{"id":4328,"date":"2023-12-04T20:02:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T20:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duckcreek1dev.wpenginepowered.com\/resource\/harnessing-data-for-better-insurance-decisions-with-sully-mcconnell-of-snowflake\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:49:20","slug":"harnessing-data-for-better-insurance-decisions-with-sully-mcconnell-of-snowflake","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/resource\/podcast\/harnessing-data-for-better-insurance-decisions-with-sully-mcconnell-of-snowflake\/","title":{"rendered":"Harnessing Data for Better Insurance Decisions with Sully McConnell of Snowflake"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\n\tid=\"block_cab6179f9b359b558c6060c2be0d9584\"\tclass=\"dc-hero-posts dc-section dc-section_dark dc-hero-posts_image\"\n>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dc-hero-posts__overlay\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-content\/themes\/duck-creek\/assets\/img\/hero-text-and-image-bg.svg\" rel=\"preload\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"\">\n\n\t<div class=\"dc-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"dc-hero-posts__body\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n\t\t\t<a\t\t\thref=\"#\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"dc-hero-posts__back-btn dc-btn dc-btn_link dc-btn_dark\"\n>\n\t\t<span class=\"dc-btn__title\">\n\t\tBack To Hub\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<i class=\"dc-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"dc-icon\" >\n\t\t<use href=\"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-content\/themes\/duck-creek\/assets\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon-arrow-left\"\/>\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/i>\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"dc-section-header\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"dc-section-header__content dc-section-header__content-default dc-section-header__content--align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-section-eyebrow dc-eyebrow\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPODCAST\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"dc-section-title dc-h2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHarnessing Data for Better Insurance Decisions with Sully McConnell of Snowflake\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"dc-share\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tdata-sharer=\"linkedin\"\n\t\t\tdata-url=\"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/resource\/podcast\/harnessing-data-for-better-insurance-decisions-with-sully-mcconnell-of-snowflake\/\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Share in linkedin\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"dc-share__btn\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-content\/themes\/duck-creek\/assets\/img\/share-linkedin.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tdata-sharer=\"x\"\n\t\t\tdata-url=\"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/resource\/podcast\/harnessing-data-for-better-insurance-decisions-with-sully-mcconnell-of-snowflake\/\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Share in x\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"dc-share__btn\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-content\/themes\/duck-creek\/assets\/img\/share-x.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tdata-sharer=\"facebook\"\n\t\t\tdata-url=\"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/resource\/podcast\/harnessing-data-for-better-insurance-decisions-with-sully-mcconnell-of-snowflake\/\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Share in facebook\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"dc-share__btn\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-content\/themes\/duck-creek\/assets\/img\/share-facebook.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-hero-posts__img dc-cover-img\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/384x190-Export-Sully-Co-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/384x190-Export-Sully-Co-1.png 384w, https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/384x190-Export-Sully-Co-1-300x148.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\">\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n\n<div\n\tid=\"block_3f8f128a3a8269e54f700af452000edb\"\tclass=\"dc-single-main\"\n>\n\t<div class=\"dc-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-single-body\">\n\n<iframe\n  title=\"Podbean Podcast Player\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?from=embed&amp;pbad=0&amp;i=jdtqi-150f1b2-pb&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=auto&amp;rtl=0&amp;logo_link=episode_page&amp;btn-skin=7&amp;size=150\"\n  width=\"100%\"\n  height=\"150\"\n  scrolling=\"no\"\n  frameborder=\"0\"\n  allowtransparency=\"true\"\n  style=\"border: none; width: 100%; max-width: 100%;\"\n  loading=\"lazy\">\n<\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About This Episode<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In today\u2019s episode, Rob Savitsky sits down with special guest, Sully McConnell, Head of Insurance at Snowflake, as well as his colleague, Dan Katz, Senior Director of Product Management at Duck Creek to discuss the state of data strategy in insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Read more<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They kick off the conversation by having a lively discussion around why it is more important than ever for carriers to be thinking about their enterprise data strategy. From there, both Sully and Dan offer up their perspective on the components for fostering successful data governance. The conversation evolves into a discussion around the consequences of poor data quality, as well as the importance of data as insurers look to embrace incorporating generative AI into their operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the episode wraps up, the guests provide their viewpoints on where they feel insurers level of data maturity stands across various insurance use cases, as well as make predictions around where they see the top performing carriers will be in the future with respect to how they\u2019ve operationalized their data, invested in data governance and data availability, and adopted generative AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As mentioned during the episode, Duck Creek\u2019s new data management, reporting and analytics platform, Duck Creek Clarity, which is built on top of the Snowflake Data Cloud and optimized for Microsoft PowerBI is now available. Learn more about Clarity and our partnership with Snowflake by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/product\/clarity-insurance-data-analytics-software\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">duckcreek.com\/product\/clarity<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/partner\/snowflake\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">duckcreek.com\/partner\/snowflake.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out all our other episodes and follow, rate and review Conversations on the Creek on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/podcasts\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.duckcreek.com\/podcasts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\t<section\n\t\tid=\"block_6f147c55d603665aefd07b4a4994b6a6\"\t\tclass=\"dc-speakers dc-section\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div class=\"dc-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-speakers__list\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-speakers__item dc-gradient-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-speakers__item-avatar dc-cover-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"95\" height=\"109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sully_McConnell.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-speakers__item-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-speakers__item-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSully McConnell\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-speakers__item-position\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHead of Insurance, Snowflake\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-speakers__item dc-gradient-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-speakers__item-avatar dc-cover-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"95\" height=\"109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/95x109-Rob-Savitsky.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-speakers__item-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-speakers__item-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRob Savitsky\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-speakers__item-position\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDirector of Product Marketing, Duck Creek Technologies\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-speakers__item dc-gradient-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-speakers__item-avatar dc-cover-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"95\" height=\"109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dan_Katz.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-speakers__item-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-speakers__item-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDan Katz\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dc-speakers__item-position\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSenior Director of Product Management, Duck Creek Technologies\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":4280,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"inline_featured_image":false},"resource-type":[33],"class_list":["post-4328","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resource-type-podcast"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/4328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"resource-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-type?post=4328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}