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Email encryption at LVM Insurance
““For our email encryption we looked for a solution which, alongside S/MIME and OpenPGP offered alternative ways to communicate confidentially. Z1 SecureMail Gateway in combination with the Z1 SecureMail Messenger component for password based email encryption provides us with the widest possible range of secure communication methods which we can offer our external communication partners.”
Daniel Timmerhindrick, Department for IT-Infrastructure / Application Security
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Email encryption without PKI
LVM set itself the goal of deploying a solution which would allow encrypted communication with every communication partner regardless of whether they owned an S/MIME certificate or PGP key. During the market evaluation, LVM discovered Zertificon and the Z1 family of products.
“After the product presentation we were convinced that the Z1 products would meet all our requirements” Daniel Timmerhindrick remembers.
Central One-Stop Solution Found
LVM selected Z1 SecureMail Gateway – a central one-stop solution which removes the need to install any specialized software on end user clients. The Z1 product enables secure PKI based email encryption and signing according to the S/MIME and OpenPGP international standards. Z1 SecureMail Messenger makes it possible for communication partners who do not own an encryption certificate to securely communicate using password encrypted emails. The delivery of the secure mail is achieved either via an HTTPS secured web mailer (Z1 WebSafe), an encrypted HTML email attachment (Z1 KickMail HTML) or an encrypted PDF attachment (Z1 KickMail PDF). Depending upon the chosen delivery method, the recipient only requires a web browser or a PDF reader to access the encrypted message. With this combination of products, LVM is easily able to adapt to the diverse range of encryption methods which their communication partners use.
Through the use of central policies, LVM employees were freed up and no longer had to worry about whether an email needed to be encrypted and/or signed. Additionally, the acquisition and validation of certificates no longer had to be performed by the end users, but is centrally, automatically and efficiently performed by Z1 CertServer. The complete solution runs on a Z1 Appliance which delivers trouble free operation.
Implementation and Support
The deployment was completed approximately three months after contract award. LVM installed and configured the Z1 Appliance themselves. The integration of the solution into the existing IT infrastructure ran as expected and without any incidents. Straight after the installation, the solution went live. Zertificon’s support was on hand to answer any questions and to help LVM. All feature requests were answered promptly.
Tailored Email Encryption Solution

The LVM insurance is one of the top 20 insurance groups and the largest four automobile insurers in Germany. The traditional group of companies offers a complete product portfolio in the areas of insurance, pensions and financial services and achieved in 2013 an income of almost 3 billion euros. In addition to the 3,400 employees at their location in Münster, around 2,100 agencies deal with advising and supporting customers locally. For a total of 10 million contracts LVM Group offers its approximately 3.25 million customers comprehensive advice, reliable insurance protection and rapid assistance in the event of damage.