Juergen Weiss
Manager Insurance
Gartner

Juergen Weiss focuses on insurance industry research, covering a broad range of business and technology topics relevant tboth life insurers and other insurers. His research areas include legacy modernization, digitalization, cloud computing, mobile applications, social media and risk management. Among his focus areas are Solvency II and policy administration systems, as well as billing and payment applications. Mr. Weiss manages Gartner's insurance team and has more than 15 years of IT experience. Prior tjoining Gartner, he had several executive roles in product management, development and consulting at SAP, where he was globally responsible for one of SAP's product lines in financial management.

Before joining Gartner, Mr. Weiss had 11 years of hands-on application experience, including strategy, development, system integration, product package selection and management responsibilities for international products and consulting teams.

Years of Experience

• 7 years in total with Gartner
• 18 years in IT industry
• 12 years in Banking, Finance and Insurance industry
• 18 years in Technology & Telecommunications industry

Professional Background

• SAP Germany, Consulting Director, 1 years
• SAP AG, Director Solution Management, 10 years
• Westdeutsche Landesbank, PR Manager, 2 years

Industry Expertise

• Primary Industry: Banking, Finance and Insurance | Expertise Level: Master - Subsectors:
  • Banking
  • Insurance (except health)
• Secondary Industry 1: Technology & Telecommunications | Expertise Level: Master - Subsectors:
  • IT Services
  • Professional Services
  • Software
    

Industry Awards/Accolades

• Listed as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance in 2006 by the Treasury & Risk Management Magazine

Education

• Diplom-Kaufmann (degree in Business Administration), University of Hagen, Germany
• Diplom-Volkswirt (degree in Economics), University of Heidelberg, Germany
• M.B.A. IT Management, Graduate School Mannheim, Germany

Languages

• German
• English

Top 5 Issues I Help Clients Address

• Managing legacy modernization initiatives within insurance
• Assessing the business and IT impact of disruptive technologies
• Identifying business opportunities for digitalizing insurance value chains
• Developing an insurance system architecture road map
• Evaluating the vendor market for core insurance applications

Roles That Need My Research

• CI, CO
• IT architecture
• IT strategy
• Risk management
• Product strategy
• Business process management
• Competitive intelligence
• Procurement

Top 5 Vendors I Cover

• SAP AG (insurance applications, FSCM)
• Accenture plc (insurance applications and services)
• SAS Institute Inc. (Solvency II)
• CSC (insurance applications and services)

Top 5 Key Initiatives I Cover

• Insurance Legacy Modernization
• Business and IT Transformation in Insurance
• Cloud Computing
• Audit and Compliance
• Vendor Management

Profile Tags

• legacy modernization, system consolidation, mainframe, SOA
• core insurance systems, policy administration systems, digital, digitalization
• Billing and payment systems, SEPA, reinsurance
• Risk management, Solvency II, IFRS4, e-invoicing, SaaS
• Business and IT transformation in insurance, innovation, digital insurance
• Mobile applications, cloud computing, social media, digitalization
• SAP, TIA, Accenture, COR&FJA, CSC, SAS, Guidewire
• Pensions applications, portals, bancassurance, London market
• Microinsurance, Takaful, online insurance, e-services, RDR
• Fadata, Wyde, SSP, eBa, BSB, TCS

Common Inquiries I Address

• Approach for legacy modernization
• Build-versus-buy decisions
• Selecting the right policy administration system
• How tdevelop a digital insurance strategy
• Impact and use case of cloud computing
• Impact and use case of social media
• Impact and use case of mobile applications
• Reasons for digitalization
• Developing an IT strategy for Solvency II

Recent Client Success Stories

• I act as the lead analyst for Europe and have built excellent relationships with many leading insurers and IT service providers.

Emerging Research in My Area

• E-services
• Gamification
• Peer-t-peer insurance
• Digital insurance

Top 3 Trends I See in the Market

• Digitalization
• Legacy modernization
• Product and service innovation