January 2020 – Advanced Agile has financial, organizational, and cultural implications that can reshape the entire organization. This includes a flattening of hierarchies, new budgeting processes, and a shifting role for the PMO.
Following trends outside the industry, a growing number of insurers are choosing to organize their IT value delivery around supporting products rather than delivering projects to improve alignment between IT and business. Some insurers have moved their product teams into the business rather than using the more traditional centralized IT service model.
This report introduces the Novarica Agile Maturity Model for Insurers (NAMMI), which enables carriers to identify where they currently are on their Agile journey, their Agile destination, and the gaps in between.
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Martin Higgins
Martin Higgins is a Senior Principal at Datos Insights. He has over two decades of experience working in insurance technology, having served as Practice Director for Edgewater Consulting, where he was responsible for the company’s property and casualty business nationwide. He has expertise in technology strategy, core system selection and implementation, Agile transformation and DevOps, business intelligence, systems integration, legacy...
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Eric Weisburg
Eric Weisburg is a Senior Principal at Datos Insights. His expertise lies in insurance technology, data, and analytics, and distribution, underwriting, and finance. Eric has over 20 years of LAB and P/C insurance industry, consulting, and IT experience. Prior to Datos Insights, Eric served as Managing Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Tower Group Companies and VP at AIG, where he...
Deb Zawisza
Deb Zawisza is a Senior Principal at Datos Insights. She has expertise in insurance technology leadership and transformation with over 30 years of experience. Prior to joining the firm, Deb was SVP/CIO for Claims/Loss Control at Travelers Insurance, leading core system modernization, expansion of data and analytic capabilities, Agile transformation, and digital initiatives related to property/casualty claims across all lines...