The billing function in property/casualty carriers is transforming from a back office operation to a front office value proposition. Carriers are making significant investments in skills and technology to position billing as a critical customer service activity and an opportunity to retain clients.
Boston, MA, USA – April 28, 2009 – How are vendor systems responding to this new challenge? A new report, Billing System Vendors: US Property/Casualty Market 2009, is designed to help insurers to understand their vendor options for stand-alone billing systems and to compile their own short lists of providers for additional investigation.
�Virtually all stand-alone billing systems include the basic features required for property/casualty insurers. However, not all have implemented the automation necessary to achieve best-in-class customer service,� says Mike Fitzgerald, senior analyst and author of the report. �Customer service tools are now a differentiator between billing solutions.�
The report features Celent�s ABCD Vendor View. The ABCD Vendor View presents a comparative view of the vendor marketplace that visually represents four elements: Advanced technology and technical flexibility, Breadth of functionality, Customer base, and Depth of client services and solutions.
The report is 75 pages long and contains four figures and 34 tables. A table of contents for this report is available online.
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