Guy Carpenter & Co., the risk and reinsurance specialist,has just unveiled GC ProfitPoint+,an integrated portfoliomanagement solution designed to help insurance companies improveprofitability, enhance underwriting performance and drivegrowth.

Guy Carpenter says GC ProfitPoint+ delivers powerful portfolioplanning and point-of-sale capabilities so insurers can set,calibrate and monitor risk management strategy, while enabling lineunderwriters and agents to make more informed decisions aboutindividual policies prior to binding.

"With historically low investment returns and lingering weaknessin the economy, insurers are faced with increasing pressure todrive profitability through solid underwriting results. In anindustry predicated on data analysis, insurers often findthemselves inundated with massive amounts of information that isfragmented and, therefore, not easily translated into actionablebusiness intelligence," Andrew Marcell, CEO of U.S. Operations forGuy Carpenter, says in a statement. "By bringing together riskinsights previously assessed in isolation and coupling it withpowerful analytical techniques, GC ProfitPoint+ enables insurers totransform the way they view risk and develop businessstrategy."