SeaPass Hub Partners with Insurance Noodle to Provide Real-Time Commercial Lines Insurance Quoting

Robust Hub enables Insurance Noodle’s network of agents to receive real-time commercial lines quotes, including excess and surplus lines, from numerous leading insurance carriers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SeaPass Solutions, Inc. (insuranceconnect.seapass.com), a leading independent provider of web-based insurance distribution solutions to the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry, today announced that Insurance Noodle, a unit of Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings Limited the global insurance broker, is now in production with the SeaPass Hub to enable Insurance Noodle agents and sub-agents to quote and submit business online for BOP, workers’ compensation, umbrella, commercial auto, and excess and surplus lines of business with numerous leading insurance carriers.

The Insurance Noodle provides web-based processing of small commercial accounts, to retail insurance agents, through its carrier partners. When it launched in 2001, the Insurance Noodle online portal revolutionized the way small commercial business was processed by allowing agents to submit applications, quote, bind and manage accounts completely online.

The partnership between SeaPass and Insurance Noodle brings together the two market leaders in web-based account processing. The combined SeaPass/Insurance Noodle offering now provides agents and sub-agents fully automated online access to the widest selection of small business commercial lines markets and carriers in the United States. SeaPass/Insurance Noodle connected carriers have instant access to both providers’ clients, representing over 10,000 agents selling small commercial lines.

“This combination of Insurance Noodle and the SeaPass Hub sets a new paradigm for the industry,” said Ralph Blust, Executive Vice President, Willis Commercial Network. “The system is currently in beta-test with a small number of agents. In July, through the SeaPass Hub, our 5700 agencies will be able to access the most comprehensive online offering for agents and carriers with a level of service and speed never before seen in the industry. We are now able to provide more real-time quotes from more markets than all other platforms combined. We look forward to offering this access to the retail marketplace, very soon.”

Tim Attia, Senior Vice President Sales, SeaPass, added, “We are excited about the market potential in terms of access to markets for agents, and access to channels for carriers. Our respective teams worked extremely well together during the implementation, enabling us to successfully deliver a product that makes it very easy and efficient for the agents to submit business. We look forward to continuing to work closely with the Willis Commercial Network team, as well as the connected carriers, as transaction volume through the Hub increases over time.”

About Willis Group Holdings

Willis Group Holdings plc is a leading global insurance broker. Through its subsidiaries, Willis develops and delivers professional insurance, reinsurance, risk management, financial and human resource consulting and actuarial services to corporations, public entities and institutions around the world. Willis has more than 400 offices in nearly 120 countries, with a global team of approximately 17,000 employees serving clients in virtually every part of the world. Additional information on Willis may be found at www.willis.com. For more information about Insurance Noodle, visit www.insurancenoodle.com or call 888-466-8868.

About SeaPass Solutions

Headquartered in New York and founded in 2000, SeaPass Solutions offers solutions that enable insurance carriers, agents, brokers and wholesalers to better connect, communicate, and manage the business. With a singular focus of enhancing the quality and timeliness of communications between insurers and their distribution channels and customers, SeaPass provides consumer and agency portal as well as comparative rating solutions. For more information visit www.seapass.com or call 212-608-4646.

Solomark AssociatesSusan Douglas, (847) 895-2634
susan@solomark.com
SeaPass Solutions, Inc.Mahalia (Maggie) Maria, (212) 981-4680
mahaliam@seapass.com
Willis Commercial NetworkJana Rucker, (312) 714-3019
jana.rucker@willis.com

Source: SeaPass Solutions, Inc.