"We're excited to be partnering with Appulate to provide more avenues for our producers to quote their Workers' Comp business," BTIS President Paul Hohlbein said in a recent press release. "We believe this option will make accessing Workers' Comp products through BTIS faster, more efficient, and more profitable for many producers."

Ross & Yerger, an employee-owned insurance agency that provides property and casualty, personal lines and employee benefit insurance products, has selected RiskMatch, a subsidiary of Vertafore, for data and analytics. The agency plans to leverage the patented digital technology to enhance service to clients in multiple industry sectors, expand insurer relationships and drive innovation transactional efficiency.

SAS®, the analytics software and service company, and The CAS Institute (iCAS), the training outfit for insurance industry professionals, have teamed to enhance of The CAS Institute's Certified Specialist in Predictive Analytics (CSPA) credential, which provides evidence of practical knowledge in applied predictive analytics and data science in property and casualty insurance. "This is the first credential that allows insurance companies to put their SAS experts through a certification program specifically for insurers," Sean O'Brien, vice president of SAS Education, said in a press release. "We anticipate that many of our industry customers will want their employees to pursue the CSPA."

Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc., a multi-state commercial auto insurance provider, and Guidewire Software, Inc., a provider of software products to property and Casualty insurers, recently announced that Atlas has selected Guidewire ClaimCenter™ as its new claims management system. The company also selected SmartCOMM™ from Smart Communications for customer communications management. Guidewire is a reseller of Smart Communications, a Guidewire PartnerConnect™ Solution and Ready for Guidewire program member.

Silvervine, Inc., makers of a P&C insurance technology platform, recently completed a data security and IT privacy audit with assistance from the IT assurance and compliance staff at 360 AdvancedHITRUST CSF Assessor and an outside CPA firm.

Builders & Tradesmen's Insurance Services, Inc. (BTIS), has announced the ability to submit workers' comp risks through the Appulate platform. The partnership will provide an additional way for producers to quickly and easily submit workers' comp business by using software that will bridge incoming submission data from retail producers to automatically populate BTIS's own rating system.

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