Insurers unable to fill a quarter of tech roles Insurance companies need to fill tech skills gaps if they are going to prosper in the age of insurtech Share this item with your network: By Published: 16 Mar 2021 15:15 Insurance companies must make themselves more attractive to talented tech professionals if they are to succeed when the current economic outlook improves. Organisations in the sector are re-evaluating their traditional IT to help them out of the current downturn. This includes increasing IT outsourcing, consolidating IT supplier portfolios and expanding agile methodologies, according to Everest Group. But to compete and grow going forward, they realise they need to improve their digital offerings and – to do so – need to fill a skills gap.