American National Selects Guidewire System for Billing Management

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. & FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

American National Insurance Company, a national Property/Casualty (P/C) insurer, and Guidewire Software, Inc. GWRE, a provider of software products to P/C insurers, today announced that they have selected Guidewire BillingCenter^® to manage their billing operations across all of their Property & Casualty lines of business. The selection follows the company's deployment of Guidewire ClaimCenter^® last year.

American National selected BillingCenter in an effort to update the technology platform supporting its billing operations and become more responsive to its customers and agents. The company will be able to adapt more quickly to meet customer expectations and marketplace changes related to the billing experience. BillingCenter will also help its field force streamline their billing time and effort by using common systems and practices to simplify its billing and payment processing. The company will first be deploying BillingCenter to its Agriculture and Commercial lines businesses, and will then shift to its Personal lines operations.

“We were looking to consolidate from three billing systems to a single system that would unify all our disparate billing processes and approaches for our policyholders,” said Brian Schaffer, Assistant Vice President, Multiple Line Billing Services, Farm Family Casualty Insurance Company. “We recently deployed ClaimCenter so the common architecture and positive experience with Guidewire was a key factor in our selection of Billing Center. We feel BillingCenter will offer the flexibility our clients require as well as provide proper automated internal controls.”

BillingCenter will enable American National to:

• Increase account billing usage based on policyholder choice, “Easy-Pay” (electronic funds transfer) utilization rate, and customer retention;
• Support common billing best practices; and
• Reduce the amount of uncollected earned premium.

“We are honored that American National has extended their relationship with us through the selection of BillingCenter,” said Steve Sherry, group vice president, Americas Sales, Guidewire Software. “We look forward to working with them on transforming their billing processes and providing high levels of service to their customers and agents.”

Guidewire BillingCenter® is a comprehensive billing and receivables management system built on the core design principles of automation, control and flexibility. BillingCenter allows you to deliver insurance your way by making it easier to automate the billing lifecycle; design flexible billing, payment and delinquency plans; manage agent commissions; and enable rapid integration with external payment systems. BillingCenter is available as a standalone system or as part of Guidewire InsuranceSuite™, and can be integrated to a Property/Casualty insurer's legacy systems or third party applications.

About American National

American National Insurance Company, headquartered in Galveston, Texas was founded in 1905 and is licensed to conduct the business of insurance in all states except New York. In New York, business is conducted by New York licensed subsidiaries. American National is a group of companies writing a broad array of insurance products and services. Products and services may not be available in all states. Terms, conditions and eligibility requirements will apply.

Life insurance and annuity products may be issued through American National Insurance Company, Galveston, Texas; Farm Family Life Insurance Company, Glenmont, New York; or American National Life Insurance Company of New York, Glenmont, New York. Property and casualty products and services may be issued by American National Property And Casualty Company, Springfield, Missouri; American National General Insurance Company, Springfield, Missouri; Pacific Property And Casualty Company (California); ANPAC Louisiana Insurance Company (Louisiana); American National Lloyds Insurance Company and American National County Mutual Insurance Company (Texas); Farm Family Casualty Insurance Company, Glenmont, New York; or United Farm Family Insurance Company, Glenmont, New York. Not all companies are licensed in all states. Each company has financial responsibility only for the products and services it issues.

About Guidewire Software

Guidewire builds software products that help Property/Casualty insurers replace their legacy core systems and transform their business. Designed to be flexible and scalable, Guidewire products enable insurers to deliver excellent service, increase market share and lower operating costs. Guidewire InsuranceSuite™ provides the core systems used by insurers as operational systems of record. Additional products provide support for data management, business intelligence, anytime/anywhere access and guidance and monitoring. More than 180 Property/Casualty insurers around the world have selected Guidewire. For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com. Follow us on twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.

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