LIBERTY IT employees have once again showcased their innovation and technical expertise at Liberty Mutual Insurance’s annual Ignite Hackathon - with two teams winning three awards.
Now in its eleventh year, Ignite is Liberty Mutual’s largest internal tech event of the year, bringing together hundreds of employees for three days of coding, learning and collaboration.
The event, which took place in person in Boston and Belfast, as well as virtually across the world, is designed to push the bounds of innovation, allowing teams to flex their skills and develop solutions to drive the business forward.
Teams from the company’s Belfast, Dublin and Galway offices took part, developing creative, data-driven solutions to real business problems, all culminating in final pitches to a panel of judges.
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Liberty IT’s team ‘Ask Me Anything’ won the Tech Excellence Award as well as second place overall, and team ‘Stylometrics Squad’ picked up the People’s Choice Award, voted for by attendees at the final event.
Brian Craig, Senior Director of Architecture at Liberty IT, said: “Ignite is one of the highlights of our year as it’s a true celebration of creativity, innovation and teamwork across Liberty Mutual Insurance. It allows our people to demonstrate their incredible talent and limitless potential. Hackathons encourage us to continually push the boundaries of innovation and technology, challenging ourselves to think bigger and bolder and bring cutting-edge ideas to life in new and exciting ways.
I’m incredibly proud of the exceptional talent shown by our Liberty IT teams. Their passion for collaboration is what drives us to keep innovating and making a difference. Congratulations to all the well-deserving winners!”
Amy Clarke, Senior Software Engineer at Liberty IT and a member of team Ask Me Anything, said: 'We are delighted to have won the Tech Excellence Award as well as second place overall at the 2025 Ignite hackathon. As always, it was a tough competition with a high calibre of ideas, with each and every one having the potential to make a big impact across Liberty Mutual.”
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