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IT & Tech

Reshaping the InsurTech landscape

New technologies are disrupting the insurance value chain. Our innovative minds spearhead the transformation and make change happen.

Revolutionizing the world of insurance

Technologies are constantly evolving - and thanks to our experts in the IT & Tech department, Munich Re not only goes along with this evolution, but actively shapes it. Our IT department promotes innovative strength and a healthy competitive spirit in order to compete with the best IT companies in the world. For example, it participates in various global transformation projects or is closely involved in implementing innovative experiences for all our staff.

IT needs expertise, innovation & courage

Our IT experts are promoting Munich Re in various projects.

Strong positioning & ambitious goals

Munich Re is already the market leader in cyber risk management and supports clients with a comprehensive range of products. Our goal is to become even more digital through the expertise of our IT & Tech specialists. We are therefore making targeted investments in digital transformation and helping our primary insurance clients and distribution partners to tackle problems in the modern digital world with innovative and forward-looking solutions.

We work with InsureTech companies to conduct groundbreaking research and create, access, and continuously improve innovative products

Karveen
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I’m always looking for tenacious project professionals – PMs, BAs, programme leads. I want gifted collaborators who can retain focus on the big picture and know how to up the delivery clock speed while delivering quality change.
Karveen
Munich Re UK, London
Global Head of Service Delivery Projects

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You are an expert passionate about your field and curious to explore new horizons. As a team player with excellent communication skills you thrive in diverse settings. You are all of this and more?

What we look for in IT experts

Willingness to craft business solutions that provide efficiencies to the insurance value chain
Eagerness to be part of transformational projects
Openness for people, cultures and new technologies

Current IT projects and innovations

HSB, a Munich Re Group company, recently introduced virtual claims checks in its machinery insurance for commercial clients. The app-based solution improves the customer experience in the event of a claim. Images and other data are transmitted directly to a team of experts via live stream, allowing a greater number of claims to be assessed visually than before and the efficiency to be increased. 
Both the agricultural industry and the entire food production value chain are strongly affected by current global trends such as climate change and digitalization. To reduce their impact, we are using our experience and technical expertise to develop new solutions for risk transfer in agriculture. Such solutions can be tailored flexibly to customer needs and offer protection not only to farmers but to all actors along the value chain.
Together with Munich Re, the machinery factory Reinhausen has developed a new type of service based on the Internet of Things. It makes it possible to monitor the operating status of transformers in real time and without interruption, and thus to initiate the necessary maintenance work in good time. The special feature here is that Munich Re insures the risk of a transformer failing despite constant monitoring.
141
141 years of experience in risk management
1st Place
1st place in the list of the top 50 reinsurance groups worldwide
Nr. 1
Market leader in cyber risk management
300+
More than 300 applications are managed by our IT.

Challenges in the field of IT & Tech

Further develop modeling of cloud-specific cyber risks
Make the value chain in the insurance industry more efficient
Drive the evolution of data-driven application and underwriting processes
Develop solutions for continuously new risks of the networked economy
Douglas
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I am excited to be a member of the global cybersecurity team at Munich Re. I enjoy the challenge, the people I work with and the success that comes along with protecting this organization.
Douglas
Munich Re US, Cincinnati
Global Head of Endpoint & Application Security
Individual expertise is combined at Munich Re to develop groundbreaking solutions together.
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Individual expertise is combined at Munich Re to develop groundbreaking solutions together.

Meet IT & Tech experts at Munich Re

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You are an expert passionate about your field and curious to explore new horizons. As a team player with excellent communication skills you thrive in diverse settings. You are all of this and more?

The IT Organisation is structured into seven towers

Seven powerhouses stand at the heart of Munich Re’s transformation – Office of the CIO, Enterprise Architecture, Service Management, Service Delivery, Business Solutions, Business Technology, and IT Risk and Security. These IT towers run innovative projects, leveraging disruptive technologies. Artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), cybersecurity, big data and data analytics are revolutionising the transfer and management of risk.

Build, forge ahead, innovate and co-create with business experts in environments with a galvanising start-up dynamic. Europe, Singapore, Australia or in North America: Join one of our global IT hubs to make an impact! 

Provides transparency and a single version of truth in all IT financial and performance measures. Owns overall IT strategy including strategy development, business strategy alignment and strategy implementation. It is the communication hub for all strategic IT content.
Defines and maintains a consistent, holistic and proactively managed IT architecture of Munich Re to enable new business models, cost efficient operations and sustainability of investments. Leverages from global IT architecture to drive speed / agility and reuse of patterns.
Delivers an independent and transparent view on the performance of IT business service delivery. This includes monitoring of services, delivery and support processes, escalation and task force handling and customer performance reporting. 
Delivers stable operational services in a cost effective and adequate manner for applications and IT platforms including onsite IT and sourcing management. Clear focus on continuous service delivery optimization, standardization and automation.
Delivers business value through the management of traditional IT products including execution of change projects outside of the digital innovation (Business Technology) space. Owns the key relationship across business domains representing all IT service functions.
Delivers a positive ROI on Munich Re´s digitalization and digital innovation portfolio. This will be achieved through the management of the full innovation project lifecycle from ideation to commercialization and operation for new revenue streams or the full project lifecycle including benefit realization for digitization of the existing business.
Defines, monitors and ensures implementation of global IT security standards based on Munich Re´s risk appetite. Monitors, assesses and reports on changes in the IT risk landscape.

Cyber Pool – Where IT expertise boosts cyber underwriting 

Assessing cyber risks requires approaches that go far beyond traditional insurance. From ransomware to DDoS to phishing, it takes IT expertise to understand not only risks themselves but the accumulation risk arising from a single realised cyber risk.

To stay competitive in the field of cyber (re)insurance, Munich Re has launched a global cyber expert programme unique in the insurance market, the Cyber Pool. The induction programme helps experienced IT professionals to acquire an additional qualification in underwriting and grow a career in the risk industry. 

The Cyber Pool in a nutshell

Work-and-learn training with department rotation
1 team project and additional off-the-job training
1 assignment abroad
15 to 18 months duration
Rupert
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The cyber expert pool gave me a remarkable opportunity to get my techie feet wet in the insurance business. You rotate through various cyber departments and experience first-hand how cyber security and cyber resiliency can be combined with specialised insurance know-how.
Rupert
Munich Re Germany, Munich
Member of the Cyber Pool

Further learning opportunities for IT

Munich Re has a strong focus on skills and talent in IT & Tech. Our IT experts share their knowledge and are actively contributing to a global state of the art training portfolio.
Every year, Munich Re invests more than €800 in further training for each of its employees.
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Every year, Munich Re invests more than €800 in further training for each of its employees.

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You are an expert passionate about your field and curious to explore new horizons. As a team player with excellent communication skills you thrive in diverse settings. You are all of this and more?