Strategic CTO & AI Enabler for Insurance & Regulated Industries
25+ years turning complex business processes into scalable technology — now helping companies cut IT costs up to 30% through AI-native workflows.
Your IT function is stuck maintaining, not innovating.
Senior time drained by legacy maintenance and firefighting instead of building leverage.
Scattered pilots, no operating model, no measurable impact on delivery or cost.
Strategic decisions made without deep technical judgement — and hiring a full-time CTO isn't the right move yet.
The "30% IT Savings" Program
A productised engagement — not a generic consulting line item. Assess the stack, install AI-native workflows, and rewire delivery so the team ships more with less overhead.
Assessment of existing systems, team capacity, delivery bottlenecks, and AI-readiness across engineering and operations.
Strategic use of tools like Claude and Lovable to accelerate delivery and reduce load on internal teams — mapped to concrete workflows.
Restructure the SDLC, review pipelines, and internal tooling so AI is embedded, not bolted on.
Coach engineers, PMs, and operators to work AI-native day to day. Adoption sticks because the workflow does.
- → Reduced delivery time on prioritised roadmap items
- → Elimination of manual, repetitive engineering & ops work
- → Avoided headcount growth against the same delivery load
Initial assessment engagement, followed by a phased implementation program. Milestones are tied to measurable delivery outcomes — not hours billed.
Furness Insurance Services
A UK insurance group operating four regulated entities under a single integrated technology function.
- Lloyd's Broker
- Coverholder
- Underwriting Agency
- TPA / Claims operation
One technology function serving four regulated businesses with distinct operating models, compliance profiles, and legacy systems.
Stack modernisation on .NET Core, React, FastAPI and Azure. AI embedded into underwriting, claims processing and back-office automation.
Lovable Dev used for rapid frontend delivery, Claude AI for backend and development support, CI/CD pipelines standardised, team transitioned to AI-native workflows.
Measured delivery velocity, manual work eliminated, and avoided headcount.
Valia S.p.A. — bancassurance platform, built from zero.
A large-scale bancassurance software platform for credit-protection insurance, built by Prometheus from the ground up and evolved over several years — with direct integrations into Italian core banking systems.
Valia S.p.A. — a player in the Italian bancassurance market, distributing insurance products through the banking channel.
- → Entire policy-sales platform, built from zero
- → Team assembled and led by Prometheus
- → Release planning and long-term maintenance
Direct integration with the Cedacri core banking system (Cassa di Risparmio group) and CSE (other Italian banking groups) — no intermediation layers.
CPI — Credit Protection Insurance, bundled with lending products in the banking channel.
Automatic policy renewals with recurring SEPA direct debit — fully digital end-to-end flow, no paper and no manual steps in the renewal lifecycle.
Proof that Prometheus handles not only fast AI-native transformations, but also complex, long-running banking / fintech programs with direct integrations into third-party core banking systems.
CREA Assicurazioni — from zero to exit.
A fully digital MGA (Managing General Agent) and a reference name in Italian insurtech. Built, scaled, and successfully exited.
CTO and Shareholder — not founder. The technology platform was owned end-to-end: architecture, delivery, and team.
- → 40,000+ policies per year on the platform
- → 1,300+ brokers onboarded
- → Fully digital MGA operating model
Winner of Magic Wand (Digital Magics, first edition, 2018) — the acceleration program dedicated to FinTech and InsurTech, run in partnership with major Italian banking and insurance groups including BNL/BNP Paribas, Intesa Sanpaolo, UBI Banca and Poste Italiane.
100% acquisition by +Simple in November 2023. Process led personally as CTO and Shareholder.
Result of technical execution on a scalable business model — the same method now applied to Furness and to Prometheus engagements.
Nicola Donadio
Strategic CTO. AI Enabler. Hands-on builder.
25+ years across insurance and regulated technology — InsurTech, bancassurance, the Lloyd's market, underwriting, and claims / TPA platforms.
CTO and Shareholder of CREA Assicurazioni, the fully digital MGA taken from zero to 40,000+ policies per year across 1,300+ brokers, with a successful exit to +Simple in November 2023.
Built from zero — with the team assembled and led personally — the entire bancassurance policy-sales platform of Valia S.p.A., integrated directly with the Cedacri and CSE core banking systems.
Today CTO of Furness Insurance Services (UK) and strategic advisor to other companies in the insurance sector.
On the side, founder and Head Coach of L'Accademia BJJ, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gym whose entire technology stack was built by Prometheus — a practical example of the AI-native method applied outside insurance.
Approach: hands-on. Define the roadmap, build the team, and personally lead delivery. No slideware, no theatre — working systems in production.
Four ways to engage.
Each package is a productised offer with a defined scope, price range, and outcome. Follow a link for the full package page, or grab the PDF brochure to share internally.
AI & IT Diagnostic Sprint
Low-risk, fixed-fee entry point. A 2–3 week assessment that surfaces where AI-native workflows will cut cost.
The 30% IT Savings Program
The flagship, productised transformation. A phased 3–6 month engagement tied to measurable delivery outcomes.
Strategic CTO-as-a-Service
Board-level tech leadership on a monthly retainer. Roadmap, architecture, vendor decisions, team.
AI Enablement Training & Workshops
Hands-on adoption training for technical and non-technical teams. Workflows they can use the next day.
Publicly citable engagements.
A selection of current and past clients. No contractual details — just names and context.
Downloadable brochures.
One PDF per service package — everything on the package page, in a format you can share internally with founders, boards, or budget owners.
Book a strategy call.
Tell me about the business, the technology function, and where AI could unlock the most leverage. Available worldwide, in English.