A greenfield online insurance platform for UNIQA

For UNIQA we helped build CHERRISK, a fully online insurance management platform designed for rapid growth and data‑driven decision making. From a greenfield start, UNIQA needed a modern architecture that could handle high traffic, multiple markets and frequent product changes, while staying reliable and auditable.

CoreConsult joined as a long‑term technology partner, delivering backend, frontend and DevOps capabilities in a single, tightly integrated team.

Architecture and technology

• Backend built in Scala 2.12 with the Play Framework.
• GraphQL API layer implemented with Sangria.
• CQRS architecture with Kafka event streams, ElasticSearch and MSSQL.
• Angular (8+) frontend and Ts.ED (TypeScript MVC for NodeJS based on Express) for supporting services.
• Ceph as on‑premise object storage for assets and documents.

DevOps and delivery

• Vagrant‑based full‑stack development environments for consistent local setups.
• GitLab CI/CD pipelines with one‑click multi‑environment deployments (INT, UAT, PROD) onto Docker Swarm, including automated database schema evolution.
• nginx for SSL/TLS termination, load‑balancing and high availability.
• Sentry integrated for real‑time error monitoring.

Data and decision support

• Event‑sourced data streams stored in ElasticSearch for analytics.
• Data platform to support actuarial work, pricing experiments and BI dashboards.
• Close collaboration with UNIQA business teams and other vendors to review requirements and validate ideas.

Impact for UNIQA / CHERRISK

• A modern, cloud‑ready insurance platform launched from scratch.
• Faster delivery cycles through automated deployments and standardised environments.
• A scalable, event‑driven architecture ready to support new products, markets and partners.