CSC has announced its plans to roll out Exceed J, a Java platform enterprise edition (Java EE) version of its Exceed software suite of components for top-tier property/casualty companies. With general availability planned for mid-2010, Exceed J will provide platform and database flexibility to insurers that want a solution that can be implemented together or individually to leverage and extend their IT investments.

The P&C insurance business of Unitrin, Inc., is the first client to commit to deploy Exceed J, which will use CSC's continuous delivery upgrade process to speed implementation by delivering small amounts of code that can be moved into production immediately. Unitrin has licensed seven components of CSC's Exceed software suite to manage personal lines auto processing for its entire P&C insurance operations. The three primary business segments of Unitrin that comprise its P&C insurance operations, Kemper, Unitrin Direct, and Unitrin Specialty, plan to implement the same seven components of Exceed J supporting personal auto.

"After decades of successful decentralized operation, we determined it was time to adopt a shared services approach to speed our time to market and lower operating costs," says Keith Sievers, senior vice president and chief information officer, Unitrin Services Group. "After reviewing competitive alternatives, we chose CSC. We have confidence the development strategy being pursued by CSC will yield Exceed J system components with the deep, product-line-specific functionality and service-oriented-architecture strategy we need."