Exstream and Guidewire Announce Alliance

Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team May 24, 2006

Companies Join Forces to Deliver End-to-End Document and Policy Administration Solution for Property and Casualty Insurers

Exstream Software, provider of the industry-leading Dialogue software for enterprise personalization, and Guidewire Software, a leading provider of modern technology solutions for property and casualty and workers' compensation insurers, have announced a co-marketing partnership that teams the companies to deliver a web-based policy administration system to streamline insurers' document creation needs.

Exstream's Dialogue software provides a single platform for enterprises to design, manage, and deliver fully personalized business communications of all types for high-volume, on-demand and interactive delivery.

Customers of Guidewire Policycentre, a web-based policy administration system, can exploit Dialogue for policy issuance, forms management, and other complex document creation needs.

Through this partnership, Guidewire customers can receive the benefits other Dialogue customers have experienced, including up to 80 percent lower document development and production costs and up to 85 percent faster delivery of critical communications.

"By joining forces with Exstream, we are better positioned to serve insurers who want to move away from legacy policy systems and streamline their communication processes," said Priscilla Hung, vice president of alliances at Guidewire Software.

"Our shared customer focus will provide invaluable support to property and casualty insurers as they face the challenge of responding to changing business requirements".

"We are very excited about the opportunities this partnership brings," said Michael Charest, vice president of insurance solutions at Exstream.

"Celent, a research and advisory firm focused on information technology, ranked both companies as market leaders in the property and casualty space".

"The combination of Exstream's market-leading Dialogue enterprise personalization solution and Guidewire's comprehensive policy administration software will give insurance companies the ability to streamline policy administration processes, reduce production costs, and enhance the quality of their customer communications".