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Risk Strategies | September 16, 2022
Risk Strategies, a leading national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, today announced it has acquired Beattie & Associates, a retail agency in Missouri specializing in employee benefits for both individuals and employers. Terms of the deal were not announced.
Headquartered in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield, Missouri, Beattie & Associates is led by its principal, Tom Beattie. For more than 30 years, the agency has focused on helping both individuals and businesses across a range of industries, create effective and affordable employee benefits coverages that meet their specific needs.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Tom and his team at Beattie & Associates to the Risk Strategies family, Their approach to both team and client work is a great fit with our culture and we’re excited to have them aboard as we expand our capabilities regionally.”
-John Greenbaum, national employee benefits practice leader at Risk Strategies
Beattie offers business clients a full range of employee benefit coverages, including group health, disability, life, dental, and vision, as well as associated support services. Beattie’s client base is highly loyal and largely concentrated in the Midwest Region.
Wanting to preserve our specialty focus and expand our capabilities without losing our high-touch approach to client services made becoming part of Risk Strategies the absolute right choice, I’m excited by the possibilities to further extend our relationships and offerings, including property and casualty, to new and existing clients,said Beattie.
In addition to its base in the St. Louis region, Beattie has presence across Big Sky and Bozeman, Montana, as well as Chicago. The Montana presence represents an expansion for Risk Strategies. Beattie’s Chicago presence will complement existing, long-standing Risk Strategies operations.
About Risk Strategies
Risk Strategies is a specialty national insurance brokerage and risk management firm offering comprehensive risk management advice and insurance and reinsurance placement for property & casualty, employee benefits, and private client services risks. With more than 30 specialty practices, Risk Strategies serves commercial companies, nonprofits, public entities, and individuals, and has access to all major insurance markets. Ranked among the top brokers in the country, Risk Strategies has over 100 offices including Boston, New York City, Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Grand Cayman, Miami, Atlanta, Dallas, Nashville, Washington DC, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
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INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY
Zurich Group Germany, Cognizant | July 07, 2022
Cognizant today announced that it has extended its relationship with Zurich Beteiligungs-AG, the German subsidiary of global insurance leader Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich), to help Zurich Germany deliver more digital services offerings to its clients and partners. As part of the new multi-year agreement, Cognizant will work closely with Zurich Germany to simplify, modernize, and manage and maintain the insurer's enterprise application landscape in the General Insurance domain. The partnership will establish joint DevOps teams and is designed to extend Zurich Germany's artificial intelligence (AI), data, software engineering and cloud capabilities.
By bringing together Zurich Germany's applications in its General Insurance domain under the joint management of inhouse IT and Cognizant as key strategic IT services provider, Zurich Germany is expected to reduce the total cost of ownership, speed up the time to market of new digital services and products, and lay the foundation for further digital and agile enablement of the enterprise.
"Zurich is on an ongoing journey of 'accelerated digital evolution' to meet the rapidly changing needs of our customers and partners and creating a more intimate connection with them. Cognizant has proven itself as a knowledgeable and reliable strategic partner, and we look forward to further capitalizing on its industry expertise to help us advance our digital transformation," said Jens Becker, chief information officer, Zurich Germany.
"Zurich is on an ongoing journey of 'accelerated digital evolution' to meet the rapidly changing needs of our customers and partners and creating a more intimate connection with them. Cognizant has proven itself as a knowledgeable and reliable strategic partner, and we look forward to further capitalizing on its industry expertise to help us advance our digital transformation," said Jens Becker, chief information officer, Zurich Germany.
The new agreement builds on and significantly expands the two companies' existing agreement, under which Cognizant successfully implemented and manage and maintain Zurich's General Insurance products on Guidewire.
"Innovative, forward-thinking clients like Zurich understand the importance of collaborating with a strategic IT partner to help them achieve their digital transformation and meet their business objectives," said Dr. Rolf Werner, head of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Cognizant. "Cognizant is pleased to have been selected by Zurich to expand our successful collaboration, and we will apply our deep expertise in application modernization, development and maintenance, along with our in-depth knowledge of the insurance industry, to deliver even more value and help Zurich meet its customers' needs."
About Zurich Group Germany
Zurich Group Germany is part of the worldwide operating Zurich Insurance Group. With a premium income (2021) of about EUR 6.3 bn, investments of EUR 53 bn and about 4,500 employees, it is among the leading insurers in Germany with a wide range of property and life insurance products. Zurich offers innovative, powerful and sustainable products and solutions for insurance, prevention and risk management from a single source. Reflecting its purpose to 'create a brighter future together', Zurich aspires to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) engineers modern businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world. Together, we're improving everyday life. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
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Liberty Bankers Insurance Group | August 02, 2022
Liberty Bankers Insurance Group, a nationally recognized provider of life, health, and financial products, today announced the launch of an Agent Portal for its Home Service, PreNeed, and Supplemental Health lines of business.
"Combining our high-touch, personalized service with a robust online Agent Portal, the LBIG team is available for support when agents need it, We are pleased to introduce a new way for our agents to engage with the LBIG team to grow and manage their business."
- Marty Martin, President at Liberty Bankers Insurance Group.
With LBIG's Agent Portal, contracted agents have online access to relevant information, resources, and reports that they need to manage their LBIG book of business. The site provides easy access to agent and client information including policies, documents, reporting, commissions, and product specifications.
LBIG's Agent Portal simplifies the way our agents do business, In this competitive marketplace, data visualization is critical to thriving and our new Agent Portal gives our agents the tools to better understand their client portfolio.said David Kessler, senior vice president of technology at Liberty Bankers Insurance Group.
The Agent Portal features a dynamic dashboard that provides secure access to key performance indicators and metrics for an agent's business and downline agents.
At LBIG, we strive to meet agents' digital needs, Whether working from home, the office, or the road, the Agent Portal is right at your fingertips allowing agents to quickly and efficiently access information related to their clients and business.said Brian Clark, chief marketing officer at Liberty Bankers Insurance Group.
Liberty Bankers Insurance Group plans to implement this technology to its other business lines in the future.
About Liberty Bankers Insurance Group
Based in Dallas, Texas, Liberty Bankers Insurance Group (LBIG) is a nationally recognized and respected insurance group that offers a variety of life, health, and financial products. Rated A- Excellent by AM Best, LBIG is comprised of American Monumental Life Insurance Company, American Benefit Life Insurance Company, Capitol Life Insurance Company, and Liberty Bankers Life Insurance Company.
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