Terry Buechner (AWS) on the hidden headwinds of insurance modernization

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Terry Buechner discusses the challenges and momentum of insurance modernization, emphasizing the shift from legacy systems to cloud-native platforms.

In this episode of Unstructured Unlocked , Terry Buechner, Principal Insurance Specialist at AWS, joins to unpack the challenges and momentum behind mainframe and core system modernization in insurance. He shares why modernization is accelerating—driven by demographic shifts, talent gaps, and the demand for faster, more agile decision-making. Terry discusses the complexities of replacing legacy systems and highlights the need for insurers to evolve from stability-focused infrastructure to cloud-native, future-ready platforms. The conversation also explores how modernization is a prerequisite for adopting innovations like generative AI.

People in this episode

Host: Indico Data

Guest: Terry Buechner

Topics covered

• insurance modernization
• cloud-native platforms
• legacy systems
• generative AI
• demographic shifts
• talent gaps

Keywords

• insurance
• modernization
• AWS
• cloud-native
• legacy systems
• generative AI
• decision-making

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Organizations: AWS

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