The Innovation Group announces support of Microsoft SQL Server has been validated with performance and efficiency testing in Microsoft's labs and has been added to the insurance technology provider's Innovation Insurer Suite.

"Over the past decade, Microsoft SQL Server has increasingly become a platform of choice for P&C insurers of all sizes," says Matthew Josefowicz, managing director at Novarica. "Achieving this certification is an important step for Innovation Insurer."

"The impact of Innovation Insurer supporting one of the leading database technologies is significant for the global insurance market," says Andy Roberts, Global CEO, Innovation Group. "Through Innovation Insurer, Innovation Group is providing widespread access to core insurance software that is scalable and performance tested to support a lower total cost of ownership. Innovation Insurer delivers modern, flexible solutions that can be easily implemented and upgraded as part of a future-ready business platform."

During the validation of Innovation Insurer, a series of efficiency tests were conducted at the Microsoft Redmond, Wash., lab in May. The tests simulated business transaction volumes for all tiers of U.S. property & casualty insurers, producing excellent results. The tests concluded Innovation Insurer can handle loads comparable to those expected of a Tier-1 insurer on a modest infrastructure, thereby exceeding expectations. The overall performance of the Innovation Insurer Suite on SQL Server 2012 was comparable to previous tests running on DB2 at the IBM Innovation Centre.

"We have seen a lot of interest from carriers in modernizing to core systems running on Microsoft's server platform, for the cost benefits, agility, and ready access to skill sets to run these systems," says Tony Jacob, managing director, Worldwide Insurance at Microsoft Corporation. "Innovation Group, one of our strategic partners in insurance, has embraced our technologies for their suite of insurance software. Innovation Group now offers policy administration, claims processing, and policy and claims analytics solutions separately or in a suite, all running on and performance tuned for Windows Server and SQL Server. The suite presents new opportunities for application, vendor, and database consolidations leading to IT cost savings."

"We are excited to announce the support of Microsoft SQL Server in this release of Innovation Insurer as it responds to the increasing demand by our insurance industry customers and the industry at-large," says Euan King, CEO NA Insurer Software. "Already, four Innovation Group customers are implementing the Microsoft SQL Server version in multiple geographies."

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