The InsurTech Hartford Symposium 2025 is April 29 and 30 at the Connecticut Convention Center. The focus of the forum’s numerous speakers, sessions, and attendees is on innovation, and how it’s driving digital transformation and growth in the insurance industry.
As most insurers’ strategic objectives include the improvement of product line innovation, personalized customer experience, operational efficiency and security, and compliance and risk management, partnering with experienced technology service providers like Iris Software is critical to their business success.
At the Symposium, insurance leaders and innovators can meet Venkat Laksh, Senior Client Partner and seasoned InsurTech pro, to learn how insurers are applying our advanced software engineering solutions, in Application Development, Automation, AI / Generative AI, Data Science, Enterprise Analytics, and Cloud, to modernize tech infrastructure, optimize business competencies and secure their digital futures.
Connect with Venkat at the InsurTech Hartford Symposium 2025 for beneficial conversation on the latest InsurTech innovations and trends. You can also contact Venkat and our InsureTech team and get more information about our InsurTech solutions and services here: Insurance Technology Services | Iris Software.
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Get in touchEverest Group Names Iris Software a Leader in BFS IT Services
Iris is proud to be recognized as a Leader in the inaugural Banking and Financial Services (BFS) IT Services Specialists PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025 by Everest Group. This assessment is the first-ever for this category, and for Iris!
We were evaluated along with 29 other BFS IT service providers on our market presence, value delivery, strategic vision, innovation, technical capabilities, functional knowledge, and buyer references.
Pranati Dave, Practice Director, Everest Group, stated, “Iris Software’s expertise in capital markets and risk and compliance transformation, combined with a skilled talent pool and a strong reputation for execution, continues to drive its success with top-tier financial institutions. Clients have consistently recognized Iris for its low attrition, engineering rigor, and collaborative delivery model. Its investments in ML Ops, AI/ML, and modernization of cloud-based data and risk platforms have helped Iris earn a Leader recognition on Everest Group’s inaugural Banking and Financial Services (BFS) IT Services Specialists PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025.”
Sunil Puri, President, Iris Software, stated, “We are honored to be named a Leader in BFS ITS by Everest Group. During our more than 30 years of growth in the BFS and other sectors, including Capital Markets & Investment Banking; Brokerage, Wealth & Asset Management; Commercial & Corporate Banking; Risk & Compliance; Retail Banking & Payments; Anti-Money Laundering & Know-Your-Customer; Insurance; Manufacturing; Logistics; Life Sciences and Professional Services, we have been a long-term partner in our clients' transformation journeys - helping to build, integrate and modernize complex platforms, systems, and applications.”
When IT matters most, clients call upon Iris to provide mission-critical software engineering and advanced application development services across AI/Generative AI, Automation, Cloud, Data & Analytics, Integrations, DevOps and Quality Engineering.
We remain steadfast in our vision of being our clients’ most trusted technology partner and thank our associates for their dedication and innovation.
Learn more about our BFS services, value proposition and client success stories and contact our team today.
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Get in touchFaster go-to-market with no-code API solutions
Client
A leading home insurance enterprise
Goal
Expedite go-to-market strategy by integrating the policy admin system with multiple external services while ensuring scalability, security, and compatibility
Tools and Technologies
Unqork, API gateways, REST APIs, SOAP APIs
Business Challenge
The client sought to expedite its go-to-market strategy by integrating its Policy Admin system with multiple external services.
The objective was to swiftly implement these integrations while maintaining scalability, security, and compatibility with external services, thereby accelerating the organization's time-to-market for new products.
Solution
- Efficiently created APIs and seamlessly integrated them with the existing low-code/no-code enterprise application
- Utilizing pre-built and pre-exposed API gateways, the team developed highly functional and adaptable APIs without manual coding
- Unqork facilitated the creation of both REST and SOAP APIs, seamlessly integrating with external APIs, ensuring optimal data access and distribution capabilities
Outcomes
- 40% faster time-to-market, enabling quicker product launches
- 25% increase in customer satisfaction due to improved system flexibility
- Enhanced scalability and security with seamless API integrations
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LIMRA 2025 Workplace Benefits Conference
The LIMRA (Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association) 2025 Workplace Benefits Conference takes place April 23-25, 2025, at the Encore Boston Harbor in Boston, MA. With this year’s theme, Pathways to Growth, industry leaders and participants will examine the business and technology trends affecting the North American workplace benefits market. Speakers and attendees, primarily carriers and brokers of life, health, and related insurance coverage, and providers of employee benefits and technology solutions, will explore strategies for growth while addressing shifting consumer needs, the latest digital tools and technologies, and an increasing focus on innovation, outcomes and collaboration.
Venkat Laksh, Iris’ Global Lead – Insurance, and Senior Client Partner, will attend this forum. Iris provides leading insurance companies with advanced InsurTech services and solutions, including Software and Quality Engineering, AI/ML/Generative AI, Application Modernization, Automation, Cloud, Data Science, Enterprise Analytics and Integrations. These companies are applying next-generation, emerging technology through Iris to ensure their enterprises are future-ready, scalable, secure, cost-efficient, and compliant.
Talk about your digital priorities with Venkat at the LIMRA 2025 Workplace Benefits Conference and connect with our InsurTech team anytime to advance your digital transformation goals: Insurance Technology Services | Iris Software.
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Get in touchEnhanced executive dashboard for streamlined reporting
Client
A leading specialty property & casualty insurer
Goal
Redesign the existing executive dashboard to improve user experience, streamline access to reports, and reduce manual efforts in onboarding new users and reports
Tools and Technologies
MS Azure, MS SQL, .NET Core
Business Challenge
The client aimed to revamp its executive dashboard to address usability concerns and enhance functionality. Users found the system difficult to navigate due to inconsistent flow and poor design. Essential information was not easily accessible in one place, leading to inefficiencies.
Additionally, onboarding a new report or user required extensive manual effort, including database updates, script creation, and multiple service tickets, resulting in turnaround times of 1-2 days.
Solution
As a strategic solution partner, Iris reimagined the executive dashboard with a focus on user experience and operational efficiency. Key enhancements included:
- Intuitive design improvements for seamless navigation and accessibility
- Expanded functionalities such as search, sorting, filtering, favorites, most reviewed, access requests, user management, notifications, and audit trail
- Development of a centralized reporting hub that provides a single access point for all reports with a mobile-friendly interface
- Deployment on Azure for seamless accessibility and performance optimization
Outcomes
- Improved customer experience and satisfaction through a user-friendly interface
- Onboarding time for new users and reports reduced to 30 minutes
- Simplified report access with SSO integration and minimal clicks required to retrieve information
- Easier discovery and navigation of reports, with enhanced filtering and search capabilities
- Personalized user views with notifications for schedule delays or report errors
- Introduction of an admin section enabling UI-based user creation, notifications, and report access management
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Seamless self-service portal integration with FINEOS
Client
A leading insurance provider specializing in absence management solutions
Goal
Migrate data and services from a legacy platform to FINEOS while ensuring a seamless user experience and improved system reliability
Tools and Technologies
Spring Boot, APIGEE, FINEOS AdminSuite, Splunk
Business Challenge
The client aimed to migrate data and services from its legacy Group Benefits Platform Transformation (GPT) system to FINEOS AdminSuite while maintaining a consistent user interface, improving data accuracy, and ensuring minimal downtime.
The system also required enhanced automation and monitoring to streamline absence creation for agents and employees.
Solution
- Developed APIs to integrate the legacy system with FINEOS AdminSuite for seamless absence management
- Designed an interactive self-service portal, allowing users to efficiently manage absences
- Used Spring Boot for service development and APIGEE for API integration
- Implemented Splunk for real-time monitoring and log analysis to enhance system reliability
Outcomes
- Increased system scalability, reliability, and data accuracy
- Enhanced user experience with a modern, intuitive interface
- Reduced time taken to create absences, improving efficiency for agents and employees
- Faster development cycles and better monitoring, ensuring proactive issue resolution
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Streamlining policy administration with low-code development
Client
A leading home insurance enterprise specializing in policy administration solutions
Goal
Develop policy administration applications for partner insurance carriers with seamless third-party and home-grown app integration
Tools and Technologies
Low-Code/No-Code Platform, AWS, Agile Development, Containerization
Business Challenge
The client needed a scalable policy administration solution to support insurance carriers, integrate third-party applications, and enhance policy issuance and settlement.
The goal was to accelerate the go-to-market process for partners and agents while delivering premier services for competitive pricing and superior policy coverage.
Solution
- Designed and developed a policy administration platform using a Low-Code/No-Code application development platform on AWS
- Built three Agile Pod-based teams, each containing five members for rapid iteration and development
- Leveraged containerized development, ensuring each service had its own lifecycle for enhanced flexibility and scalability
- Established weekly release plans with feature flags to enable controlled functionality deployment in production once the business was ready to adopt
Outcomes
- 200% growth in policy issuance
- Faster onboarding for agencies and agents
- Improved efficiency and scalability in policy administration
- Accelerated go-to-market for insurance partners and agents
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InsurTech NY 2025 Spring Conference
The annual InsurTech NY Spring Conference is April 2-3, 2025, at Chelsea Piers in New York City. The theme of this year’s forum is InsurTech is the New R&D. The event brings together 900+ leaders and innovators in the industry, including carriers and brokers of life, health and disability, property and casualty (P&C), and specialty insurance; investors; and insurtech service providers like Iris Software. Each year, speakers and attendees focus on the technology and business management solutions that will enhance the operations, customer experience, and revenue streams of insurers.
Meet the leaders of our global InsurTech team - Ravi Chodagam, Vice President, Venkat Laksh and Abhineet Jha, Senior Client Partners - at InsurTech NY’s 2025 Spring Conference. As an integral and long-time technology partner to many top life, P&C, and specialty insurers, Iris has vast experience implementing agile and advanced technology and data solutions that ensure clients stay competitive and ahead of rapidly evolving trends in the dynamic insurance industry.
Discuss your tech priorities with Ravi, Venkat and Abhineet at the Spring Conference, or anytime, and learn how leading insurers apply our solutions in AI and Generative AI, Application Modernization, Automation, Cloud, and Data Science & Analytics to ensure their enterprises are future-ready, scalable, secure, cost-efficient, and compliant. You can also contact the team and learn more about our InsurTech Services here: Insurance Technology Services | Iris Software.
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Gen AI platform offers future-ready capabilities
Client
A leading North American bank
Goal
Provide a wide range of AI capabilities for various risk and business teams and avoid building fragmented, outdated systems
Tools and Technologies
Amazon Bedrock and Titan V2, pgvector, Faiss, OpenSearch, Llama 7B, Claude Sonnet 3.5 and 3.7
Business Challenge
The Enterprise Risk function at a leading North American bank initiated a Generative AI (Gen AI) solution to offer a wide range of AI capabilities, including document intelligence, summarization, generation, translation, and more.
As the project evolved through proofs of concept and pilots, a key challenge emerged: the risk of creating a fragmented ecosystem with an overwhelming array of unmanageable bespoke solutions, model integrations, and reliance on potentially outdated models and libraries.
Solution
Based on prior engagements across clients, our team delivered thought leadership around how to develop and deliver capabilities using a platform approach. We also set up a Minimum Viable Product Team to iterate on new problem areas and solution approaches. Platform development includes generalized capabilities for:
- Setting up document ingestion pipelines, with choice of parsing approaches, embedding models and vector index stores
- A factory model along with configurations for integrating new parsers, embedding models, LLM interfaces etc., to quickly bring new capabilities to the platform
- User management, SSO integration, entitlements management
- API integration to bring in information/ data from internal and external sources
- Platform support of pgvector, Faiss, OpenSearch, Amazon Titan V2, Llama 7B, Claude Sonnet 3.5, and 3.7, etc.
- Intuitive chat interface for AI Masters - designated business users trained in Prompt Engineering and other techniques to assemble new AI/Gen AI capabilities for users through configuration - and end users
Outcomes
- A future-ready Gen AI platform that can easily incorporate new capabilities and updates
- Multiple specific capabilities, called skills, for use by various risk teams and business users
- A forward-looking roadmap, including ability to compose more complex capabilities using atomic capabilities
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Data migration to cloud expedites credit risk functions
Client
A leading North American bank
Goal
Migrate credit risk data and SAS-based analytics models from on-premises data warehouse to AWS to enhance functionality
Tools and Technologies
AWS Glue, Redshift, DataSync, Athena, CloudWatch, SageMaker; Apache Airflow; Delta Lake; Power BI
Business Challenge
The credit risk unit of a major bank aimed to migrate SAS-based analytics models containing data for financial forecasting and sensitivity analysis to Amazon SageMaker.
This was to leverage benefits such as enhanced scalability, improved maintenance for MLOps engineers, and better developer experience. It also sought to migrate credit risk data from a Netezza-based on-premises data warehouse to AWS, utilizing a data lake on AWS S3 and a data warehouse on Redshift to support model migration.
Solution
- Decoupled data workload processing from relational systems using the phased approach with a focus on historical migration, transformational complexities, data volumes, and ingestion frequencies of the incremental loads
- Developed a flexible ETL framework using DataSync for extracting data to AWS as flat files from Netezza
- Transformed data in S3 layers using Glue ETL and moved it to the Redshift data warehouse
- Enabled Glue integration with Delta Lake for incremental data workloads
- Built ETL workflows using Step Functions during orchestration and concurrent runs of the workflow; orchestrated the concurrent runs of workflows using Apache Airflow
- Architected data shift from Netezza to AWS, leveraging a flexible ETL framework
Outcomes
- Enhanced financial forecasting and sensitivity analysis operations with analytical models and data migrated to the AWS public cloud
- Expedited time-to-market catering to client’s downstream consumption needs through Power BI and Amazon SageMaker
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