A 10-Year Partnership That Scales Globally

From the launch of HDI Global in 2016 to a flagship international website serving 175 countries – we have been the digital engineering partner behind HDI Global’s worldwide online presence.

    Managing Global Digital Complexity?

    If your digital presence has grown beyond what a single team or platform can easily manage – we’ve solved this problem before. At scale, with governance, for a decade.

    The Scale of the Partnership

    Numbers that reflect what long-term enterprise digital governance actually looks like in practice.

    • 10+

      Years of continuous partnership between us and HDI Global – spanning intranet, industry applications, and the flagship public website

    • 30

      Websites in total – one international flagship and 23 country-specific sites (some featuring multiple languages), each serving the local market with tailored expertise and localised content.

    • 10,000+

      Pages across the HDI Global website, managed by dozens of content editors distributed across the globe.

    • 175

      Countries in HDI Global’s operational footprint – the international website serves as the ‘rest of world’ baseline for markets without a dedicated country site.

    What Bright Global Delivers for HDI Global

    End-to-end digital engineering and long-term platform governance – not a one-time project.

    • Global Website Architecture

      Design and implementation of a scalable content hub architecture that powers one international flagship website and 23 country sites from a single shared content core.

    • Multi-Market Localisation

      Each country site surfaces local expertise, services, and contacts while drawing from a central pool of shared content – ensuring global consistency without editorial duplication.

    • Digital Brand & Design

      Bright Global defined the original digital branding for the HDI Global online presence. Website and email design continue to be our responsibility, aligned with the central HDI brand guidelines.

    • Media Asset Management via Cloudinary

      All images and videos across the HDI Global websites are managed and served via Cloudinary, ensuring optimised delivery, consistent quality, and efficient editorial workflows.

    • Marketing Automation with Optimizely Campaign

      Beyond the CMS, Bright Global implemented Optimizely Campaign for email marketing automation – tightly integrated with the website for consistent cross-channel communication.

    • CRM & Marketing Integration

      Ongoing expansion of the integration between the HDI Global website and Microsoft Dynamics Marketing and CRM – enabling professional lead capturing and customer relationship management at global scale.

    The Technology Stack

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    • Optimizely
    • Cloudinary
    • Microsoft Dynamics
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    About HDI Global

    HDI Global SE (Part of the Talanx Group) is one of the world’s leading industrial insurers, offering tailor-made insurance solutions for mid-sized companies and corporate groups across virtually every industry.

    As part of the Talanx Group – one of the largest European insurance groups – HDI Global operates through branches, subsidiaries, and network partners in more than 175 countries.

    The company serves an exceptionally broad range of stakeholders: customers, business partners, job candidates, industry analysts, press, and shareholders, each with distinct information needs and expectations.

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    • Large enterprise

    • Germany

    • B2B Insurance

    Ten Years in Four Chapters

    A partnership that has grown with HDI Global – from brand launch to global platform governance.

    2016: The Birth of HDI Global Online

    In 2016, HDI Gerling became HDI Global – a significant rebrand requiring a new digital presence from the ground up. Bright Global was the digital engineering partner for this launch, building the initial HDI Global website and migrating numerous independent country websites into a unified content hub. This established the shared architecture that all subsequent country sites would be built on. It was the foundation of what has since grown into one of our longest and most technically complex client relationships.

    Building the Content Hub: Governance at Scale

    As HDI Global expanded its online footprint, the challenge shifted from launch to governance. Dozens of content editors across the world needed to manage market-specific content without breaking global brand consistency. Bright Global designed and maintained the content architecture that makes this possible: a shared international content pool from which country sites draw, combined with flexible local content zones that give each market editorial autonomy. The result is a platform where global consistency and local relevance coexist without constant central oversight.

    The Flagship Website: Setting a New Standard

    The most recent major milestone is the newly launched HDI Global international flagship website – the definitive representation of the HDI Global brand online. Built on Optimizely CMS and designed end-to-end by Bright Global, it sets the standard for all country sites and serves as the ‘rest of world’ site for markets not yet covered by a dedicated country rollout. The launch established a new design system, a new information architecture, and a new content management workflow capable of serving HDI Global’s exceptional diversity of stakeholders – from customers and partners to investors and press.

    CRM & Marketing Automation: Closing the Loop

    In recent years the focus has shifted toward tighter integration between the website and HDI Global’s marketing and CRM infrastructure. Bright Global implemented Optimizely Campaign for email marketing automation and has been continuously expanding the integration with Microsoft Dynamics Marketing and CRM. This work connects the HDI Global website to the full customer lifecycle – enabling professional lead management, personalised communication, and a clearer picture of how digital touchpoints drive business outcomes. This integration is ongoing and evolving as HDI Global’s marketing maturity grows.

    2016: The Birth of HDI Global Online

    In 2016, HDI Gerling became HDI Global – a significant rebrand requiring a new digital presence from the ground up. Bright Global was the digital engineering partner for this launch, building the initial HDI Global website and migrating numerous independent country websites into a unified content hub. This established the shared architecture that all subsequent country sites would be built on. It was the foundation of what has since grown into one of our longest and most technically complex client relationships.

    «Most digital agencies deliver a project and move on. Our relationship with HDI Global works differently. We have been the continuous digital engineering partner for over a decade – through a brand launch, through platform migrations, through a flagship website rebuild, and through the ongoing integration of marketing and CRM infrastructure.

    The engineers who know the HDI Global platform today are the same engineers who built its foundations. That continuity is not accidental. It is the direct result of how we hire, how we work, and what we believe a long-term partnership should look like.»

    Klaus Unterkircher, Founder & CEO

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    Global scale, local impact. CMS and DXP implementations with Optimizely, Storyblok, and Contentful for multi-market and multi-brand environments.

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    Free your business from its legacy prison. We migrate you safely from Sitecore, Magento, or TYPO3 to modern headless and composable architectures.

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