Instec announces the introduction and immediate availability ofQuicksilver Connect to provide insurers a virtual shopping mall ofpre-integrated, web-deployed software components, enabling a fullyintegrated best-of-breed core processing platform to meet aninsurer's specific needs.

Designed specifically for the P&C insurance market,Quicksolver Connect is built around Instec's Quicksolver platformand enables solution developers to choose from applications forevery aspect of policy administration—including billing, claims,business intelligence, analytics, and risk data.

Utilizing pre-integrated connectors, insurers are able to createa continually evolving policy administration platform by pickingand choosing components as building blocks, resulting in acustomized solution to meet their specific needs.

The Quicksolver Connect inventory is comprised of connectors forInstec alliance partners solutions, which are required to meetInstec's standards, are tested for compatibility and performance,and are recertified regularly.

With the introduction of Quicksolver Connect, Instec hascompleted its Quicksolver product vision to offer the platformthrough a range of delivery options to fit each insurer client'spreferences for both product and delivery.

• Quicksolver Enterprise – Traditional on premiseimplementation
• Quicksilver Cloud – Cloud deployment in Microsoft Azure
• Quicksilver Studio – Product configuration management tool
• Quicksolver Inside – Black Box version used to power partnersolutions
• Quicksolver Connect – App store of platform components

“We are excited to introduce Connect as yet another Quicksolveroption to give insurers a true best-of-breed approach to theirprocessing needs,” says Bill Budde, vice president of sales andmarketing for Instec. “As the industry continually changes,so do each insurer's needs. As a result, they need to have anoperating environment that can easily adapt and evolve overtime. If we know one thing in insurance, it's that nothing isconstant. Being able to change with the times is critical toinsurers remaining competitive and profitable.”