WTW Integrates Databricks for Advanced Insurance Analytics

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Jan 12, 2026

WTW Launches New Integration with Databricks to Enhance Insurance Analytics

January 12, 2026 — Global Release: Willis Towers Watson (WTW), listed on NASDAQ as WTW, has unveiled the Radar Connector for Databricks, a significant upgrade to their robust insurance analytics and pricing platform. This integration allows users of WTW's Radar to seamlessly connect with Databricks, streamlining data processes, expediting analysis, and bolstering data governance.

The synergy between WTW’s Radar and the Databricks platform allows analysts to choose Databricks as their data source, facilitating faster AI-driven prior authorization delays and risk management. Users can perform analyses and transfer results directly back into Databricks, integrating automated processes and enhancing regulatory compliance.

Empowering Insurers with Advanced Analytics

Chris Halliday, Senior Director at WTW’s Insurance Consulting and Technology division, highlighted the integration's benefits, stating, "The integration of Radar with Databricks enhances efficiency for insurers. Coupled with Radar’s ability to implement Databricks machine learning models, users can leverage these platforms' powerful data and AI capabilities."

Marcela Granados, Global Head of Insurance at Databricks, noted, "Databricks enables insurers to consolidate diverse data into a single, governed environment, ready for Radar's analytical prowess. This fusion offers instantaneous insights by linking Radar’s pricing models to the Databricks platform, thus accelerating decision-making and ensuring updated regulatory compliance requirements."

Streamlining Data for Better Business Insights

Through this integration, insurers can ingest and manage data from multiple sources, maintaining quality and data lineage with Unity Catalog. Radar outputs can seamlessly flow back into Databricks, enabling enterprise-wide insights using tools like AI/BI Genie and Agent Bricks, fostering a cohesive data ecosystem.

Radar, crafted explicitly for insurers, provides machine learning algorithms, real-time decision support, and facilitates regulatory reporting. As part of WTW’s broader Insurance Consulting and Technology offerings, Radar signifies a commitment to innovative solutions that enhance risk and capital management.

WTW commands a significant global presence, boasting over 1,700 professionals across 35 markets, serving a diverse clientele, including major global insurance groups. The company leverages data-driven insights to support strategic decisions and performance improvement across 140 countries and markets.

The introduction of the Radar Connector for Databricks underscores WTW’s dedication to equipping insurers with state-of-the-art technology to adapt to evolving industry dynamics. Radar Vision, also within WTW's portfolio, provides detailed insights into pricing, portfolio management, underwriting, and claims, enabling rapid adaptation to market changes.

For further details, WTW and Towers Watson’s financial services compliance can be verified under their respective authorized Financial Services Provider numbers in South Africa.