San Cristóbal Seguros, an Argentine insurer and ICMIF member, and Guidewire announced that San Cristóbal Seguros successfully implemented Guidewire InsuranceSuite on Guidewire Cloud to power its core business and streamline IT operations. As a Guidewire customer since 2015, the company leveraged Guidewire Cloud to successfully transform its fleet management and personal car business lines by implementing a streamlined and effective quote engine, as well as introducing new capabilities to improve efficiency and accelerate time to market. SBI Technology, a Consulting Advantage member of the Guidewire Partner Connect programme, supported the implementation process.
“Guidewire is a benchmark in everything involved in the management of the P&C business and the entire process in the lifecycle of P&C policies. Guidewire is helping us innovate, thanks to the focus and specialisation they have in understanding the businesses and good practices of the market,” said Federico Rela, Director of Technology of the San Cristóbal Group. “Guidewire Cloud gives us better control of our business processes, positioning us and laying the foundations to achieve greater speed and agility in the face of the changes that the business requires. Guidewire Cloud is not just a platform, but there is an ecosystem of consulting and technology partners that we can leverage to generate value much faster.”
Nicolás Ercole, Chief Operating Officer of San Cristóbal Seguros, commented: “Guidewire Cloud and Guidewire Advanced Product Designer have allowed us to react quickly and flexibly to face regulatory changes with greater agility. We’re excited about how easily and quickly we can get updates to Guidewire Cloud so we can enjoy the benefit of new features right away. Advanced Product Designer, in particular, was a key tool for us, as it allowed our technical and product specialists to use a graphical interface to model our new automotive and fleet products, hedges, risk factors, limits and product conditions.”
Ercole added: “Another positive aspect of Guidewire Cloud is the introduction of InsuranceSuite’s cloud-native APIs and the ability to configure events, which allows us to quickly capture what is happening in our central system and interact with other satellite systems and data centres in a very simple way, agile and flexible”.
“We are honoured to have facilitated San Cristóbal Seguros’ Guidewire Cloud implementation project,” commented SBI Technology CEO and Co-Founder Javier Estefan. “Using Guidewire Cloud enables the company to achieve business agility, facilitating real-time agent connectivity and enabling rapid adaptation and deployment of new tools and updates.”
“We applaud San Cristóbal Seguros’ 85-year track record of dedication to customer service and business process improvement,” concluded Guidewire’s Director of Professional Services, Michael Mahoney. “We congratulate them on the successful implementation of Guidewire Cloud and look forward to helping the company grow its business.”
About San Cristóbal Seguros
With a history spanning 85 years in general insurance, San Cristóbal Seguros has established a reputation for financial strength and solvency. The company ranks among the top ten insurers in Argentina by overall market share and holds the third position in auto insurance and property and casualty products. Operating 23 offices, San Cristóbal Seguros has a network of over 6,000 advisors and producers, serving more than 910,000 policyholders.
