At a Glance
Swiss Life, a leading European life insurance and retirement solutions provider, set out to modernize how data supports innovation, regulatory compliance, and enterprise-wide decision-making. With nearly 10,000 employees and an increasing emphasis on AI, the company needed a solution that could unify data practices across teams, streamline documentation, and clarify data ownership.
DataGalaxy was selected for its business alignment, user-friendly interface, and ability to support both technical and non-technical teams. Since its implementation, Swiss Life has accelerated the delivery of AI use cases, improved productivity, and laid a foundation for broader data democratization, empowering teams to confidently access, understand, and utilize data across the organization.
“Thanks to DataGalaxy, we can finally track data end-to-end and identify data ownership. DataGalaxy’s Data Knowledge Catalog has provided so many benefits for our organization, including a fully documented functional and technical use case, a thorough algorithm library, and a clear identification of ownership between IT, business, data, and BI teams.”
30+
assets across 17 systems
1
AI algorithm library
100%
aligned ownership
Accelerating AI and aligning teams around trusted data
Swiss Life took an agile approach to implementing DataGalaxy, starting with a technical inventory and a roadmap for documenting and reusing data science assets. By mapping how data is sourced, transformed, and shared, they gave teams complete transparency into the data powering their algorithms and reports.
With centralized definitions, reusable assets, and clear governance in place, Swiss Life turned data into a strategic enabler, supporting faster delivery of AI models, improved cross-functional collaboration, and a culture of data-driven innovation.
Swiss Life’s DataGalaxy implementation enhances data governance and operational efficiency across 17 systems and 30 data assets, facilitating a better understanding and utilization of data for AI initiatives. Today, Swiss Life can have confidence in their data quality and compliance while fostering a collaborative data culture that empowers teams to make informed decisions and drive business growth
