Baloise consolidates data architecture with Microsoft Fabric and ALTYCA partnership

Insurance group centralizes data sources into a unified platform to support reporting, analytics, and enterprise decision-making

Claudio Mirti, Sr. Solution Engineer, Data & AI EMEA at Microsoft

Baloise, an insurance company operating across European markets, has implemented a new data platform built on Microsoft Fabric, working with ALTYCA as its implementation partner and in coordination with Microsoft. The initiative was driven by the need to consolidate a fragmented data environment that had evolved over time across multiple systems and sources, which required significant manual effort to prepare information for business use and decision-making processes.

The company’s objective was to establish a single, scalable data foundation capable of supporting operational reporting, analytics, and future data-driven initiatives. After evaluating different approaches, Microsoft Fabric was selected as the core technology to unify ingestion, processing, and delivery of data within one integrated environment.

ALTYCA led the design of the target architecture, the technical implementation, and the coordination between business and IT stakeholders throughout the project. The platform was structured to bring together on-premises and cloud data sources using standardized integration patterns, including gateways and shortcuts, while data ingestion and orchestration were handled through Data Factory and metadata-driven pipelines.

The solution follows a layered data architecture, where information is processed through structured stages from raw ingestion to refined and business-ready datasets. Data modeling was implemented using dbt, supporting version control and maintainability, while the final data layer is organized to enable reporting and semantic modeling across business units.

The environment also incorporates Azure DevOps for deployment workflows, Azure Key Vault for secure credential management, and a defined governance structure to support scalability and operational control.

As Martin Ursprung, Partner & Relations at ALTYCA, stated, “Our ambition was not only to introduce a new technology, but to take end-to-end responsibility as the implementation partner and, together with Baloise, build a solution that works in daily operations and delivers sustainable value.”

From Microsoft’s side, Claudio Mirti, Sr. Solution Engineer, Data & AI EMEA, commented, “Microsoft Fabric brings together data engineering, analytics and BI on a single platform, thereby creating the foundation for integrated data solutions and AI scenarios.”

According to internal stakeholders, the new platform reduced reliance on manual data preparation and improved access to consistent information across teams. Marius Vogel, Head of Group Data & BI Services at Helvetia, noted, “The collaboration with ALTYCA and Microsoft was straightforward, technically strong and on equal footing. We were able to significantly simplify our data platform while at the same time laying the foundation for future requirements.”

With the new architecture in place, Baloise has consolidated its data landscape into a unified environment designed to support current operational needs and future expansion of data capabilities across the organization.