Ecclesiastical Insurance has selected Sapiens International’s IDIT suite for property and casualty/general insurance and Sapiens Reinsurance to replace its existing general insurance systems.
Image: Ecclesiastical selects Sapiens' insurance suite. Photo: Courtesy of Markus Spiske/Unsplash
Ecclesiastical selected Sapiens as part of its strategic drive to transform its UK and Ireland business and grow its book. Investing in the Sapiens general insurance suite will deliver a range of benefits for the group, enhancing the customer and broker experience.
The specialist financial services group has a strong portfolio of insurance, investment management, broking and advisory businesses in the UK, Ireland, Canada, and Australia.
Ecclesiastical business solutions director Steve Blackburn said: “After an extensive selection process that involved top insurance systems vendors globally, we decided that Sapiens was the best fit for our current and long-term needs.
“We felt that the Sapiens IDIT suite was a good technological and functional fit. Additionally, the ‘single vendor’ engagement approach promised the lowest risk and best value, with Sapiens’ flexible business model enabling us to both quickly satisfy today’s needs and prepare for the future.”
Steve continued saying: “Ecclesiastical has unique reinsurance requirements and we were extremely impressed with the depth of reinsurance functionality and knowledge from Sapiens. We also appreciated Sapiens’ commitment to the UK and Ireland. We talked with many of Sapiens’ European customers and came away impressed with the company’s commitment to the region.”
The new platform is expected to deliver the following benefits:
Improved customer experience –delivering a more responsive service and better claims experience for Ecclesiastical customers
Enhanced broker experience –ensuring Ecclesiastical can respond even more quickly to brokers
Sapiens’ president and CEO Roni Al-Dor said: “This partnership is the latest demonstration of our ability to support specialist commercial insurers, such as Ecclesiastical.
“We continue to make progress in the European market and welcome Ecclesiastical to our growing list of clients.”
Sapiens IDIT is is a component-based software solution suite, that enables insurance carriers to meet critical and long-term business goals, with extensive multi-company, multi-branding, multi-currency and multi-lingual capabilities. The suite is built on open technology and is backed by Sapiens’ 30+ years of unmatched delivery expertise and global presence. Its field-proven, modular components support all core operations of personal, commercial and specialty lines of business.
Source: Company Press Release