Ulrich Leitermann has been the Chairman of the Management Board of the Signal Iduna Group since July 2013.

The group also includes Signal Iduna Rückversicherungs AG with its registered office in Zug in Switzerland.

Furthermore, the Signal Iduna Group is the largest shareholder of the National-Bank based in Essen, with approximately 26.4% of the shares.

Iduna Nova was the result of an initiative by independent craftsmen and tradesmen who founded a health and death insurance fund in Hamburg in 1906.

The name Iduna is derived from the Norse deity "Idun(a)", the goddess who was responsible for the apples that the gods had to eat to preserve their youth and thus, as it were, their immortality.

The sculpture of Iduna by the sculptor Jean Sprenger stands in the old Rabenstraße 32 in front of the old administration building, which was built under the direction of Bertold Beitz.