OneShield, Inc., a provider of policy and billing core systemsfor property & casualty and general insurers, announces theimmediate availability of Dragon Designer v6.0, the next generationtoolset for OneShield Dragon.

This version empowers technical users with robust configurationcapabilities while catering to the needs of the business users witha new wizard-based, graphical user interface. Additionally, DragonDesigner allows for quick access to data in consolidated views foreasier updating, as well as improved and streamlineddeployments.

“OneShield Dragon has allowed us to automate the underwritingand distribution processes while improving the agent experience,”says Troy Lethem, CIO, Capitol Insurance Companies. “With DragonDesigner, our business experts define, develop, deploy and maintainour products to deliver an easy-to-use online, real-time bondrating and issuance system.”

Dragon Designer v6.0 delivers the ability to reduce errors andincrease performance. With the addition of several features,implementation teams can configure OneShield Dragon, includingworkflows, product definitions, object models, and interfaces tolegacy and third-party systems.

Enhanced features in version 6.0 include:

• Quick access to data in consolidated views, including a wizard,tab layout, and family tree view
• Improved graphical user interface developed with the needs ofthe business users in mind
• Better error logging, validation for reducing coding errors,and an intuitive variable path wizard
• Enhanced dependency feature improving and streamliningdeployments
• Updated rule editor to support free text, copy/paste and theability to create templates
• Support for multiple languages for the OneShield Dragon runtimeapplication

“Dragon Designer is essential to our customers' successfuldeployments,” says Vivek Gujral, CTO, OneShield. “We worked closelywith them to determine how we could make the implementation processsimpler and Dragon Designer v6.0 is a culmination of our bestefforts to deliver an even more intuitive, error-freeexperience.”

“With faster access to data, developers improve efficiency andperformance and can easily configure Dragon to effectively meettheir ongoing business objectives,” said Mike Wrona, director ofarchitecture, OneShield.

OneShield Dragon includes Dragon Policy, Dragon Billing, DragonRating and Dragon Intelligence and is in production across acombined 43 products for commercial, personal, and specialty linesof business.