Who’s using what in P&C insurance: July 27, 2020

News from CNA, Simply Easier Payments, Acuity Insurance, and more.

News from CNA, Simply Easier Payments, Acuity Insurance, and more.  (Credit: Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock)

CNA selected AIR Worldwide’s Touchstone solution as its primary catastrophe risk modeling platform. CNA is also licensing AIR’s Web Services to connect to AIR’s cloud infrastructure and obtain hazard, and loss analysis output in seconds; and Touchstone APIs to integrate with CNA’s underwriting systems as part of their IT transformation efforts. For CNA’s newly created National Accounts line, AIR is also providing support using its data services to scrub and prepare submissions for quotes from brokers.

Simply Easier Payments partnered with NowCerts to add no-cost customer payment processing to the insurance agency management system. NowCerts uses a design process to create and improve an agency management system that is intuitive and improves workflow. Using a similar development process, Simply Easier Payments offers a one-stop, no-cost payment solution for insurance agencies and businesses to accept mobile and online payments.

Acuity Insurance selected IBQ‘s commercial comparative rater to rate commercial products. Independent agents are now able to compare Acuity Business Owner Policy, General Liability, and Workers’ Comp rates to other carriers on the IBQ platform, saving time and increasing efficiency with IBQ’s single entry solution.

QBE North America partnered with Flyreel, Inc., an artificial Intelligence platform for property insurance, to help customers manage risk and prevent loss through an AI-assisted tool. Allowing customers to conduct their home inspections at their convenience and on their terms, is the best and safest way for QBE to ensure customers get the right coverage tailored to their needs.

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