How Will Zinnia Add Value With Snowflake Integration?

Insurance technology company Zinnia has announced a new integration with Snowflake, the data platform vendor. 

With the Snowflake platform, Zinnia can more effectively deliver analytics and AI solutions to re-shape how insurance is delivered. 

The collaboration combines Zinnia's insurance expertise with Snowflake's data and AI platform to transform how insurers leverage data for real-time decision making with enterprise-grade security and scalability.

Zinnia has implemented Snowflake's data platform to enable insurance companies to harness machine learning and AI capabilities at scale. 

The solution delivers advanced insights, self-hosted Streamlit applications and Gen AI capabilities that modernise insurance operations and accelerate digital transformation initiatives.

"Insurance companies are sitting on vast amounts of data, but many struggle to unlock its full potential," says Dan Gremmell, Chief Data Officer at Zinnia. 

"Our work with Snowflake changes that equation entirely. We're delivering day one implementation of advanced analytics and AI capabilities that would typically take months or years to deploy, ensuring our clients don't just receive data - they transform it into their competitive advantage."

ML and AI capabilities top the list

The Snowflake AI Data Cloud enables Zinnia to deliver several key capabilities to insurance clients:

• Advanced machine learning and AI: this includes built-in capabilities that enable predictive analytics, risk modelling and automated decision-making.
• Real-time analytics: instant access to critical business metrics and performance indicators.
• Self-hosted applications: streamlined integration for rapid development and deployment of custom analytics applications
• Scalable data architecture: a modern cloud data warehouse 
• Generative AI integration: Gen AI tools for enhanced customer service and operational efficiency

Zinnia believes that with its expertise in insurance operations and modern data architecture, it bridges the gap between traditional insurance processes and cutting-edge technology capabilities.

It intends to create seamless experiences for carriers, distributors and customers removing friction, accelerating growth and delivering speed, transparency and connectivity across the life and annuity ecosystem.

Strong backing for acquisitions

Zinnia has considerable finance behind it - it’s backed by funds managed by KKR and Vista Credit Partners, which are leading global investment firms. 

The company has made five acquisitions since the year 2020 to improve its product offer; these have included focuses on fund management and pricing, consumer marketplace functionality and strengthened CRM.

Zinnia is led by CEO George Esposito, who brings a broad range of experience to the company across insurance, reinsurance, technology, product delivery and asset management. 

He has worked around the business, serving as Head of Insurance Platforms, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel. He began his career as a corporate attorney, advising financial institutions on strategic and regulatory matters. 

He works alongside financial and technology veteran Brad Medd, who brings a lot of knowledge in platform innovation, cloud transformation, and agile delivery to his role of CTO, and Ash Sawhney, President and Chief Revenue Officer. 

Ash has been at the forefront of insurance technology for many years having previously served as President of Insurance Solutions for North America at Ebix. He also co-founded PlanetSoft and held senior roles at Sun Life and State Street.

George and Ash were appointed to their current roles in November 2025.