Graz Sweden AB announced today that Swedbank Försäkring AB, the insurance arm of Swedens largest bank, will leverage Hinc, Grazs data warehouse for the financial industry, via Software as a Service (SaaS). The contract will run for more than two years.
While the financial industry has been slow to accept SaaS solutions, this is beginning to change due to the great expense related to todays legal reporting and compliance environments.
Insurance companies, banks and asset managers increasingly see SaaS solutions as more cost effective than local hosting, while at the same time being less burdensome on internal IT departments.
In recent years, we have seen an explosion of interest from clients in SaaS data warehouse solutions, particularly in the area of legal reporting, says Jonas Olsson, CEO of Graz Sweden AB. Swedbanks insurance group was an early adopter in this area, which is why we are extremely happy that they have chosen to both extend and expand their cooperation with Graz.
The Hinc data warehouse from Graz has supported our legal reporting for the last couple of years, said Göran Böhlmark, CFO at Swedbank Försäkring. As we work to adapt to new rules and regulations, being able to tap into the power of the Hinc data warehouse via a SaaS model gives us continued control of costs and makes us more able to quickly and easily make changes if circumstances require.