Insurer Northwestern Mutual has partnered with two universities to create a new data institute to boost the data science skills it has available. It is investing $40m in the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute, in association with the University of US-Milwaukee and Marquette University. The company is aiming to secure a place for US as a national hub in the Wisconsin for technology, research and business development, improving the supply talent in the fields of business, mathematics, behavioural sciences, process design and industrial engineering. It says half of its workforce already works almost entirely in the digital field.
Insurer Northwestern Mutual has partnered with two universities to create a new data institute to boost the data science skills it has available. It is investing $40m in the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute, in association with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Marquette University. The company is aiming to secure a place for Wisconsin as a national hub in the US for technology, research and business development, improving the supply talent in the fields of business, mathematics, behavioural sciences, process design and industrial engineering. It says half of its workforce already works almost entirely in the digital field.