January 2019 – Carriers across the insurance industry continue to invest in Agile capabilities. Agile adoption can lead to improved software quality, better collaboration between business and IT, lower cost and risk, and increased customer satisfaction. To invest in Agile, carriers are scaling frameworks like SAFe, using product management discipline, and expanding Agile principles into IT operations through DevOps. Yet despite the almost ubiquitous use and relative maturity of Agile in the industry, carriers continue to struggle with financial, organizational, and cultural issues that prevent their Agile adoption from leading to true transformation.
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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...