Reinsurance group focuses on secure electronic message traffic Berlin, Hannover has September 02, 2009 compliance re top priority within the framework of the business principles. Here also the IT security plays a major role. So, the global reinsurance group has decided for the use of E-Mail encryption solutions of from Zertificon Solutions GmbH. All incoming and outgoing messages are hedged centrally with the Z1 SecureMail family products. This ensures the compliance and the other high integrity in cooperation with customers, partners and suppliers. The Hannover Re Group operates in all lines of insurance and reinsurance and thereby maintains relationships with over 5,000 insurance companies in about 150 countries.
Its worldwide network consists of over 100 subsidiaries, branches and representative offices on all five continents with about 2,000 employees. The Germany business is used by the Subsidiary + S Ruck operated. This networked structure requires an E-Mail encryption system that secures the entire electronic message transport centrally with all partners in an easy way. Up to date access Hannover Re on compromise solutions and standalone installation back, which showed a high degree of complexity when it comes to key management, etc.. Zertificon decided on the basis of the product features that ensure a high degree of flexibility.
The open platform allows for unlimited Administrators permissions management. It provides also flexible policies and granular security configuration per policy or communication partner. Also the multi-client capability was a decisive criterion in terms of the domains and subsidiaries / affiliates. E-Mail Security is thus centrally controllable, and the users are exempt from the complexity as well as the effort to deal with the issue. Worldwide approx. 2,000 users in the Group of companies take advantage of secure E-Mail Transfer. \”Wolfgang Lindner, responsible for IT-network management which Hannover Re, explains: In the context of global security projects defined requirements for the secure exchange of information could be met now, without having the medium email appeal for the lost user handling is transparent and for internal users as usual.\” Also, the shipping of sensitive information (for example, insurance or billing data), which previously took place by CD mail or letter mail, could be converted to email.