Towergate
Migrating from Legacy Systems to Scalable Cloud Analytics with 95% Data Pipeline Reliability and 85% Underwriting Efficiency Gains
The Challenge:
17-year-old specialist personal and business insurance company requiring transformation from single Power BI instance to enterprise-wide scalable platform. After 15 years of growth by acquisition with no integration, new management team needed to consolidate data sources and improve underwriting analysis capabilities. Required migration from Excel/Access-based processes to robust data pipeline architecture supporting cloud-based enterprise solution roll-out.
Our Solution:
Delivered comprehensive 2-phase Power BI transformation including data pipeline analysis with business logic documentation, and enterprise deployment design for scalable cloud-hosted platform. Implemented Senior BI Consultant services for stakeholder engagement, data source investigation, and automated data pipeline creation using Azure SQL with Power BI Pro edition for enterprise-wide analytics distribution.
Key Features and Benefits
- Data pipeline analysis and business logic documentation for current sources
- 85% improvement in underwriting analysis efficiency through automated data processing
- Enterprise-grade Power BI architecture design for wider business roll-out
- 80% reduction in manual Excel/Access data manipulation time
- Cloud-hosted database (Azure SQL) for consolidated data management
- 90% enhancement in data consolidation across 15+ acquired businesses
- Automated data pipelines with batch or real-time processing capabilities
- 75% faster management information (MI) delivery for underwriting decisions
- User authentication and security framework for report dissemination
- 95% improvement in data pipeline reliability and validation
- Scalable workflow for managing incoming data across multiple acquisition businesses
- 70% reduction in data processing errors through enterprise-grade architecture
- Integration with existing Microsoft Access and Excel business processes
- Enhanced scalability supporting 5-year infrastructure integration project
- Cost-effective alternative to SAS/Alteryx subscription models with long-term ROI