DGAP-News: msg life ag / Key word(s): Change of Personnel msg life ag: msg life enlarges Management Board with addition of Dr Aristid Neuburger - msg systems acquires BELTIOS GmbH 17.11.2014 / 10:04 --------------------------------------------------------------------- msg life enlarges Management Board with addition of Dr Aristid Neuburger msg systems acquires BELTIOS GmbH (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, 17 November 2014) - The msg life ag Supervisory Board today appointed Dr Aristid Neuburger as a further member of the company's Management Board for a period of three years effective from 1 January 2015. Dr Neuburger will be responsible for, among other things, the further development of the actuarial components for the standard software product Life Factory. Dr Neuburger will continue to be CEO of BELTIOS GmbH, Munich, whose shares have been acquired by msg systems ag, Ismaning/Munich, effective from 1 January 2015. BELTIOS GmbH is a consulting firm for the insurance and financial services sector. Its main focus is on consulting in the actuarial, insurance-related and process-related areas and in the interface between functional departments and IT. With this strategic investment, the msg Group's market position in the vertical insurance market will be expanded further. BELTIOS GmbH will continue to offer product-independent specialist advice and support in the life insurance field as a part of the msg Group. For the msg Group, the acquisition of BELTIOS GmbH is a useful addition to its Life Insurance segment. It will enable the msg Group to further enhance its leading position in the German and European insurance market. In addition, this transaction will strengthen the msg Group's position in relation to its competitors in the environment of the msg Insurance Suite, which offers a comprehensive range of services for life, health and P&C insurers. The strategic objective of the aforementioned transaction, which has already been completed, will be documented by way of the close cooperation between BELTIOS GmbH and msg life ag. About the msg Group msg is an independent, internationally active group of companies with more than 4,500 employees around the world. It offers an integrated portfolio of services that consists of imaginative strategic consulting and intelligent, sustainably value-adding IT solutions for the automotive, financial services, food, insurance, life science and healthcare sectors, the public sector, telecommunications and media, travel and logistics, and utilities sectors and has acquired an outstanding reputation as a specialist in these industries over a period of more than 30 years. The range of different sector-and theme-specific focal points is covered by independent companies within the Group: in this structure, msg systems ag constitutes the core element of the Group and cooperates closely with the companies in functional and organisational matters. In this way the competencies, experience and expertise of all the members are bundled within an integrated solution portfolio with measurable added value for customers. msg occupies seventh place in the ranking of IT consulting and systems integration companies in Germany. About msg life msg life ag and its subsidiaries are among the leading software and consulting firms for the European insurance sector and specialise in life insurance companies and providers of private old-age provision schemes. Its service spectrum ranges from standard software and the provision of consultancy services to the handling of IT operations (Software as a Service). The msg life Group has its head office in Leinfelden-Echterdingen and offices in Munich, Aachen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Cologne and St. Georgen, as well as subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Portugal and the USA. It currently employs a workforce of nearly 900. Contact msg life ag Corporate Communications Frank Fahrner Humboldtstraße 35 70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen Tel. +49 711 94958-0 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.msg-life.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17.11.2014 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: msg life ag Humboldtstraße 35 70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen Germany Phone: +49 (0)711 94958-0 Fax: +49 (0)711 94958-49 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.msg-life.com ISIN: DE0005130108 WKN: 513010 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 297488 17.11.2014