Q&A: William Magowan, Duck Creek
William Magowan, senior vice president of Duck Creek, outlines how his business is targeting the London market with new investment while using artificial intelligence to unlock faster, more efficient change for insurers.
What is Duck Creek doing in the UK today?
At the highest level, we’re 1700 employees across the globe now.
The breadth of our offering has probably changed a lot since the last time we sat down and
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