Stonewood Insurance Cos. selected Tropics Software Technologies'Tropics Breeze to expand its workers' compensation insurancebusiness to more than 20 states through its subsidaries, StonewoodNational Insurance Co., Stonewood General Insurance Co. andStonewood Insurance Co. Tropics will install the software, convertthe existing book of business of Stonewood and configure andprepare the system for issuing and managing policies, billing andA/R, and adjudicate claims in other states.

Soleyon Insurance Partners implemented Applied Systems' AppliedEpicOnline across 27 agency locations in Washingtonand Oregon. Soleyon is also in the process of implementing AppliedMobileProducer to provide producers with instant access to clientinformation through tablet devlices.

Hiscox selected Xchanging's Fees Direct+, thecompany's management processing solution for the insurance market.Fees Direct+ allows Hiscox to improve payment turnaround times andincrease visibility for the insurer. It also features improvedmanagement information, elimination of errors and an enhancedexpert management experience for the London market.

Symbility Solutions andEnservio entered an agreement to integrateEnservio's contents claims valuation software with Symbility'sstructural estimating cloud and mobile products. The combinedsolution allows for single sign-on, best-of-breed claims settlementapplications that allows adjusters to estimate and process contentsand structural claims in a streamlined way.

Tech Development

ISO announced its new onlineinsurance portal that delivers the loss costs and rating factors tounderwriters and actuaries. The portal provides the foundation fora more technical approach to underwriting and rating, and offersseveral different views of loss costs and rating factors, includinga heat map, state view and class view.