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1st Central Tech Stack
UK personal-lines insurer scaling analytics and pricing automation
1st Central is a UK motor and home insurer serving 1.4 million customers, built on proprietary technology. The tech stack is analytics-heavy (SAS, Python, Databricks, SQL, R) with Workday for HR ops, suggesting the core engineering effort sits in pricing models and KPI tracking rather than consumer-facing platform work. Active pain points around pricing algorithms, telematics data extraction, and automating administrative tasks indicate they're moving from rule-based underwriting toward data-driven acquisition and retention—hiring across data, finance, and underwriting roles supports this shift.
Tech Stack 12 technologies
Core StackSAS Python Databricks Workday Azure DevOps GitHub Confluence Excel Adaptive Planning SQL PowerPoint R
What 1st Central Is Building
◆Challenges
- Reducing administrative overhead across workplace operations
- Automating repeatable tasks
- Balancing compliance with business needs
- Improving pricing models
- Strengthening pricing algorithm
- Optimising performance
- Optimising acquisition and persistency kpis
- Meeting budget targets
- Extracting value from telematics data
▲Active Projects
- Core workday financials maintenance
- Acquisition and persistency kpi tracking
- Telematics pricing
Hiring Activity
10 roles · 5 in 30d
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