Who’s using what in P&C insurance: Oct. 22, 2018

Insurance industry tech and partnership news from Applied Systems, Appulate, EIS Group, Shift Technology and more.

“For insurers to drive growth, they must continuously capitalize on existing and new business opportunities, and IVANS Markets provides insurers with agency exposure they may not otherwise have achieved,” says Brian Wood, vice president of IVANS Markets at IVANS Insurance Solutions. (Getty Images/ALM archives)

Applied Systems has acquired Dynamis Software Corporation, a provider of employee benefits software solutions. The acquisition expands Applied’s employee benefits offerings and underscores the company’s commitment to employee benefits agency automation.

Appulate recently launched a new pet insurance program through Trupanion. Agents using Appulate to connect to insurance products digitally can now access the pet coverage options provided by Trupanion in order to present clients and prospects with a single, streamlined coverage plan.

Shift Technology, a solution provider with a focus on enabling insurance organizations to successfully tackle the ongoing and growing claims fraud challenge, and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) have entered into strategic partnership. As a result, Shift customers can now access NICB data within their FORCE implementations to further combat insurance fraud.

The Main Street America Group recently selected IVANS Markets® to support its growth and distribution strategy. IVANS Markets will enable The Main Street America Group to instantly communicate their latest appetite to both current and prospective agency partners.

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian®) has deployed EIS Group’s digital insurance platform to support its direct to consumer business. EIS Group is a core and digital platform provider for insurers.

Betterview, an InsurTech startup that gathers and distributes building and property data, has joined Guidewire PartnerConnect™ as a Solution partner. Betterview also has successfully completed the Ready for Guidewire validation process for its Guidewire PolicyCenter™ integration, which will enable underwriters to easily request and access property data and inspections from within PolicyCenter. Betterview’s Property Profile is designed to provide insights into buildings and properties that were previously unavailable from remote locations.

Guidewire also recently announced that COUNTRY Financial, an Illinois-based insurance financial services provider, has selected Guidewire ClaimCenter as its new claims management system, and that Polonious has joined Guidewire PartnerConnect as a Solution Partner.

PAMIC, (Pennsylvania Association of Mutual Insurance Companies), the provider of education, networking and advocacy to insurance companies in the Mid-Atlantic region, has expanded its partnership with Enquiron to provide Enquiron’s Cyber solutions to all of their member groups. This expansion allows PAMIC to continue their mission of successfully meeting the needs of their policyholders, agents, employees and board members.

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