A giant broking software company has unveiled a new platform for NZ brokers which it claims to be a complete solution for the digital age.

The move follows the company’s complete migration of its NZ broker clients from the UK to data hosting system Interactive in Australia, as well as the announcement of new software in the UK.

“We are creating a digital insurance platform that gives brokers the capability to do self service to their customers; quote and buy if they wish, and centralised generation of digital content: documents, emails, SMS social media feeds,” Kevin Gaut, SSP’s chief technology officer, visiting Auckland for the launch, told Computerworld NZ.

Gaut said the new platform’s first customer would go live in the UK in September and it would be available to NZ customers from early 2018.

Gaut said the new product reflected the combined functionality of a number of other insurance software companies SSP has acquired over the years, in addition to SSP’s 30 plus years of experience, with components from third party providers.

“We have an insurance platform that has gone live in the UK with a couple of our customers, a large insurer, and another broking organiser that delivers a supermarket’s insurance brand through the platform. We have taken components of that and created a broker variant, SSP Broking,” he told the tech website.

“SSP Broking works for all brokers in all channels, which is a key differentiator in an area where SSP has seen its competitors fragment and focus on opposite ends of the market,” the insurance technology provider claimed.

SSP Broking comprises of a core broking technology that processes over $8.9 billion worth of premiums and over a billion quotes annually; an intuitive user experience platform; a workflow management system; the SSP Intelligent quotations Hub centralised product rating, pricing, and quotation solution; and a communications module, Computerworld NZ reported.


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