, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    Keep it.

  27. Posted by Bear | May 25, 2011 at 8:01 PM

    is it me or the stories at DB are significantly less engaging in the last month or so?

  28. Posted by guest | May 25, 2011 at 8:10 PM

    what’s more engaging than hookers?  besides wall st doesn’t pay bonuses anymore and layoffs are months away

  29. Posted by Guest | May 25, 2011 at 9:17 PM

    It’s just you. UBS bashing got old two months ago.

  30. Posted by guest | May 25, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    Houdini

  31. Posted by Guest | May 25, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    It’s just you.

  32. Posted by Guest | May 25, 2011 at 10:22 PM

    Aw, poor baby doesn’t feel “engaged”? PS kill yourself.

  33. Posted by Guest | May 25, 2011 at 10:29 PM

    Have you been reading the same site? Stories have been entertaining as always. But please, let’s hear about you haven’t been “engaged.”

  34. Posted by Gueset | May 25, 2011 at 10:30 PM

    Your cock has been less engaging in the last month or so but you don’t hear be whining like a little bitch.

    -Bear’s Mom

  35. Posted by bo | May 26, 2011 at 1:54 AM

    Give a whole new twist to the color coded madness from Homeland Security.

  36. Posted by Nick | May 26, 2011 at 1:29 PM

    It has become clear to me that I am working for the wrong company.

  37. Posted by Bad Request | May 27, 2011 at 4:46 AM

    When was your last visit there? I lived there in 2008/2009 and it bloody rocked.

    And hookers….they were everywhere. Out in the open. In the fancy night club, in bars. Everywhere.

  38. Posted by Extitdok | April 16, 2012 at 7:36 PM

    must look at this chanel tote bag online shopping

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