AgencyPort Insurance Services, a provider of Web-based property/casualty solutions, and Guidewire Software, a provider of Web-based core system solutions to property/casualty insurers, have formed an alliance to enable carriers to deliver ease of doing business for independent agency distribution partners.

This alliance will provide Guidewire PolicyCenter customers with agent friendly real-time, application upload and transaction capabilities via AgencyPort's AgencyConnect and AgencyPortal products. This will make real-time quoting from an agency management system more efficient and user friendly, with defaults, corrections, and interviews to bridge gaps between the agency system and the insurer's specific data requirements configured in PolicyCenter.

"In a market where carriers are strategically trying to differentiate how they transact business with agents, AgencyPort has demonstrated the ability to bridge the gap between agency systems and carriers' underwriting/policy admin systems," says Don Chase, senior vice president of business development for AgencyPort. "Through our alliance with Guidewire, PolicyCenter customers can now leverage agent friendly real-time transaction support and deliver the highest level of responsiveness and service associated with straight-thru-processing."