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zeitsprung

BiPRO data-exchange and broker-networking platform for the German insurance market

Insurtech Infrastructure Growth Acquired
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Overview

zeitsprung is a data-exchange and document-automation platform for insurance carriers and brokers in Germany, covering both property and casualty and life and annuity lines. The company connects carriers, brokers, broker pools, and distribution networks so that policy, claims, and portfolio data can move between systems without manual handling.

The core of the platform is a set of servers built to the German insurance industry's BiPRO-430 data-exchange standard, covering transaction authorization, file transfer, portfolio data, and claims processes. On top of this, zeitsprung offers an AI module called ZOE for automating document and data-processing tasks, a shadow database for record reconciliation, and a broker-facing suite that includes automated inbound-mail processing, an extranet, a comparison calculator, a customer portal, and GDV-format data clearing. The zeitsprung Cloud is the underlying network layer, linking an estimated 10,000 distributors to more than 80 connected carriers for automated document and data retrieval.

zeitsprung states that more than 6,000 companies use its services. Corporate registry records trace the legal entity back to a 2009 predecessor renamed "zeitsprung Beteiligungen GmbH" in 2011 and merged into the current zeitsprung GmbH in 2022; other sources separately cite 1999 or 2010 as a founding year, neither confirmed against a primary source. In June 2023, blau direkt -- an insurance-technology group backed by an investment vehicle of Warburg Pincus -- took a majority stake in zeitsprung. The exact stake size was not disclosed in primary press coverage; one secondary source put it at 60%, unconfirmed. Both companies said zeitsprung would keep operating as an independent brand and continue serving blau direkt's competitors as well as blau direkt itself. Managing director Marcel Hanselmann exited around the time of the deal; German commercial-registry records list Georg Schmitz as managing director as of May 2024, a later change than the "Sasha Justmann continues as CEO" reporting from 2023.

Products & Services

BiPRO Servers (TAA, Transfer, Portfolio, Claims)

Four servers implementing the German insurance industry's BiPRO-430 data-exchange standard, covering transaction authorization (TAA), file/data transfer, portfolio ("Bestand") data, and claims ("Schaden") processes.

Key Features

  • BiPRO-430 standards compliance
  • Separate servers for transaction, transfer, portfolio, and claims data
  • Built for carrier-to-distributor data exchange

Target Users: Insurance carriers

Portfolio Platform

A carrier-side platform for exchanging portfolio and policy administration data with brokers and distribution partners.

Target Users: Insurance carriers

ZOE (AI Module)

An AI-based module, offered separately to carriers and to brokers/distributors, used to automate document and data-processing tasks.

Target Users: Carriers and brokers/distributors

Shadow Database

A parallel data store offered to both carriers and brokers/distributors, supporting reconciliation and continuity of insurance records.

Target Users: Carriers and brokers/distributors

Digital Broker Post

Automated inbound-mail processing for brokers. A case study with MLP, published via InsurLab Germany, describes fully automated carrier-mail handling with only 3% of mail remaining paper-based.

Target Users: Brokers

zeitsprung Cloud

The company's core networking layer, connecting an estimated 10,000 distributors to more than 80 insurance companies for automated BiPRO document and data retrieval.

Target Users: Carriers, brokers, and broker pools

Broker Tools (Extranet, Comparison Calculator, Customer Portal, GDV Clearing)

A broker- and distribution-facing suite covering extranet access, an insurance comparison calculator, an end-customer portal, workflow/process management tools, and GDV-format data clearing.

Target Users: Brokers and distribution networks

Outsourcing & Project Support

Carrier-facing consulting and outsourcing services layered on top of the core BiPRO software stack.

Target Users: Insurance carriers

At a Glance

Founded
2011
Headquarters
Pforzheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Employees
51-200
Funding
Acquired

Category & Focus

Category
Insurtech Infrastructure
Subcategories
BiPRO Data Exchange Document Automation Broker Networking
Insurance Verticals
P&C Commercial P&C Personal Life & Annuity
Target Customers
Carriers, Brokers/Agencies

Customers

  • MLP
  • Hannoversche Lebensversicherung
  • PANDA InsurTech GmbH

6,000+ companies served, including an estimated 10,000 connected distributors and 80+ connected carriers

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Last updated: 2026-08-06