Who’s using what in P&C insurance: Nov. 25, 2019

News from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd., Bold Penguin, Superstorm Restoration and more.

“We selected Guidewire to help us accelerate our business growth,” Jim Sulston, vice president, broker management, marketing and analytics at Heartland Farm Mutual, said in a statement. “InsuranceSuite will help us streamline workflows and automate manual processes, freeing up our underwriters and claims staff to focus on serving our customers. The Guidewire Digital applications will enable us to continue to optimize our engagement with brokers and agents to ensure we continue to deliver superior customer service.” (Credit: everything possible/Shutterstock)

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd., a member of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc., selected dotData Enterprise to power a new digital platform that will use data science and artificial intelligence to optimize customer value and utilization of its products and services. The new platform, named “MS1 Brain,” will be launched in February 2020.

Bold Penguin is expanding coverage capabilities of its platform through a newly launched integration with CNA. The partnership enables agents and brokers of the Bold Penguin platform to triage, quote and bind commercial insurance coverages through an API integration that’s three times faster than traditional means.

Superstorm Restoration turned to aerial intelligence provider Kespry and implemented its drone-powered cloud and analytics platform to handle all future roof inspections.

EMPLOYERS has selected IVANS Markets to further supplement appetite communications to more than 32,000 agencies in the IVANS network. Building on a foundation of agency-insurer connectivity through IVANS Download, EMPLOYERS will further support prospective and current agency partners by communicating appetite details at the moment agents are searching.

Heartland Farm Mutual Inc. has selected Guidewire Software Inc.’s Guidewire InsurancePlatform products to modernize its infrastructure and transform the way it does business. The company will be deploying the products in an EY iNexus private cloud, with implementation, ongoing services and support provided by EY, a Guidewire PartnerConnect Consulting Premier member. Heartland Farm Mutual plans to implement all of the products simultaneously across all lines of business in Ontario.

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