INSURERS PUT NEW PRODUCTS TO THETESTIMPLEMENTATION.

Company: Accenture
Product: Accenture Underwriting ComponentsSolution
Web Site: www.accenture.com

Personal and commercial lines business units at Firemans FundInsurance Company have selected Accentures new underwritingsolution, Accenture Underwriting Components Solution. We intend totransform our underwriting operations across all lines of business,giving our underwriters the tools and flexibility to adapt quicklyto market changes to help improve risk-management decisions andbottom-line results, says Bob Eichenberger, vice president offront-office product management at Firemans Fund.

Accenture Underwriting Components Solution is a Web-basedsoftware platform designed to help improve the efficiencies ofinsurers underwriting systems through diagnostics and rules-basedtechnology. It supplies underwriters and operations staff with anintegrated platform to better leverage their own best practices inrisk selection and pricing, automate underwriters routine tasks,and allow underwriters to focus on value-added activities, such asmanaging accounts more efficiently and segmenting and evaluatingrisks more effectively.

Accenture offered an invaluable software asset for automatingunderwriting processes as well as a plan for helping us quicklyimplement our goals for seamless customer service, saysEichenberger.

The solution is built on the Microsoft .Net platform, which canenable insurers to conduct underwriting transactions through theuse of Web services. By automating routine tasks and enhancing itsaccount management capabilities, Firemans Fund should gain a moredisciplined underwriting process, helping it to sustain positiveresults through fluctuating market cycles, says Gail McGiffin, apartner in Accentures insurance industry group.
Among the features of the Accenture Underwriting Components

Solution are:

A common integrated account file that provides pertinentinformation related to the account and underwriting activity.

Rules-based and scenario-driven work- flow and documentmanagement.

Intelligent and dynamic data-capture frameworks that guideunderwriters in gathering critical information for assessingex-posures and determining optimal account terms and pricing.

External data aggregation and report ordering for segmentation,verification, and analysis.

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Company: NSite Solutions
Product: NSolutions v4 for .Net:
Web Site: www.nsitesolutions.com

NSite Solutions Inc., a supplier of integrated claimstechnology, service, and partner networks for the property/casualtyinsurance industry, has released NSolutions v4 for .Net, aWeb-based connectivity platform that helps insurers to close claimsfaster and at a lower cost, boosting customer satisfaction.

NSolutions aims to speed up the dispatching, tracking, andpaperless reporting of auto and property claims. From initialreporting and dispatching to digital imaging of claims documents,NSolutions centralizes the claims process in an effort to make iteasier for company staff, independent adjusters, glass and bodyshops, service providers, and contractors to send, receive, store,and view work products and estimates, regardless of their differentsystems, according to the company.

NSolutions also automates manual processes, has secure useraccess and simple-to-use business rules, and imports and translatesvarious estimating packages. It is hosted at NSites carrier-classdata center, making the system fast and safe to access at any time.NSolutions overlays and extends existing claims management systems,making expensive technology replacements unnecessary, says thecompany.

NSite built NSolutions to integrate with its managed serviceprograms and open, independent partner networks, which are part ofits auto and property claims connectivity offerings.

NSolutions integrates with the NSite Managed Services Group,comprised of several programs staffed by NSite claims processexperts, including: NSite claims call center in Des Moinesoperating every day around the clock; first notice of loss (FNOL)services; auto glass program services, managed by NAGS-certifiedpersonnel; estimate-review program services; salvage programservices; and dispatch and management services.