SHERIDAN, WYOMING – May 2, 2025 – With an industry-wide push toward digital transformation, insureNXT 2025 returns to Cologne on May 14–15 with a sharpened focus on scaling insurance innovations for long-term impact. Positioned as a global thought leadership platform, the international congress and trade fair aims to equip insurers with the strategies, tools, and partnerships needed to transform promising pilots into scalable, market-ready solutions.
Driving Scalable Transformation in Insurance
Under the central theme “Scaling Innovation Through Insurance,” insureNXT 2025 offers a future-focused agenda tailored to insurers navigating evolving customer expectations, rapid technological change, and increasingly complex regulatory frameworks. The event connects executives, tech leaders, startups, and innovators to explore how to drive sustainable growth through innovation.
This year’s program introduces a structured “Customer Journey” experience, guiding participants through every phase of innovation—from initial ideation to full-scale market implementation. The emphasis is clear: scaling innovation is not just a tech challenge—it’s a strategic imperative.
Strategic Insights from Industry Leaders
The insureNXT Center Stage will deliver critical strategic insights to help insurance organizations future-proof their operations. Highlights include:
- “Scaling Data & AI to Create Value” – a deep dive into how data and artificial intelligence can unlock scalable business value.
- “Innovation in Life Insurance – Perspectives for the Next Ten Years” – a forward-looking panel on evolving trends in a core insurance segment.
- “Mut zur Veränderung – Zukunft gestalten statt verwalten” on May 15 – a provocative industry talk challenging leaders to drive, not just manage, change.
Sessions such as “Innovation in der Versicherungsbranche: Maßanfertigung oder Massenproduktion?” will explore the intersection between personalized solutions and mass scalability—central to the future of insurance product development.
Tech in Action: Demo Arena and Trend Zone
The insureNXT Trend Zone will highlight tangible applications of emerging technologies in insurance. Key use cases include:
- Claims automation with Guidewire
- Open Insurance via FiDA platforms
- RheinLand Versicherungen’s real-world SaaS core system deployment
- Global perspectives from sessions like “Digital Insurance Services: How Acceptance Varies Across Borders”
Meanwhile, the Demo Arena will offer live showcases of transformative technologies and B2B models, such as Neodigital’s business solution and AI-powered risk management applications. One clear message echoes throughout the program: “AI in insurance isn’t optional—it’s overdue.”
Masterclasses for Implementation Excellence
Designed for insurance professionals ready to move from theory to practice, insureNXT’s Masterclasses will provide actionable frameworks for:
- Next-gen claims management
- AI-driven data strategies
- Building customer-centric insurance ecosystems
These in-depth sessions are tailored to decision-makers seeking concrete implementation paths for innovation at scale.
Setting the Pace for the Industry’s Future
With over 3,300 participants, 150 exhibitors, and more than 200 speakers in 2024, insureNXT continues to establish itself as a central hub for the global insurance innovation community. Co-hosted by InsurLab Germany e.V. and Koelnmesse GmbH, the event is built on strong cross-industry collaboration to support new-generation insurance services, partnerships, and business models.
As the insurance sector reaches a pivotal moment in its digital evolution, insureNXT 2025 underscores that scaling innovation is the lever for operational efficiency, customer value, and future competitiveness.
Learn more at www.insureNXT.com.