AutoOne Insurance Selects Duck Creek Technologies’ EXAMPLE Platform

Proof of Concept success key to AutoOne’s Duck Creek decision

Bolivar, MO, May 23, 2006 - Duck Creek Technologies, Inc., a provider of rating and policy administration software for the insurance industry, today announced that AutoOne Insurance, a part of the OneBeacon Insurance Group, has selected Duck Creek’s EXAMPLE Platform® as the rating solution for the insurer’s Personal Automobile line of business. 

AutoOne initiated their search for a new rating solution in order to achieve greater product design flexibility and rapid speed-to-market. After an extensive market review, AutoOne narrowed their choice to Duck Creek’s EXAMPLE Platform rating solution and opted to take advantage of Duck Creek’s offer of a Proof of Concept (POC).

As part of the one and one-half month POC effort, AutoOne provided rating specifications, test cases and XML structure samples for Duck Creek’s review and implementation. With the EXAMPLE Platform’s extensive flexibility, Duck Creek was able to rapidly create AutoOne’s Personal Auto product definition using the EXAMPLE Platform’s product development tool, EXAMPLE Author®. After one and a half days of basic training on the EXAMPLE Platform, AutoOne was proficient enough on the system to make its own modifications, adequately test the system and add functionality as needed to fully evaluate the EXAMPLE Platform.

Due to the success of the POC project, AutoOne has committed to full implementation of Duck Creek’s EXAMPLE Platform for rating for their Personal Automobile product.

When asked why AutoOne selected Duck Creek Technologies, Senior Vice President of AutoOne Insurance, Phil Gibson noted, "Their comprehensive rating software package allows us to decrease the amount of time needed to implement rate changes. By lessening the time to implement rate changes, AutoOne increases response time necessary for the ever-changing auto insurance market."

"We are pleased to welcome AutoOne to our growing list of clients and thank them for selecting our EXAMPLE Platform," commented Wendy Corman, Duck Creek's Business Development Officer. "When carriers are considering our solution, we encourage them to take the time and effort for a Proof of Concept. The process has consistently proven to be a tremendous tool to allow carrier’s to fully evaluate our solution with their specific product requirements.  We look forward to continuing to work with AutoOne in enhancing their product development and maintenance efforts, as well as improving their time to market."

About AutoOne Insurance

AutoOne Insurance is a division of the OneBeacon Insurance Group, rated A (Excellent) by A.M. Best. AutoOne Insurance is based in Melville, New York and is a country-wide provider of Assigned Risk services for automobile insurance companies. AutoOne also offers voluntary automobile products such as Private Passenger Auto, and Take-out programs to qualified New York drivers.

OneBeacon Insurance Group is wholly owned by White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. of Hamilton, Bermuda. White Mountains' principal businesses are conducted through its subsidiaries and affiliates in the business of property-casualty insurance and reinsurance. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Bermuda Stock Exchange under the symbol "WTM.” For more information, visit: www.AutoOneIns.com

About Duck Creek Technologies

Duck Creek Technologies is a software and services company that is changing the rules of the insurance business.  Its EXAMPLE Platform® enables insurance carriers to rapidly define, develop, deploy, and manage their insurance products and services - for any line of business. The Platform’s flexible Service-Oriented Architecture is currently being used by Duck Creek’s customers for product definition, rating and underwriting, submission processing, policy administration and legacy migration.

Duck Creek was named by Inc. Magazine as one of America’s fastest growing private companies, ranking #63 in their 2005 Inc. 500 list. The company was founded in January 2000 and has offices in Bolivar, Missouri, and Farmington, Connecticut. Duck Creek Technologies is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.

For more information, visit www.duckcreektech.com or call 800-889-8401.

Contact:
Robert Chudzik
Duck Creek Technologies
[email protected]
860-676-2328

Barbara Mlawer
AutoOne Insurance
[email protected]
(631) 547-2930

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