Ethos Risk Services Joins Guidewire PartnerConnect Solution Alliance Program

New partner’s risk mitigation technology and services to help insurers streamline claims investigations

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. & SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2020-- Ethos Risk Services LLC, a leading risk mitigation company, and Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), provider of the industry platform Property and Casualty insurers rely upon, today announced that Ethos Risk Services has joined Guidewire PartnerConnect as a Solution partner.

Ethos Risk Services is a full-service investigative and risk mitigation company, providing national and international coverage to insurance companies and specializing in workers’ compensation, liability, homeowner’s, life, health and disability insurance. As a PartnerConnect Solution partner, Ethos Risk Services plans to employ the Guidewire DevConnect developer platform to produce an add-on that will enable Guidewire ClaimCenter users to integrate to Evestigate, Ethos’ software application for claims.

“Our partnership with Guidewire further reinforces our commitment to helping eradicate fraud within the insurance industry,” said, Micah Smith, chief executive officer, Ethos Risk Services. “Our data integrity, security protocols, and performance analytics provide insurance companies with thorough, timely, and cost-effective investigations, and we look forward to bringing these capabilities to our mutual clients.”

“We welcome Ethos Risk Services to the Guidewire PartnerConnect Solution community,” said Becky Mattick, vice president, Solution Alliances, Guidewire. “Fraud continues to be a concern for the insurance industry, and the integration between Guidewire ClaimCenter and Ethos will help those responsible for investigating and handling suspicious claims by providing a fast and safe way to submit claims investigation orders, track progress, and transfer highly sensitive claim data.”

About Ethos Risk Services

Ethos Risk Services is a full-service risk mitigation firm headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. Ethos provides nationwide and international coverage from a team of over 500 investigators servicing all 50 states and over 70 countries. Founded in 2006, the company has provided comprehensive fraud management to insurance companies, self-insured employers, attorneys and third-party administrators within the insurance industry. Ethos is dedicated to its vision of being the most tech-enabled, customer-centric investigative services company and to build a partnership with their clients in combating fraud across the globe. For more information about Ethos Risk Services, please visit the company website at www.ethosrisk.com.

About Guidewire PartnerConnect and Ready for Guidewire

Guidewire PartnerConnect is a global network of select companies that provide consulting services and solutions to enhance, extend, and complement the capabilities of Guidewire products. Our worldwide community helps contribute to the success of our mutual customers in the general insurance industry by delivering Guidewire software implementations, value-add solution and technology offerings, and guidance on insurance industry best practices.

Guidewire DevConnect is a developer platform that enables Guidewire PartnerConnect Solution partners to create innovative add-ons that integrate with Guidewire InsurancePlatform products. DevConnect add-ons feature straight forward installation, full-fidelity upgrades, and enhanced support - enabling insurers to focus on innovation and growth. With a complete set of APIs, software development kits, and associated tools, DevConnect provides everything that the independent P&C insurance developer community needs to rapidly design and build feature-rich add-ons for Guidewire products and publish them in the Guidewire Marketplace.

Guidewire PartnerConnect is an invitation-only program. For more information about Guidewire PartnerConnect please visit http://www.guidewire.com/partners/.

About Guidewire Software

Guidewire delivers the industry platform that general insurers rely upon to adapt and succeed in a time of accelerating change. We provide the software, services, and partner ecosystem to enable our customers to run, differentiate, and grow their business. As of the end of our fiscal year 2019, we were privileged to serve more than 380 companies in 34 countries. For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.

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Source: Guidewire Software, Inc.

Melissa Cobb
Senior Public Relations Manager
Guidewire Software, Inc.
+1.650.357.5324
mcobb@guidewire.com

Cheri Darks
National Compliance Manager
Ethos Risk Services
+1.866.783.0525
info@ethosrisk.com