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San Cristóbal Seguros, an Argentine insurance company, has successfully deployed Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) InsuranceSuite on Guidewire Cloud to enhance their core business operations. The implementation, supported by SBI Technology, focuses on transforming personal auto and fleet management lines through an optimized quoting engine and improved functionalities.

The cloud deployment enables better control of business processes, offering greater speed and agility in responding to business changes. Key benefits include quick reactions to regulatory changes through Guidewire Advanced Product Designer, faster updates, and improved system integration through native cloud APIs. The company, a Guidewire customer since 2015, aims to leverage the platform's ecosystem of consulting and technology partners for faster value delivery.

P&V Group, a Belgian cooperative insurance company, has successfully migrated Guidewire's (NYSE: GWRE) core applications to Guidewire Cloud Platform, becoming the first Belgian insurer to do so. The migration includes InsuranceSuite along with Guidewire's digital, data, and analytics solutions, transitioning from an on-premises environment to the cloud.

The strategic move will enable P&V Group to simplify IT operations, enhance market adaptability, and improve policyholder value delivery. Key benefits include regular feature updates, enhanced innovation capabilities through Open APIs, and access to a marketplace of leading insurtechs. The migration represents a significant milestone in P&V Group's 11-year partnership with Guidewire and is expected to support the company's growth over the next decade.

Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) has received the "Embedded Analytics Solution of the Year" award for its Guidewire Predict application at the 2025 Data Breakthrough Awards. The ML application helps P&C insurers make smarter decisions on risk selection, pricing, and claims.

Guidewire Predict functions as a Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) solution, supporting models built in R, Python, SAS, and other frameworks. The platform simplifies the deployment, embedding, and monitoring of predictive models within core systems, enabling insurers to act on data-driven insights in real-time and quickly respond to market changes.

Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) has released its 2025 European Insurance Consumer Survey, revealing significant shifts in UK insurance customer attitudes. The study shows a 30% positive opinion of insurers, up 11% from 2024, despite ongoing cost-of-living concerns. Key findings include:

- 70% of customers want proactive services from insurers - Phone remains the preferred contact method (56%, down from 66%) - Mobile app usage increasing (26% interested) - 45% comfortable with embedded insurance from brands like Tesla, IKEA - 35% view insurance as an exciting industry to work in - 79% of potential policy switchers cite cost-of-living concerns

The survey emphasizes the need for insurers to adapt to changing customer demands while maintaining personalization and proactive service approaches.

Guidewire (GWRE) announced that Mitsui Direct General Insurance has chosen to migrate to Guidewire ClaimCenter on Guidewire Cloud Platform, marking the first cloud migration of ClaimCenter in Japan. The implementation aims to streamline IT operations, enhance market responsiveness, and improve customer service for the direct-channel non-life insurance company.

As a member of the MS&AD Insurance Group, Mitsui Direct's migration to Guidewire's cloud platform represents a strategic move to drive operational efficiency and provide enhanced digital experiences. Guidewire's Senior VP for Asia-Pacific expressed commitment to support Mitsui Direct throughout the migration process, leveraging their global implementation experience.

Beneva, Canada's largest mutual insurance company, has successfully deployed Guidewire's (NYSE: GWRE) PolicyCenter and BillingCenter on Guidewire Cloud Platform to enhance its underwriting, policy administration, and billing operations. The migration began with personal lines of business, with commercial and brokerage-based businesses to follow. This deployment follows the 2023 migration of ClaimCenter, making Beneva a full Guidewire InsuranceSuite customer on the cloud platform.

The implementation, led by Deloitte, was completed on time and on budget. Beneva's SaaS-first approach aims to reduce risk and ensure immediate access to new features through quarterly platform updates. The company will leverage advanced features like Autopilot Workflow Service, Data Studio, Explore, and Jutro Digital Platform, which are exclusively available on Guidewire Cloud Platform.

Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) has released updated spring weather and climate risk assessments through HazardHub, revealing escalating property vulnerabilities across the United States. The analysis shows that 4.8 million housing units (3.4% of all homes) are in high or very high-risk tornado zones.

Key findings include: The U.S. recorded 1,796 tornadoes in 2024, the second-highest year on record. Mississippi (115/year), Texas (96/year), and Alabama (90/year) top the list for tornado frequency. Severe Convective Storms caused record $65 billion in insured losses in 2023, with hail as the primary factor. 99.72% of U.S. housing units have some hail risk.

Flooding remains the most costly natural disaster, with 90% of natural disasters involving flooding and 75% of presidential disaster declarations being flood-related. Despite this, only 4% of U.S. homeowners carry flood insurance. Texas, Louisiana, and California face the highest riverine flood loss potential, while New Jersey, New York, and Virginia are most vulnerable to coastal flooding.

Guidewire has announced a $60 million investment over the next five years to expand operations in Japan and enhance its insurance platform capabilities. The company, operating in Japan since 2008, currently processes over 60% of Japan's insurance gross written premium through its ClaimCenter platform, serving more than 10 Japanese insurers.

The investment will focus on enhancing PolicyCenter and BillingCenter products with new features including policy change reversals, proration, and effective time, along with localized Japanese language support. Future developments include pre-built integrations for personal auto (mid-2026) and expanded features for homeowner, earthquake, and commercial group policies (2027).

The initiative aims to help Japanese insurers drive profitable growth, increase business agility, ensure regulatory compliance, and support cloud migration. Guidewire plans to grow its local team to meet rising demand for cloud-based core systems in the Japanese market.

Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) announced significant milestones in its PartnerConnect ecosystem, with consulting partners surpassing 250 specializations. The company introduced two new Digital specializations: Jutro Digital Platform and EnterpriseEngage, designed to enhance customer success in digital transformation.

The Guidewire Marketplace, the largest integration ecosystem in P&C insurance, now features over 250 partner integrations. Nine new Technology partners joined at the Growth level, including Appulate, CSIO, CorVel , and others. Five Consulting partners achieved six new specializations, bringing the total to 257 specializations across 27 PartnerConnect Consulting partners. InvoiceCloud was promoted to Premier tier status.