Build vs. Buy

Are you a Builder or are you a Buyer?

Builders - Do you consider using in-house expertise to build your solution?

If you are a carrier who builds your own IT solutions, you probably have the in-house technical and insurance expertise required to build the custom solutions you need. And, you must often integrate with a legacy environment that your employees know well.

Duck Creek can supplement your expertise and technology while helping you maintain a strong level of vendor independence. Most vendor solutions are difficult to integrate into customized systems and require heavy dependence upon the vendor. However, the flexibility of Duck Creek’s XML and Web-Services approach eases the burden of integration and is simple to implement and maintain.

Duck Creek can provide a scalable rating services/underwriting engine, a front-end portal to bring your legacy systems to the Web, or a single place to store insurance product definitions – all with a simple integration with other back-end systems, such as accounting or billing.

Buyers - Do you have limited resources and need to buy a solution?

If you are an insurer who buys technology solutions, you probably have limited resources to automate your needs; however, you have business resources who understand the insurance products that need to be automated.

Duck Creek Technologies provides you with a Web-based architecture to reach your branch offices and your distribution channel. The EXAMPLE Platform® delivers submission, quote, and policy administration to the Web. Inquiries, views, and processing are based on user authority that is defined by the insurer.

Using the EXAMPLE Author® tool, insurers can define and maintain their own product definitions, including data capture, rating algorithms, and rules. The Platform can also be integrated with existing back-end systems. Duck Creek also has the expertise needed to assist you in customizing and maintaining your system.

Lead By Example

Duck Creek’s componentized EXAMPLE Platform allows companies the flexibility to build where their strengths lie, or to buy where it makes strategic sense – even if different projects within the same company require different solutions.

Sound like a better way to do business? It is.