{"id":17284,"date":"2019-10-24T14:08:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T18:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/?p=62100"},"modified":"2019-10-24T14:08:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T18:08:09","slug":"wawanesa-launches-innovative-technology-platform-to-support-ontario-brokers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2019\/10\/24\/wawanesa-launches-innovative-technology-platform-to-support-ontario-brokers\/","title":{"rendered":"Wawanesa launches innovative technology platform to support Ontario brokers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Winnipeg, MB (Oct. 23, 2019) \u2013 The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, Canada\u2019s largest Property and Casualty Mutual insurer, has partnered with Capgemini to implement two industry-leading digital solutions across Ontario \u2013 Guidewire InsuranceSuite&#x2122; and BluePass. Together, these solutions will support Wawanesa and its Ontario broker community towards the goal of providing exceptional customer service to current and future policyholders across the province.<\/p>\n<p>InsuranceSuite is the core system supporting Wawanesa\u2019s policy, claims and billing management. BluePass extends the platform\u2019s capabilities to brokers, providing an easy-to-use path for real-time policy transactions. Brokers in Ontario can now instantly find information on policies and accounts, submit new business, change or cancel policies, update billing information, and process payments. The system is easily expandable, allowing for the addition of new products as they come online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis partnership accelerates our commitment to delivering industry-leading tools to our Wawanesa employees and brokers in Ontario,\u201d said Carol Jardine, President of Canadian P&amp;C Operations. \u201cIt\u2019s a major step in optimizing our insurance operations so we can offer brokers unparalleled service and set an even stronger foundation for innovation and growth \u2013 and, most importantly, provide an exceptional customer experience to policyholders served by our brokers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Launching InsuranceSuite&#x2122; and BluePass in Ontario is a milestone in Wawanesa\u2019s continuing business transformation, and part of a broader strategic systems renewal initiative that\u2019s already implemented across Western Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing live in Ontario on Guidewire platforms represents a turning point for Wawanesa and its two million customers as it has become an insurer of the future through innovative business transformation,\u201d said Shane Cassidy, Executive Director, Insurance for Capgemini\u2019s Financial Services. \u201cIt\u2019s a new chapter in one of the largest IT transformations in Canada. What started in 1896 as a small venture with local farmers, is now Canada\u2019s largest mutual insurer. Thanks to Wawanesa for entrusting Capgemini to be a part of your next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"smallhead\"><b>About Wawanesa<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, founded in 1896, is the largest Canadian Property and Casualty Mutual insurer with $3 billion in annual revenue and assets of more than $9 billion. Wawanesa Mutual, with executive offices in Winnipeg, is the parent company of Wawanesa General, which offers property and casualty insurance in California and Oregon; Wawanesa Life, which provides life insurance products and services throughout Canada; and Western Financial Group, which distributes personal and business insurance across Western Canada. With over 5,000 employees, Wawanesa proudly serves over two million policyholders through regional offices and service offices in Canada and the United States. Wawanesa actively gives back to organizations that strengthen communities where it operates, donating well above internationally recognized benchmarks for excellence in corporate philanthropy. Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wawanesa.com\/canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.wawanesa.com\/canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"smallhead\"><b>About Guidewire Software<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Guidewire <em>(NYSE: GWRE)<\/em> delivers the industry platform that Property and Casualty (P&amp;C) insurers rely upon to adapt and succeed in a time of accelerating change. Guidewire provides the software, services, and partner ecosystem to enable its customers to run, differentiate, and grow their business. Guidewire is privileged to serve more than 350 companies in 32 countries. For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guidewire.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.guidewire.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"smallhead\"><b>About Capgemini<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>A global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation, Capgemini is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of clients\u2019 opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms. Building on its strong 50-year heritage and deep industry-specific expertise, Capgemini enables organizations to realize their business ambitions through an array of services from strategy to operations. Capgemini is driven by the conviction that the business value of technology comes from and through people. It is a multicultural company of over 200,000 team members in more than 40 countries. The Group reported 2018 global revenues of \u20ac13.2 billion. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.capgemini.com<\/a>. <i>People matter, results count.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"referencetext\"><i>SOURCE: Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company<\/i><\/p>\n<p> Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/brokers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Brokers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/capgemini\/\" rel=\"tag\">Capgemini<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/guidewire\/\" rel=\"tag\">Guidewire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/launch\/\" rel=\"tag\">launch<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/ontario\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ontario<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/platform\/\" rel=\"tag\">platform<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/wawanesa\/\" rel=\"tag\">Wawanesa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/2019\/10\/24\/wawanesa-launch-guidewire-platform-capgemini-ontario-brokers\/\">Read the original article at Insurance-Canada.ca <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winnipeg, MB (Oct. 23, 2019) \u2013 The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, Canada\u2019s largest Property and Casualty Mutual insurer, has partnered with Capgemini to implement two industry-leading digital solutions across Ontario \u2013 Guidewire InsuranceSuite&#x2122; and&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}