Columbia Insurance Group (Columbia) and Guidewire announced a new partnership. Columbia selected Guidewire InsuranceSuite as their next technological platform to ensure they are serving customers to the best of their ability. Soon Guidewire will power Columbia?s core business, simplify its IT operations and help deliver additional value to agents, policyholders and employees.

It is an essential move to meet the changing market demands, according to Columbia Vice President and Chief Information Officer Lisa Wharton. Columbia plans to implement InsuranceSuite on Guidewire Cloud for all lines of business in each of the states where it operates individually. Guidewire PartnerConnectConsulting Global Premier member PwC will aid in the project?s implementation.

According to PwC Global Guidewire Practice Leader Imran Ilyas, they are pleased to help guide Columbia?s technological transformation. Columbia also selected Guidewire Canvas, Guidewire Compare, Guidewire Explore, Guidewire HazardHub and Guidewire Predict to embed insights?and the data behind those insights?directly into policy and claims workflows. Additionally, the company selected SmartCOMM?

from Smart Communications for customer communications management. Guidewire is a reseller of Smart Communications, a Guidewire PartnerConnect Solution member.