The Duck Creek Blog

Cloud-Native Duck Creek Technologies Reports Accelerating Growth

P&C Insurance Software Leader Increasing Market Share Boston – April 26th, 2018 – Duck Creek Technologies’ results for the first half of its fiscal year illustrate a shift in the marketplace towards next-generation, SaaS-based solutions. Since becoming an independent company in April 2016, Duck Creek has continued to gain momentum over legacy, on-premises vendors. Duck…

How Berkshire Specialty’s IT strategy delivered results

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance was launched five years ago with no IT staff or data infrastructure in place, but also no legacy system to hold back innovation and growth. But the company now sports 800 employees, including 30 in IT, and has grown from $400 million in written premiums in 2013 to $1.7 billion at…

Hello, Siri: Voice-activated devices enter the world of insurance

The increased popularity of AI is providing insurers with new options to interact and collect information from policyholders for claims and other services. I’m not suggesting it will happen tomorrow, but the convergence of advanced analytics and voice-controlled consumer devices, such as Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, and Microsoft’s Cortana, will present a fascinating opportunity for…

Semi-Autonomous Vehicles: Avoidable Risk and The Essence of Fault

Around ten o’clock on the evening of March 18th, 2018, autonomous vehicle (AV) development was brought into the public eye in perhaps the most jarring example to date of how truly nascent this technology is, and the dangers posed by the current state of the art – systems that still require human involvement, yet, however…

Westfield Streamlines Commercial Lines Underwriting Through New Verisk and Duck Creek Technologies Integration

Joint Insurtech solution simplifies connections of data and analytics for underwriting and process efficiency BOSTON/JERSEY CITY – April 19, 2018 – Duck Creek Technologies and Verisk have developed a new integration that significantly simplifies implementation of data and analytics for commercial lines underwriters. Westfield is the first insurer to take advantage of this new integration.…

Novarica Market Navigator Report: Duck Creek Policy

Industry analyst firm Novarica recently released its annual Market Navigator report on Property and Casualty Policy Administration systems, an exhaustive review of PAS products and full suites available to P&C insurers in the United States. While the report does not offer subjective analysis, it does offer a close look at the functionality and key differentiators…

Choosing a Delivery Model: A SaaS Handbook

Thinking about moving your core systems to the cloud? Make sure to ask these seven questions first.

Cape Analytics Joins Duck Creek Partner Ecosystem to Provide Property Intelligence Solution Enabled By AI and Geospatial Imagery to Property & Casualty Insurers

BOSTON – April 12, 2018 – Duck Creek Technologies has expanded its Partner Ecosystem program through a new relationship with Cape Analytics, a property intelligence company that uses AI and geospatial imagery to provide detailed information about properties across the United States. Cape Analytics and Duck Creek offer insight into the risks and values of…

Florida Peninsula Insurance Chooses Duck Creek Policy and Billing OnDemand To Increase Speed and Expand into New Markets

Carrier also plans expansion of digital engagement capabilities, allowing customers to connect with the insurer where, when, and how they prefer Boston – April 10, 2018 – Duck Creek Technologies announced today that Florida Peninsula Insurance, a top P&C insurer in the Sunshine State, has selected Duck Creek’s Policy and Billing solutions as critical components…

Solving For Tomorrow: Insights From The Future Playbook, Part Four

Editor’s note: this is the fourth in our Solving For Tomorrow series, in which we offer our thoughts on the state of the insurance industry, the challenges carriers face now, and the opportunities they must take advantage of to remain competitive in an ever-changing future. Stay tuned in the coming months, as this will be…

Insurance firm banks on change management in digital overhaul

Axis Capital CIO Darryl Catts prefaced an insurance platform revamp with a change management program, making IT and its business peers co-owners of the initiative. A major technology overhaul at Axis Capital’s insurance division is paving the way for data analytics programs geared to generate revenue. But the IT revamp wouldn’t have been possible without…

Arity Joins Duck Creek Partner Ecosystem to Provide Predictive Analytics and Data-Driven Insights to Personal and Commercial Auto Insurers

BOSTON and CHICAGO, April 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Duck Creek Technologies has expanded its Partner Ecosystem program through a new relationship with Arity, a technology company founded by The Allstate Corporation that analyzes billions of miles of driving data and other information to generate insights and scores that help insurers better evaluate risk and…

What You Need To Know About The E.U. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – And How Duck Creek Can Help You Prepare

The E.U. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the region’s most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years. After four years of preparation and debate, the GDPR was finally approved by the E.U. Parliament on 14 April 2016. It will be enforced as of 25 May 2018 – at which time those organizations in non-compliance…