Case Study: Zurich Group Germany achieves an outcome-focused, scalable data operating model with SimCorp Datacare

Zurich Group Investment Management transforms data management with DaaS

Zurich Group Germany’s Investment Management unit — roughly 650 people across 25 countries managing about $200bn of assets plus ~$140bn in unit‑linked investments — was hampered by an on‑premise EDM setup that consumed specialist capacity with monitoring, collection and cleansing of market and reference data. To become more outcome‑focused, scalable and agile, Zurich selected SimCorp and adopted the SimCorp Datacare Data‑as‑a‑Service solution.

SimCorp implemented SimCorp Datacare, a cloud‑based, holistic managed service (powered by SimCorp Gain) that combines business operations, change management and data advisory with validated market and reference data delivered to SLAs. The move reduced operational complexity, provided end‑to‑end data lineage and governance, enabled smoother quarter‑ and year‑end closes, accelerated time‑to‑market for data changes, and freed Zurich’s teams to shift from routine data processing to higher‑value analytics and digitalization initiatives — driving measurable improvements in agility and resource utilisation under SimCorp’s service.

Zurich Group Germany

Ruchir Verma

Head of Global Services, Investment Management