INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY
JAB Holding | June 22, 2022
On June 20, JAB Holding Company and Fairfax Holdings Limited announced a strategic partnership. JAB’s pet insurance business has agreed to acquire all of Fairfax’s interests in the Crum & Forster Pet Insurance Group™ (“C&F Pet”) and Pethealth Inc., including all of their worldwide operations. Fairfax will also make a $200 million investment in JCP V, JAB’s latest consumer fund.
“Fairfax is very happy to partner with Olivier Goudet and JAB Holding Company,” said Prem Watsa, the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Fairfax. ”JAB has had an outstanding track record over the past 10 years and we expect this to continue. While we have sold our pet insurance business to JAB, we will invest $200 million in their JCP V to become their partners. We expect JAB to soon become leaders in pet healthcare and pet insurance globally. We wish them much success.”
“We are extremely excited to partner with Prem and his organization on this transformational transaction, and to welcome them as a partner in our fund,” said Olivier Goudet, Managing Partner and CEO of JAB. “Prem has an incredible multi-decade track record of building great businesses and compounding returns, and we look forward to accelerating the growth of their pet insurance business as part of our focused pure-play pet insurance platform.”
“Today’s transaction is a major milestone for us in our mission to become a global leader in pet insurance and the pet health ecosystem,” said Dirk Beeckman, CEO of JAB’s pet insurance portfolio. “It also significantly advances our mission of providing the leading health and wellbeing ecosystem for pets through the offering of affordable, comprehensive pet products and brands throughout a pet’s lifecycle. C&F Pet‘s long history of disciplined omni-channel underwriting fits perfectly with our culture, and we look forward to working with the team.”
“We are extremely proud of what we have built and accomplished together in the animal welfare community and the pet insurance ecosystem,” said Gary McGeddy, President of Crum & Forster A&H. “We are confident that JAB will continue to invest and focus on pets and pet parents while growing their global presence and we are excited about the future and our partnership.”
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2022, subject to customary closing conditions, including various regulatory approvals.
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INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY
Beat Capital | May 18, 2022
Beat Capital Partners is expanding into the United States and has selected OneShield Software's SaaS technology platform to launch new Managing General Agents (MGAs). Beat Capital Partners is a highly successful insurance sector investor in the United noted for providing start-up money, infrastructure, risk capital, and A+ rated paper to new ventures.
The outstanding features of the OneShield Market Solutions (OMS) SaaS platform are the reason for Beat's entry into the US market. OMS includes functionality for policy management (binding, quoting, and servicing), billing (invoicing through payment), claims administration and document management, reporting, and analysis. All of these can be customized to meet the complex needs of MGAs.
We did a thorough analysis of available insurance technology platforms and chose OneShield for various reasons, including OMS's all-in-one pricing approach, overall system capabilities, and substantial industry knowledge. The team at OneShield thoroughly understood our overall business concept, and the platform itself has a stellar reputation in the startup and MGA markets."
April Galda Joyce, CEO of Beat Capital America.
Last year was a big year for OneShield's SaaS offering as many start-up insurers and MGAs wanted to adopt scalable and adaptable technologies with proven rapid time-to-market deployment schedules. We are delighted to meet these similar standards for Beat Capital and look forward to working with them as they expand their business in the United States."
Liza Smith, OneShield's Chief Revenue Officer.
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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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