MiddleOak® Launches Autosurance™ Agent Portal using Sword Insurance

BOSTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sword Insurance is proud to announce that MiddleOak^® has gone live with AgencyPortal™ and AgencyConnect™ from Sword Insurance for personal auto in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Agents now have the capability to execute “real time” rating, in both comparative rating environment or proprietary environments, and then choose to bind online directly within MiddleOak^®’s new agent portal. This provides an enhanced ease-of-business and efficiency, enabling a straight through process for the agent and client.

Autosurance^TM immediately offers independent insurance agencies a superior and easy-to-use point of sale interface based on the leading portal solution by Sword Insurance, which has been implemented for over ten years with the needs of the agent end-user in mind. Enhanced features include single sign-on for all portal activity, the automatic pre-filling of data from third party services such as driver information and credit scoring, and the capabilities for agents to quickly find their clients with easy search capabilities and to quickly add new clients. Agents may also download printable policy forms from Autosurance™, including the quote proposal, ACORD applications, Supplemental Applications, and Auto ID Cards.

“MiddleOak^® is committed to offering our agent partners the finest online rating, quoting and binding available—ensuring that their clients can easily access the quality products and services MiddleOak^® has to offer,” said Bill George, Executive Vice President of Distribution at MiddleOak^®. “Whether agents access us through comparative raters or directly on our Autosurance^TM site, we’ve made the quoting process streamlined and intuitive, and our rates are executable.”

With Autosurance™ straight-through processing capabilities, MiddleOak^® agents no longer have to wait for underwriter responses to their new business quote requests. Sophisticated predictive analytics and business rules determine eligibility and pricing. When underwriters do have to collaborate with agents to confirm eligibility or rating, they can to do so online in Autosurance^TM.

“Our work with MiddleOak^® illustrates the full breadth and depth of capabilities in our portal solution and the ability of our delivery teams to implement highly configurable solutions in a short time,” said Mason Power, Vice President of Product & Market Strategy for Sword Insurance. “We look forward to working with the MiddleOak^® team to add more lines of business such as homeowners to the Autosurance™ platform.”

Independent agents interested in learning more about Autosurance^TM should contact the company through MiddleOak.com or by calling 800-622-3780.

About Sword Insurance

Sword Insurance (www.sword-insurance.com) is the leading provider of web-based solutions designed specifically for property and casualty insurers. Our agency portal and interface products make it easy for agents to transact business, enhance the underwriting process and extend the life of carrier's existing policy administration systems. The result is a significant increase in process efficiencyfor both carriers and agents.

About MiddleOak

As a member of the COUNTRY^® Financial group, MiddleOak^® is rated A+ (Superior) by A.M. Best.MiddleOak^® is Headquartered in Middletown, CT, and provides auto, home, umbrella, business, flood, watercraft and specialty insurance in selected states through Middlesex Mutual Assurance Company, formed in 1836, and Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company in Salem, founded in 1843.Visit www.middleoak.com.

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