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Guidewire (GWRE) to Rev Up Tradition Mutual's Automation Efforts

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Guidewire (GWRE - Free Report) recently got selected by Tradition Mutual Insurance Company to automate and simplify the latter’s business processes.

Drawing upon more than 140 years of experience, Tradition Mutual brings safety, security and certainty to its policyowners in an unpredictable world. The company offers a wide array of insurance services like auto insurance, home insurance, commercial insurance and farm insurance.

Many small and medium-sized insurance companies face hurdles in transforming their core operations. In such a scenario, Guidewire’s in-depth experience in the Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance space and state-of-the-art platforms are leveraged by many insurance companies to transform their processes seamlessly.

Tradition Mutual chose Guidewire because the platform is stable, simple to use, flexible and updated to the latest industry standards, thereby providing longevity. Guidewire solution will simultaneously be deployed across all of Tradition Mutual’s business lines.

Guidewire will offer policy administration, underwriting, client data, rating, reinsurance, claims, billing, and enterprise-wide data management and analytics to Tradition Mutual in order to automate its processes and speed up the workflow. This will deliver an enhanced omnichannel digital experience to Tradition Mutual’s brokers, policyholders and vendors.

Tradition Mutual will deploy Guidewire in a private cloud through EY Nexus for Insurance. Being an agent-driven company, adopting cloud computing will enable Tradition Mutual’s agents and employees to implement Guidewire, irrespective of where they are.

With the help of EY’s cloud-based and managed service solution, Tradition Mutual will achieve the benefits of scale needed for disaster recovery management and business continuity. In conjunction with Guidewire’s InsuranceSuite product portfolio, which is equipped with pre-configured capabilities for the Canadian insurance industry, the solution will provide successful implementation, ongoing services, and support to Tradition Mutual, thereby fostering its transformation journey.

Prospects Bright for GWRE

San Mateo, CA-based Guidewire is a leading software solutions provider for P&C insurers. With digital transformation becoming the new normal in the insurance industry, the firm’s cloud-based subscription products are witnessing traction. The company is benefiting from robust adoption of the InsuranceSuite Cloud platform as insurers are increasingly looking for digitalization of their business processes. Moreover, a less competitive market and regular customer additions are tailwinds.

As a cloud-based solution provider, Guidewire provides enhanced flexibility and configurability to adapt to changing market needs and customer expectations. The company offers omnichannel service across the entire insurance lifecycle, creates personalized customer journeys in record time and supports instant digital experiences.

Recently, Guidewire’s InsuranceNow was selected by Lititz Mutual Insurance Company (Lititz) for enhancing its customer service and driving business growth. Lititz has selected InsuranceNow to upgrade its systems and transform the interactions between its agents and policyholders.

Guidewire currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

Shares of GWRE have lost 6.2% against industry growth of 21% in the past year.

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