Date: 18 April 2023
Time: 11:00 (GMT+2)
Duration: 1 hour
Accelerate innovation with the insurance industry’s top P&C cloud platform!
The leading platform for property and casualty (P&C) insurance innovation is coming to South Africa.
Guidewire Software and Zensar, in partnership with ITWeb, invite you to attend this webinar to learn about the two companies' newly forged partnership, and see what to expect from the upcoming arrival of Guidewire Cloud (SaaS) to South Africa in 2023.
Representatives from Santam Insurance will share their experience of migrating to the cloud and provide advice on the process of transformation. Key topics will include considerations for processes, people and technology as insurers embark on their journey of transformation, as well as the practicality of such efforts in the insurance sector.
If you're a South African P&C insurer looking to accelerate innovation and grow your business efficiently, don’t miss this webinar. Register now and let the transformation of your business begin.
Discover the P&C platform that supports the entire insurance lifecycle for leading insurers in 38 countries.
Find out how Guidewire and Zensar can help insurers transform and innovate.
Get insights from Santam Insurance about best practice for cloud migration and transformation.
Learn more about considerations for processes, people and technology as insurers embark on their journey of transformation.
This event is for property and casualty insurance technology and business decision makers, including:
Chief Executive Officers, Chief Finance Officers, Chief Sales Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, Chief Operating Officers, Chief Innovation Officers, Chief Digital Officers, Chief Underwriting Officers, Chief Product Officers, Chief Information Officers , Heads of CRM, Heads of Claims, Heads of Policy, Heads of Products, Heads of Data & Analytics.
Agenda
Navigating the South African Insurance Market: The Importance of Agility and Efficiency
Leo Holesgrove, Executive Advisor South Africa, Guidewire
Leo Holesgrove will discuss the current market conditions in South Africa for insurers and how companies can stay competitive by being agile, efficient, and responsive. He will also give a short introduction to Guidewire and the key business and IT drivers that have led short-term insurers to choose their solution. Finally, he will discuss the evolution of Guidewire's solution to a SaaS offering and the implementation of this offering on AWS in Cape Town this year.
Enabling Insurance Transformation Through The AWS Cloud Cape Town Region
Chris Erasmus, Country Manager, South Africa, AWS
AWS will share how the adoption of their Cape Town region is progressing, how they are enabling the move to the cloud, and what some of the lessons learned are. They will also share some examples of customers that are successfully moving to the cloud leveraging the region since its launch in 2020.
Transforming Insurance Operations with Guidewire Cloud: Lessons from Santam
Herman Crause, Head: Core Insurance Platform, Santam
Conrad Meier, Enterprise Architect, Santam
Mark Fuller, Programme Manager : Guidewire Cloud Transition, Santam
Herman, Conrad and Mark from Santam will discuss the reasons why their company chose Guidewire as their solution of choice and the benefits they have seen across IT and the business. They will also explain why they decided to move to Guidewire Cloud and the key considerations that went into that decision. Finally, they will touch upon the impact of this transformation on their organization to date.
Implementing Guidewire and Transforming Your Workforce: Insights from Zensar
Animesh Mukherjee, Insurance Solutions and Consulting Leader, Zensar
About Guidewire
At Guidewire, we are utterly committed to your success. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. And with the largest R&D team, services team, and partner ecosystem in the industry, we continually evolve and innovate to meet your needs. Maybe that’s why more than 400 insurers—from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world—run on Guidewire.
About Zensar
Zensar is a technology consulting and services company with 11,000+ associates in 30+ global locations in 4 markets. More than 130 leading enterprises depend on our expertise to be more disruptive, agile, and competitive. We focus on conceptualizing, designing, engineering, marketing and managing digital products and experiences for high-growth companies looking to disrupt through innovation and velocity.
Our expertise addresses the growth needs of enterprises in dynamic industries such as Banking & Financial Services, Insurance, Consumer Services, Hi-tech, Manufacturing, Public Services and Healthcare. We have prominent presence across USA, Europe and South Africa.
We design digital experiences that we engineer into scale-ready cloud-native products that integrate with evolving IT landscapes. This full lifecycle capability from design to engineering to IT is what makes us unique.
Zensar has been recognized as a “TOP Employer” in South Africa in 2022 by the Top Employers Africa. This recognition underscores our efforts and initiatives in South Africa over the last 20 years, resulting in a wonderful team and strong local presence.
