signals is the innovation hub of the SIGNAL IDUNA Group, one of Germany’s leading insurers. We provide the platform to develop new business ideas, assess the impact of new technologies on the insurance industry, and partner with startups.
For us, progress and consistency go hand in hand. We see ourselves as a catalyst. We have to break new ground to create something that has yet to be there. Courageous and full of drive, we want to work with you to redefine the status quo!
We explore future technologies to analyze their impact on the insurance industry and our society. The Technology Briefing Center is a key initiative in this endeavor.
Together with our Venture Capital partner Angel Invest, we have co-founded the Technology Briefing Center, a venture think tank that aims to bridge the gap between cutting-edge innovation and smart strategic decision-making. With a focus on AI, FinTech, and Climate Tech, it brings external perspectives and market insights into SIGNAL IDUNA Group, ensuring we stay ahead in a rapidly changing world.
The Technology Briefing Center regularly publishes its insights. Download the latest reports and whitepapers below.
To find answers to the questions of tomorrow, we need different perspectives. That is why we are always interested in networking with tech and industry experts, futurologists, or universities. Collaborating could include exchanges, research, joint projects, events, or white papers.
Analyzing and translating emerging trends into strategic opportunities in Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, and Climate Tech.
Whether it's a standard insurance for your company or employees, embedding insurance in your product, or the joint development of new business models – we’ve got you covered.
Founding your own business is exciting and fun but it also comes with stress, uncertainty, and hurdles to overcome. Proper insurance coverage is vital in mitigating potential risks – let us be your security guard.
Insurance can be integrated into many value chains - resulting in even better services for your customers. Let's explore together what new business models we can build.
Vay is the first company to teledrive cars on public roads without a person inside, in Europe and the US. Not only did signals Venture capital invest in the firm, SIGNAL IDUNA also insures the teledriven cars in Germany.
While our Venture Client approach is key to how we work with startups, we also build strategic collaborations with established technology leaders. This allows us to find best-in-class solutions in enterprise architecture, data analytics, and value-added services to offer our customers the best possible experience.
With roughly 10,000 employees, more than 100 years of experience, and + € 6 billion of premium revenue from more than 12 million customers, SIGNAL IDUNA is one of the largest insurance companies in Germany. Its product portfolio ranges from health, life, and property to liability insurance. By integrating new technologies and solutions, SIGNAL IDUNA generates growth and aims to offer the best service to its customers. In doing so, the group relies on its own innovations and collaboration with strong digital partners on the market.
As the innovation hub of SIGNAL IDUNA, we are constantly seeking partners with bold ideas. We are particularly interested in data- and AI-driven solutions that can enhance the efficiency of our processes and drive our business goals forward.
We are generally excited to learn about technologies that address crucial nodes in the insurance value chain, meet the needs of our customers, or add value to our products and the people interacting with them.
If you have an innovative solution, we want to hear from you.
SIGNAL IDUNA is successfully implementing key Generative AI use cases through its strategic partnership with Google, a journey we at signals are proud to be part of. Amongst other initiatives, we have contributed to the rollout of Gemini Enterprise, for 11,000 employees and a knowledge assistant that reduced service staff processing times by up to 30%.
CoachHub is an online training platform enabling employees to work remotely with a coach to improve their soft skills and grow personally and professionally. During its agile transformation SIGNAL IDUNA implemented CoachHub. Starting with a pilot user group, the partnership quickly rolled out to support employees at all levels to deal with the changes.
SIGNAL IDUNA’s partnership with cybersecurity platform Perseus began in 2018, initially offering cyber awareness training as an added value for its new cyber insurance. The collaboration has since evolved, and today, a full membership to Perseus’s entire suite of services is included with SIGNAL IDUNA’s new generation of cyber insurance.
Are you looking for an investor for your business idea? We are happy to put you in touch with the team at Angel Invest, our venture capital partner.
Since 2017, SIGNAL IDUNA has invested over €100 million in startups, building a broad ecosystem within the venture capital community.
As of 2024, we are working with Angel Invest, one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, to deepen our engagement with innovative technology companies.
This collaboration is a key component of our corporate strategy, MOMENTUM 2030. It is designed to sharpen our view of market developments and helps us identify promising technology startups in their earliest stages to unlock new fields of growth for us and our customers. Therefore we have built the Technology Briefing Center.
We bring together leading experts and practitioners to forge the collaborations needed to embed innovation and emerging technologies into the industry.
Join us for our signature signals AI Roundtable and Tech Sundowner events, or one of our many other gatherings throughout the year.
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We are innovators, business strategists, and tech enthusiasts, but above all, we are bridge builders – we connect business units with startups, big tech, or VCs. Because we want nothing less than to shake up the outdated insurance industry, and we can only do that with united forces.
Since its opening in 2017, the signals Open Studios has been our office and a meeting place where innovative minds unite, network, and share their knowledge.
We have a limited number of coworking seats. Contact us if you’re interested in joining our community.
