Session
Accenture & Avanade | Enterprise Data Joinery for The Standard Insurance Leveraging Databricks on Azure and AI Innovation
Overview
Experience | In Person |
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Type | Lightning Talk |
Track | Data Lakehouse Architecture and Implementation |
Industry | Financial Services |
Technologies | Unity Catalog |
Skill Level | Intermediate |
Duration | 20 min |
Modern insurers require agile, integrated data systems to harness AI. This framework for a global insurer uses Azure Databricks to unify legacy systems into a governed lakehouse medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold layers), eliminating silos and enabling real-time analytics. The solution employs:
- Medallion architecture for incremental data quality improvement.
- Unity Catalog for centralized governance, row/column security, and audit compliance.
- Azure encryption/confidential computing for data mesh security.
- Automated ingestion/semantic/DevOps pipelines for scalability.
By combining Databricks’ distributed infrastructure with Azure’s security, the insurer achieves regulatory compliance while enabling AI-driven innovation (e.g., underwriting, claims). The framework establishes a future-proof foundation for mergers/acquisitions (M&A) and cross-functional data products, balancing governance with agility.
Session Speakers
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Sumanta Paul
/Global Managing Director - Advanced AI
Accenture