LIFE INSURANCE
ApplicInt, SBLI | January 14, 2021
ApplicInt, an industry chief with their suite of insurance application fulfillment solutions, as of late drove endeavors to digitize the Life Insurance application measure for Savings Bank Life Insurance Company (SBLI), situated in Woburn, Massachusetts. In a Pilot, SBLI successfully executed ApplicInt's U*Complete platform for clients to self-complete Life Insurance applications, which is consistently incorporated into SBLI's fulfillment cycle. SBLI is getting ready for a full production rollout of U*Complete in the second quarter of this current year (2021).
"We are very excited about our partnership with ApplicInt and the opportunity to use UComplete in innovative ways to help our clients," said Rose Conneely, COO, SBLI. "Our focus is to simplify the application process for agents and their clients alike, and our 100% digital Self-complete Application Process Pilot has demonstrated very positive results. We look forward to rolling it out to the market."
"Our goal is to make the application process as simple and convenient as possible, and via our partnership with ApplicInt, we have piloted an easy-to-use 100% digital process for clients to self-complete their application, while automatically providing agents and their clients 'status alerts'," said Rose Conneely, COO, SBLI. "We are planning to roll-out this new option in mid-2021."
ApplicInt's U*Complete has two work process self-administration models: "Transporter Direct to Consumer" and "Specialist Direct to Customer". In the Carrier Direct to Consumer measure, the consumer has a secure login to the Carrier's Website. The consumer picks a face amount/term product and runs a quote. They at that point complete a Part A Life Insurance Application, with the Part B clinical questions being discretionary relying upon the transporter's fulfillment cycle. The consumer then eSigns Forms. There is constant visit accessible when required or a warm exchange to a call community to schedule a test if necessary. Structures and information are shipped off the transporter in great request. The Agent Direct to Consumer model is basically indistinguishable, then again, actually the Agent starts the fulfillment cycle and the consumer can audit quotes from various transporters.
Mike Feroah Sr., Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of ApplicInt stated, "We are overly excited about the extension of our technology that allows a common platform to be used by consumers, call centers and examiners to provide part A or part B application information to carriers. U*Complete also can be integrated with automated underwriting platforms for deep instant decisioning. And if you have existing ApplicInt software, it can be converted to U*Complete in a matter of weeks. U*Complete provides better a customer experience with enormous cost and efficiency savings."
About ApplicInt
ApplicInt, a leading information technology company, has developed several innovative, interoperable solutions that can be customized to meet the unique requirements of each client. ApplicInt was founded in 2003 to provide efficient and cost-effective technology solutions for the collection and distribution of information for life insurance applications. Automating the broker's world not only means digitalizing their offices but, more importantly, streamlining and simplifying the process of obtaining insurance.
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INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY
Markel Corporation | November 16, 2021
Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL) announced that it is winding down Lodgepine Capital Management Limited (Lodgepine), its retrocessional Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) fund manager based in Bermuda.
Markel launched Lodgepine in 2019, with product offerings focused on property catastrophe retrocessional investments. In 2021, Lodgepine wrote a portfolio of property retrocessional business that consisted of approximately $230 million of initial limits. The Lodgepine Fund launched July 1, 2021 with initial investor capital of $98.9 million, including an initial investment by Markel of $18.9 million.
Despite best efforts and in light of headwinds in the retrocessional ILS market, including a challenging fundraising environment, Lodgepine will cease to write any new business and commence the orderly run-off of its existing portfolio and the return of capital to investors.
The company has entered into a consultation period with Lodgepine's 18 employees and will look for redeployment opportunities for these employees within Markel's operations.
About Markel Corporation
Markel Corporation is a diverse financial holding company serving a variety of niche markets. The Company's principal business markets and underwrites specialty insurance products. In each of the Company's businesses, it seeks to provide quality products and excellent customer service so that it can be a market leader. The financial goals of the Company are to earn consistent underwriting and operating profits and superior investment returns to build shareholder value.
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Cision PR Newswire | October 06, 2020
CGI and Fennia Mutual Insurance Company have expanded their strategic relationship. CGI will assume responsibility for a majority of Fennia's IT services under a contract valued at approximately 48 million euros. Under the new agreement, CGI will manage Fennia's application development and maintenance services and also provide support services for Fennia's end-users and operating environments. Fennia will benefit from CGI's strong combination of business consulting, systems integration and managed IT services to support its ambitious digital transformation journey. The agreement also includes the transition of about 60 Fennia IT employees to CGI.
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