Accenture Buys Blackcomb Consultants
Summary
The acquisition enhances Accenture’s ability to deliver Guidewire solutions to insurers globally to help them become “cloud-first” businesses. Guidewire’s end-to-end technology platform combines digital, core analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities across the underwriting, billing, claims and customer relationship management functions, helping property and casualty (P&C) insurers reimagine their operations in the cloud. Blackcomb Consultants is a specialist technology services provider to P&C insurance carriers, helping them improve operational agility and get their products and services to market more quickly. A Guidewire ‘Advantage’ partner, the firm’s offerings include policy administration system implementations and upgrades, production support, cloud-hosted services, performance-improvement and organizational-change services. Its 158 employees will join Accenture’s Industry & Function Platforms Group, where they will be focused on Guidewire project delivery.