Case Study: Swiss Re achieves faster, deeper insights and cost savings with Microsoft Power BI

Swiss Re Drives Deeper, Faster Insights with Azure Synapse Analytics and Power BI

Swiss Re, the world’s second-largest reinsurer, struggled with a seven-year-old BI system that could not deliver timely insights for its Property & Casualty reinsurance business and left developers stuck in months‑long release cycles. To modernize its analytics, Swiss Re implemented Microsoft Power BI as part of an Azure-based stack—including Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Data Lake Storage—to accelerate time to insight.

By deploying Microsoft Power BI alongside Azure Synapse Analytics and related services, Swiss Re gave business users self‑service access to advanced analytics and reduced developer release times from months to days. The new environment loads data almost 40% faster than the prior on‑premises system, and Azure reserved services cut operational costs by roughly 30–40%, letting the company pay only for what it uses.

Swiss Re

Miguel Marin

Head, Business Intelligence