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Rodney Nelson
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Guidewire Boosts Cloud Expertise With ISCS Acquisition; Maintain $67 Fair Value Estimate

On Dec. 19, Guidewire announced it had reach a definitive agreement to pay $160 million to acquire ISCS, a software company that also serves the property and casualty insurance industry. Unlike Guidewire, ISCS focuses primarily on delivering its claims, policy, and billings management software via the cloud, while Guidewire has primarily focused on delivering its products on-premise to date. We believe this acquisition follows the same blueprint of past buys: a small deal that gives the firm gre...
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GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE INC.

Guidewire Software provides a technology platform, composed of software, services, and a partner ecosystem, for the property and casualty insurance industry. Guidewire InsurancePlatform? consists of cloud and on-premise applications to support core operations, data management and analytics, and digital engagement and is connected to various data sources and third party applications. The company's operational platforms include: Guidewire InsuranceSuite, which comprises of PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, and ClaimCenter applications; and Guidewire InsuranceNow, which provides policy, billing and claims management functionality to insurers that prefer to subscribe to a cloud-based, all-in-one solution.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Rodney Nelson

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