DBV Solutions helps organizations adapt, innovate and thrive.
A veteran owned management consulting firm since 2004. We redesign core business processes, run strategy and large programs, prepare teams for AI, and build Enterprise Intelligence: systems that help a firm keep and use what it learns. Our deepest roots are in insurance and financial services.
- 22
- years in business, since 2004
- 50+
- client partners
- $200M+
- in savings delivered
- 40+
- consultants
- 5,000
- offices served or impacted
Three ways we work with clients
Consulting, software and research, all built on the same idea: an organization should get wiser with every project it completes.
Consulting
Strategic advisory, process redesign, program and project management, workshops and roadmaps, backed by deep insurance and financial services experience. AI readiness is one part of that work. Cycle times come down, decisions get more accurate and operating costs drop.
Enterprise Intelligence products
Workspaces for insurance and financial services teams. They connect the systems a firm already uses and draft renewal proposals, coverage reviews and client plans for a named professional to approve.
The book and insights
Enterprise Intelligence by Erik Davison sets out a management framework for the intelligence age. Articles adapted from the book explain the ideas one at a time.
One workspace for the account, ready for a producer to approve
Producers spend hours pulling dec pages, loss runs, statements of values and market indications out of separate systems. The Enterprise Intelligence workspace brings those sources together, drafts the renewal proposal, flags what is missing, and sends it to a named producer for review before it reaches the client.
New book from Erik Davison
Enterprise Intelligence: A New Theory of Management for the Intelligence Age
Written for executives. It explains why so many organizations, after years of technology investment, still struggle to remember what they already learned, and lays out a practical architecture for an enterprise that keeps improving.
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Trusted by insurers, brokers and global companies
A cross section of current and past clients. Many insurance engagements are under non disclosure agreements and are not listed.
- Afore Insurance
- Air National Guard
- Alera Group
- Allstate Insurance
- Alpina
- APAC Customer Service
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
- AssuredPartners
- AT&T
- Bank One
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- BoMont Insurance
- CaCO3 Aragonite Products, Inc.
- Fidelity Investments
- First Chicago
- Ford Motor Company
- Gallagher Benefit Services (GBS)
- Gallagher Canada
- Hylant
- JP Morgan Chase
- Marsh (MMA)
- Maxim Healthcare
- Navistar
- Northwestern Mutual
- OneGroup
- Panthera Insurance
- Patriot Growth Insurance Services
- Sullivan & Associates
- Unison Risk Advisors
- US Air Force
- Washington Mutual
Latest insights
Short reads adapted from the book and DBV research.
Human middleware: the hidden cost of fragmented enterprise systems
Why skilled professionals spend their mornings connecting information across systems, what Erik Davison calls human middleware, and what it takes to fix it.
Why AI projects stall, and what leaders should build first
Artificial intelligence amplifies the strengths and weaknesses an organization already has. Erik Davison explains why enterprise readiness, trust and governance come before the technology.
Enterprise Knowledge Capital: what NASA's lessons learned program teaches every firm
Knowledge is the one asset that grows when used. How NASA keeps mission experience after programs end, and what Enterprise Knowledge Capital means for insurance and professional services firms.
Common questions about DBV Solutions
What does DBV Solutions do?
DBV Solutions is a veteran owned management consulting firm founded in 2004 by Erik Davison. It helps organizations redesign and modernize their core business processes, manage change and large programs, and prepare for AI. Its deepest specialty is insurance brokerage and carrier operations. DBV also builds Enterprise Intelligence software products and publishes Erik Davison's book, Enterprise Intelligence.
What is Enterprise Intelligence?
Enterprise Intelligence is a management discipline developed by Erik Davison. It treats an organization's knowledge, reasoning and learning as institutional assets that should stay with the firm when people, projects and leaders change. In practice it connects the systems a firm already owns so the enterprise can remember, use context, reason and keep improving. See the products or read a short introduction.
Who wrote Enterprise Intelligence?
Erik Davison, founder and CEO of DBV Solutions, wrote Enterprise Intelligence: A New Theory of Management for the Intelligence Age (Executive Edition, ISBN 978-1-963247-00-1). The foreword is by Kris Odwarka. It is published by DBV Solutions.
Which industries does DBV Solutions work with?
Insurance (brokers, carriers, MGAs and intermediaries) and financial services are the core. DBV has also worked in automotive and transportation, chemicals and pharma, distribution and warehousing, engineering and construction, manufacturing, retail and food and beverage, and telecom.
Where is DBV Solutions located?
DBV has offices in St. Charles, Illinois (Chicago area) and Las Vegas, Nevada, and works with clients internationally.
How do I contact DBV Solutions?
Use the contact form, email edavison@dbvsolutions.com or call (847) 841-8303.