It is no misnomer to say that every business is becoming data-driven – but of course it is what you do with it that counts. To get a truly effective data science team firing on all aces, your organisation needs to be able to offer various comparisons, gauging the ‘insights within the insights.’

The insurance sector is therefore one which is tailor-made for this mission. Last April, Raconteur summed up this rising trend. “What is new is that data has grown in volume,...

Often labelled old-fashioned, archaic and static, insurance is undergoing a dramatic transformation. New players like Amazon, Uber and Lemonade have shaken their respective industries to the core and are leading the way. Differentiated by a vastly improved customer experience and an emphasis on seamless integration of technology, the message is clear: innovate or die. Insurance may be deserving of its reputation as archaic and old-fashioned; legacy systems continue to prove a headache and many...