Who's using what in P&C insurance: April 2, 2018
Property & casualty insurance industry technology and partnership news from Australia’s Youi Insurance, Starr Companies, Mutual of Enumclaw, FCCI Insurance Group, Glatfelter Insurance Group, PwC and more.
Auth0, the international Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) software provider, recently announced that it is providing the identity platform for Youi Insurance™, the click-to-buy online Australian insurer offering a range of motor and home insurance policies. Youi is using Auth0’s social login functionality for its Youi Rewards app, a mobile customer platform for earning rewards with policy purchases or file claims.
Starr Companies has reached an agreement with SkyWatch to provide a data analysis, risk assessment, and active risk-reduction platform for the drone industry. The agreement will offer qualified unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators the ability to secure insurance “on demand” for each flight.
FCCI Insurance Group, a provider of commercial P&C insurer based in Sarasota, Fla., and Guidewire Software, Inc., the California-based provider of software products to P&C insurers, recently announced that FCCI has selected Guidewire Underwriting Management™ as the new cloud-based underwriting workstation for its commercial lines of business. Underwriting Management will make FCCI’s underwriting process more efficient by replacing its existing manual underwriting processes and will enable FCCI to react more quickly to future changes in the marketplace. FCCI deployed Guidewire ClaimCenter™ in 2008.
In other news from Guidewire: Mutual of Enumclaw, a long-standing insurer servicing the American Pacific Northwest and Inland Northwest, has selected Guidewire ClaimCenter™ as its new claims management system and Guidewire VendorEngage™ to provide omnichannel digital service to its vendors.
The Request Network Foundation, an organization that promotes the adoption of Blockchain by providing a framework which allows everyone to develop their own financial solutions based on this technology, has formed a partnership with the PwC France and Francophone Africa Blockchain Lab with the goal of developing professional services and offering solutions for clients who conduct business using Blockchain.
Glatfelter Insurance Group, a large, privately-owned insurance brokerage, has converted to OnBase by Hyland for information management. Glatfelter will use OnBase capture, including optical character recognition (OCR) functionality, to better manage information, increase data accuracy and elevate customer support. Additionally, Glatfelter will create upwards of 30 integration points across multiple applications companywide, granting greater access to information and simplifying data sharing.
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