American National Insurance Company, a national Property/Casualty (P/C)
insurer, and Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE:GWRE), a provider of
software products to P/C insurers, today announced that they have
selected Guidewire BillingCenter® to manage their billing
operations across all of their Property & Casualty lines of business.
The selection follows the company’s deployment of Guidewire ClaimCenter®
last year.
American National selected BillingCenter in an effort to update the
technology platform supporting its billing operations and become more
responsive to its customers and agents. The company will be able to
adapt more quickly to meet customer expectations and marketplace changes
related to the billing experience. BillingCenter will also help its
field force streamline their billing time and effort by using common
systems and practices to simplify its billing and payment processing.
The company will first be deploying BillingCenter to its Agriculture and
Commercial lines businesses, and will then shift to its Personal lines
operations.
“We were looking to consolidate from three billing systems to a single
system that would unify all our disparate billing processes and
approaches for our policyholders,” said Brian Schaffer, Assistant Vice
President, Multiple Line Billing Services, Farm Family Casualty
Insurance Company. “We recently deployed ClaimCenter so the common
architecture and positive experience with Guidewire was a key factor in
our selection of Billing Center. We feel BillingCenter will offer the
flexibility our clients require as well as provide proper automated
internal controls.”
BillingCenter will enable American National to:
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Increase account billing usage based on policyholder choice,
“Easy-Pay” (electronic funds transfer) utilization rate, and customer
retention;
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Support common billing best practices; and
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Reduce the amount of uncollected earned premium.
“We are honored that American National has extended their relationship
with us through the selection of BillingCenter,” said Steve Sherry,
group vice president, Americas Sales, Guidewire Software. “We look
forward to working with them on transforming their billing processes and
providing high levels of service to their customers and agents.”
Guidewire BillingCenter® is a comprehensive billing and receivables
management system built on the core design principles of automation,
control and flexibility. BillingCenter allows you to deliver insurance
your way by making it easier to automate the billing lifecycle; design
flexible billing, payment and delinquency plans; manage agent
commissions; and enable rapid integration with external payment systems.
BillingCenter is available as a standalone system or as part of
Guidewire InsuranceSuite™, and can be integrated to a Property/Casualty
insurer’s legacy systems or third party applications.
About American National
American National Insurance Company, headquartered in Galveston, Texas
was founded in 1905 and is licensed to conduct the business of insurance
in all states except New York. In New York, business is conducted by New
York licensed subsidiaries. American National is a group of companies
writing a broad array of insurance products and services. Products and
services may not be available in all states. Terms, conditions and
eligibility requirements will apply.
Life insurance and annuity products may be issued through American
National Insurance Company, Galveston, Texas; Farm Family Life Insurance
Company, Glenmont, New York; or American National Life Insurance Company
of New York, Glenmont, New York. Property and casualty products and
services may be issued by American National Property And Casualty
Company, Springfield, Missouri; American National General Insurance
Company, Springfield, Missouri; Pacific Property And Casualty Company
(California); ANPAC Louisiana Insurance Company (Louisiana); American
National Lloyds Insurance Company and American National County Mutual
Insurance Company (Texas); Farm Family Casualty Insurance Company,
Glenmont, New York; or United Farm Family Insurance Company, Glenmont,
New York. Not all companies are licensed in all states. Each company has
financial responsibility only for the products and services it issues.
About Guidewire Software
Guidewire builds software products that help Property/Casualty insurers
replace their legacy core systems and transform their business. Designed
to be flexible and scalable, Guidewire products enable insurers to
deliver excellent service, increase market share and lower operating
costs. Guidewire InsuranceSuite™ provides the core systems used by
insurers as operational systems of record. Additional products provide
support for data management, business intelligence, anytime/anywhere
access and guidance and monitoring. More than 180 Property/Casualty
insurers around the world have selected Guidewire. For more information,
please visit www.guidewire.com.
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NOTE: Guidewire, Guidewire Software, Guidewire ClaimCenter, Guidewire
PolicyCenter, Guidewire BillingCenter, are registered trademarks of
Guidewire Software, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
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