OneShield, Inc., a provider of insurance underwriting, rating, workflow, and policy administration systems, and BlueWave Technology, a provider of claims management systems, have announced a market alliance and technical partnership. The two companies, which are in the process of integrating their solutions, look to supply customers with a solution that provides better integration between OneShield's Dragon policy administration system and BlueWave's PipelineClaims system.

"PipelineClaims and OneShield Dragon represent best-of-breed solutions that will enable our mutual customers to more effectively respond to market drivers and competitive pressures," according to Heather Peacock, OneShield's senior vice president of sales and client services. "By formalizing the partnership, OneShield and BlueWave together offer solid product integration and an end-to-end solution that delivers a robust policy administration and claims solution. This greatly reduces clients' integration effort, one of the key hurdles when deciding to go with a best-of-breed approach."

Responding to customer needs is important to both organizations. "At BlueWave, we appreciate the opportunity to offer integration with a Web-based policy administration system that is as feature-rich as OneShield's Dragon product," states Keith Inouye, COO of BlueWave Technology. "The two teams have worked closely and effectively to deliver a robust integration of our two systems."