Howden Tech Stack
Global insurance group spanning broking, reinsurance, underwriting, and risk advisory
Howden is a 24,000-person insurance conglomerate operating across broking, reinsurance, underwriting, risk consultancy, and employee benefits—with employee ownership embedded in the culture. The tech stack reveals a hybrid enterprise: Microsoft 365 and Office dominate day-to-day operations, but cloud infrastructure (Azure + AWS) underpins core systems, and the company is mid-migration away from legacy platforms toward Salesforce, OneStream, Unit4, and Anaplan. Sales hiring (231 open roles) vastly outpaces data (16) and insurance teams (19), indicating a growth-focused commercial strategy competing on client acquisition and retention rather than internal analytics depth.
Tech Stack 69 technologies
What Howden Is Building
◆Challenges
- Acquiring new clients
- High renewal retention
- Complex environment
- Improving efficiency and quality
- Identifying new business opportunities
- Regulatory changes
- Compliance with philippine labor laws
- Client satisfaction
- Streamlining internal processes
- Integrating systems for acquired entities
▲Active Projects
- Building communication frameworks
- Control library and playbooks development
- Insuring covid-19 vaccine development
- New system development
- Platform governance
- Personal sales plan execution
- Training program
- Sustainability disclosures
- Regional expansion in auvergne rhône alpes
- Improving customer journey
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Performance Management Lead, Claims Director, Director de Cuentas, Business Lead
