Guidewire ClaimCenter® to enable ANPAC and Farm Family to
enhance their operational efficiencies and better prepare for long-term
business growth
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. & SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 14, 2012--
American National Property And Casualty Company (ANPAC®), Farm Family
Casualty Insurance Company, and Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE:GWRE)
today announced that ANPAC and Farm Family have selected Guidewire
ClaimCenter® as their new platform for claims management. Guidewire
Software is a provider of core system software to property and casualty
insurers, and its ClaimCenter product will be used for all personal and
commercial lines of business at the two companies.
“We selected Guidewire ClaimCenter for the maturity of the product and
for Guidewire’s track record of successful implementations,” said
Bernard Gerwel, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer at
ANPAC. “We also felt good about the depth and breadth of the Guidewire
team’s industry knowledge and experience.”
“We needed a system that could handle our current lines of business and
had the flexibility to grow with our business and client demands,” said
Robert Campbell, ANPAC’s Executive Vice President, Chief Claims Officer.
“Guidewire ClaimCenter has the configurability and scalability for which
we were looking.”
“It gives us a great deal of pleasure to welcome ANPAC and Farm Family
to the Guidewire family,” said Marcus Ryu, Chief Executive Officer,
Guidewire Software. “We are proud that ANPAC and Farm Family recognize
ClaimCenter as a system that can meet their claims business needs today
and as they change in the future.”
Guidewire ClaimCenter is a leading end-to-end claims management system,
built from the ground up to meet the specific needs of today’s property
and casualty insurers. ClaimCenter’s flexible business rules enable
claims organizations to define, enforce and continually refine their
preferred claim-handling practices in order to optimize and monitor
their claims processes. ClaimCenter is in use by insurers of all sizes,
across all product lines, to improve speed and accuracy, reduce loss
adjustment expense and enable proactive management of claims.
ClaimCenter is available as a standalone system or as part of Guidewire
InsuranceSuite™, and can be integrated into an insurer’s legacy systems
or third-party applications.
About ANPAC
American National Property And Casualty Company (ANPAC) is headquartered
in Springfield, Missouri. It is a subsidiary of American National
Insurance Company (ANICO) of Galveston, Texas. American National
Multiple Line Exclusive Agents offer a combination of life insurance,
annuities, property and casualty insurance for personal lines,
agri-business, targeted commercial exposures and other services.
Multiple Line Agents serve individuals, families and business owners.
Please visit www.anpac.com
for more information.
About Farm Family
Farm Family Casualty Insurance Company and United Farm Family Insurance
Company, headquartered in Glenmont, New York, are subsidiaries of
American National Insurance Company of Galveston, Texas. Farm Family has
been providing insurance protection for families and businesses in rural
and suburban areas since the 1950s in the Northeast and Great Atlantic
regions. Please visit www.farmfamily.com
for more information.
About Guidewire Software
Guidewire Software is a provider of core system software to the global
property and casualty (general) insurance industry. Designed to be
flexible and scalable, Guidewire solutions give insurers the capability
to deliver excellent service, increase market share and lower operating
costs. Guidewire InsuranceSuite™, consisting of Guidewire PolicyCenter®,
Guidewire ClaimCenter®and Guidewire
BillingCenter®, spans the key functional areas in
insurance – underwriting and policy administration, claims management
and billing. Guidewire is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with
offices in Beijing, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Munich, Paris, Sydney,
Tokyo and Toronto. For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com.
NOTE: Guidewire, Guidewire Software, Guidewire ClaimCenter, Guidewire
PolicyCenter, Guidewire BillingCenter, Guidewire InsuranceSuite, Deliver
Insurance Your Way, Guidewire PartnerConnect, and the Guidewire logo are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Guidewire Software, Inc.
Source: Guidewire Software, Inc.
Guidewire Software, Inc.
Diana Stott, +1-650-356-4941
Public
Relations Manager
dstott@guidewire.com