Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: 2,3, , language: English, abstract: Digitization is without question one of the most significant and biggest megatrends of our time. It is changing all areas of people's lives, and at an extraordinary speed. Professional life in particular is changing dramatically. Generations are growing up with new possibilities and realities. Where companies used to use time cards and phones with dials, digital time recording systems and smartphones are now preferred. This paper focuses on a subset of the megatrend, namely digitalization as it relates to the insurance industry. First, key aspects of digital transformation are described. Starting with a comprehensive definition of digitalization in general, as well as a description of the development in this area to date. In the course of the essential aspects, a presentation of extensive facts of the insurance industry and its specific challenges follows. This serves as a basis for the industry-specific issues to be addressed subsequently.