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Accessibility II - A Guide for UX / UI Designers

After giving a basic insight into accessibility in the first part of our three-part series (LINK), we're now going to give you a little guide. Learn more about universal design, language and media as well as contrasts, graphics and images in the article.

Development 08. February 2021 10 min reading time

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The path to the Next Generation Insurer

The future is digital - this is now also undisputed in the insurance industry. Even if there are certainly still different opinions when it comes to defining how far digitization should go, some of the essential characteristics of the Next Generation Insurer can be identified. You can read more about this in the article.

Company 16. December 2020 5 min reading time

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Accessibility

When it comes to accessibility, there is still a lack of optimal technical solutions in Germany. And this despite the fact that it affects everyone. There is still a lot of room for improvement on the way to achieving the maximum possible to ensure that many digital applications run smoothly. Read more about this in this article by Franziska Gertz and Florian Schubert.

Development 11. November 2020 9 min reading time

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10 Years of Digital Insurance

10 years after the founding of sum.cumo, the development of a modern, customer-focused e-commerce for insurers is finally complete and the digital transformation of the industry can begin. Read more in the article.

Sapiens Germany 02. September 2020 9 min reading time

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Insurance product of tomorrow - guest contribution at Bitkom

How could insurance products on the German private market develop in the next 5 - 10 years? You can find out in the guest article at Bitkom.

Stephan Haumer 19. June 2020 1 min reading time

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Effects of Covid-19 in the DACH region

Covid-19 poses a real challenge for tech-savvy insurers. Why is the industry so risk-averse, where digitalisation is urgently needed and what role do InsurTechs play in this? You can find out all this in the guest article by Ingolf (Putzbach), managing director of sum.cumo.

Company 11. June 2020 2 min reading time

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Checklist for freelancers: Why change to a permanent position?

The change from freelance work to permanent employment is prejudiced - but completely wrong. The following checklist provides a closer look at the topic and offers assistance in deciding for or against permanent employment.

Sapiens Germany 10. June 2020 7 min reading time

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Online gambling reform: State lotteries must catch up if they are to survive

The Internet has so shaken the monopoly position of the lottery industry that online gambling was banned in principle until 2012. We are describing which new developments and changes in this area are pending for 2021.

Sapiens Germany 02. June 2020 3 min reading time

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Question of survival for insurers of all sizes

This year's IT budget and investments in new digital products and business areas are enormous, as the transformation process of the insurance industry has long since begun. You can find out what is happening in the industry right now and what this means for the merger of sum.cumo and Sapiens in the article by VW today.

Company 02. April 2020 5 min reading time

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Corona and the rapid digitalization

The last two weeks in the insurance industry have been characterized by somehow maintaining operational readiness. The few digital insurers needed only hours to make the already established home office processes the rule. The not exactly few traditional insurers are still struggling. A column by Ingolf Putzbach for Pfefferminzia.

Company 30. March 2020 4 min reading time

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IT platforms for technology and data sovereignty

The renewal of the technological basis is crucial in the digitisation of the insurance industry. Since many insurers have invested in systems since the early days of electronic data processing and have often relied on in-house developments, they only have a very heterogeneous starting situation. Our managing director Ingolf (Putzbach) explains what is important for insurers in the future.

Company 26. March 2020 4 min reading time

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The Time for Digital Experiments in the Industry is Over

Digitization is the word on everyone's lips these days. Find out why the time for digital experiments is over and the direction the industry is currently taking in "The Time for Digital Experiments in the Industry is Over", an interview of our managing director Ingolf (Putzbach) by the German trade publication Versicherungswirtschaft heute.

Company 18. November 2019 1 min reading time

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Agile product development with UX communities

Thoughts and ideas about the agile approach to product development – and why and how to involve users early on.

Sapiens Germany 26. March 2019 3 min reading time