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HP Exstream and Guidewire deliver value together
with InsuranceSuite accelerators and new Premier
Partner designation
HP Exstream is “Guidewire-ready” and insurers are improving
customer satisfaction with integrated deployment of Guidewire and
HP Exstream software
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Tami May, HP Exstream
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA November 3, 2014—HP, a Guidewire PartnerConnect™ Solution
Premier Partner, today announced that its recently launched HP Exstream software
version 9.0 is “Guidewire-ready” and supports the current version of Guidewire’s
industry-leading InsuranceSuite core systems. Building on HP Exstream’s market
leadership and strength in multichannel communications delivery with consistency and
control, the new HP Exstream 9.0 release helps organizations connect with their
customer’s in new ways and enables them to meet growing consumer demands, while
improving the bottom line.
Insurers will be better positioned to address dynamic electronic communication
requirements and deliver on their mobile device communication strategies with HP
Exstream 9.0’s multichannel platform and responsive design capabilities enable
companies to deliver actionable communications the way consumers prefer across
mobile, tablet and desktop devices. Read the full HP Exstream 9.0 release.
By combining a Guidewire core system implementation with HP Exstream, insurers can
automate the creation, assembly, and multichannel delivery of personalized, timesensitive communications within a single user interface. Integrating the two
technologies is easy with the certified HP Exstream Accelerators for Guidewire
InsuranceSuite™ modules (ClaimCenter, PolicyCenter and BillingCenter). These
accelerators are available to our mutual customers at no charge from the Guidewire
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portal. The accelerators are designed to reduce implementation time of HP Exstream
into existing workflows, make it easier for customers to add and launch new Guidewire
systems, and provide high-quality, flexible, customized customer communications that
fully leverage InsuranceSuite content.
There are currently 35 joint HP Exstream and Guidewire customers with 27 of those
having integrated or are in the process of integrating the two solutions. The ability to
easily create, repurpose, and integrate data from Guidewire InsuranceSuite systems
into personalized, multichannel customer communications -- from design to delivery -across P&C lines of business gives them a compelling competitive advantage.
CSAA Insurance Group embracing benefits of integration
CSAA Insurance Group is one such customer; although it did so without the
accelerators. The insurer offers reliable auto, home and other personal lines of
insurance to AAA Members, in partnership with local AAA clubs in 23 states and the
District of Columbia.
CSAA Insurance Group was looking to streamline its multiple claims administration and
document generation systems. To achieve the integration and accelerate application
development and deployment CSAA Insurance Group worked with Cognizant, an HP
Exstream certified partner, and leveraged the HP expertise as needed.
An HP Exstream customer since 2003, CSAA Insurance Group was able to reduce 6500+
claims document templates to 400 and improve document creation and distribution
response time. “The result is an improved business and IT efficiency that uses rules and
data-based logic,” says Chris Reed, CSAA Insurance Group Program Manager. “We are
able to easily deliver personalized customer communications through multiple
channels, an important expectation of today’s consumers.”
HP Exstream now a Guidewire Premier Partner
HP is pleased to have been invited to be a “Premier Solution Partner” within the new,
recently announced Guidewire PartnerConnect™ program. “Having been one of first
participants when Guidewire launched its Solution partner program in 2012, and to now
be at the Premier designation within the program is an exciting opportunity for us to
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work more closely with Guidewire,” says Chuck Fazio HP Exstream Worldwide Alliances
and Industry Manager, HP. PartnerConnect is a network of select partner companies
that provide consulting services and solutions to enhance, extend, and complement the
capabilities of Guidewire products. It is an invitation only program. Solution partners
provide software, technology, and data solutions as well as insurance support services.
Together with Guidewire, HP will help drive business value by developing and delivering
“Guidewire-ready” accelerators for claims, policy and billing applications, allowing
design to delivery of multichannel communications. Read the full release.
About HP
HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people,
businesses, governments and society. With the broadest technology portfolio
spanning printing, personal systems, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP
delivers solutions for customers’ most complex challenges in every region of the world.
More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.
About CSAA Insurance Group
CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer, offers automobile, homeowners and other
personal lines of insurance to AAA members through partnerships with AAA clubs in 23
states and the District of Columbia. Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2014, CSAA
Insurance Group is rated A+ by A.M. Best and is one of the top 20 personal lines
property casualty insurance groups in the United States according to the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners.
About Guidewire Software
Guidewire builds software products that help Property/Casualty insurers replace their
legacy core systems and transform their business. Designed to be flexible and scalable,
Guidewire products enable insurers to deliver excellent service, increase market share
and lower operating costs. Guidewire InsuranceSuite™ provides the core systems used
by insurers as operational systems of record. Additional products provide support for
data management, business intelligence, anytime/anywhere access and guidance and
monitoring. More than 180 Property/Casualty insurers around the world have selected
Guidewire. For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com.
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