PartnerConnect Consulting

More than just a network of 23,000+ consultants, PartnerConnect partners are world-class leaders in their respective fields. Every insurer tries to do three simple things: engage with customers and partners, innovate freely, and grow efficiently. No matter what your unique goals are, PartnerConnect Consulting partners have the expertise and resources to help you get there.

The PartnerConnect Consulting program offers three tiers: Select, Advantage, and Global Premier. Tiers recognize and reward partners for attaining sales goals, participating in active implementations, developing go-to-market skills by region, and achieving specializations.

The Guidewire specializations are typically regionally based unless noted as a global badge and require partners to demonstrate skills and competency in a particular Guidewire product or solution area. The achievement of specializations shows you the investments that partners have made to achieve expert status in a particular domain.

Choose from the following specializations to find just the right partner to help you reach your goals:

Guidewire InsuranceSuite specialization partners can implement the essential core systems that support the P&C insurance lifecycle, including underwriting, policy, billing, and claims management. This is a central source for all critical customer and financial data, rate and product definitions, workflows, and business rules across all lines of business.

Guidewire PolicyCenter specialization partners can implement an underwriting, policy, and product management system that supports underwriters as they serve agents and policyholders.

Guidewire ClaimCenter specialization partners can implement an end-to-end claims management solution, including loss-report intake, adjudication processes, and operational reporting.

Guidewire BillingCenter specialization partners can implement a user-friendly billing and cash management system designed to drive efficiencies and deliver excellence across the entire P&C organization.

Guidewire InsuranceSuite Integration specialization partners can successfully integrate a Guidewire product with external applications, including the fundamental technologies of integrations such as plugins, messaging and web services.

Guidewire Digital specialization partners can deliver compelling user journeys across marketing, sales, service, and claims and can deploy Guidewire Digital applications with the Guidewire platform to drive customer centricity, business agility, and profitability.

Guidewire DataHub specialization partners can source, unify, standardize, and store data from internal systems as well as external sources.

Guidewire DataHub+ specialization partners can support Guidewire DataHub and an insurance specific Business Intelligence (BI) warehouse like Guidewire InfoCenter that provides consumable information for business intelligence, analysis and enhanced decision making.

Guidewire Cloud Ready specialization recognizes partners for meeting minimum skill requirements in the region. Partners are encouraged to make the investment in cloud training prior to leading or being a major subcontractor on a Guidewire Cloud customer implementation.

Guidewire Cloud specialization partners have met the minimum skill requirements for the region PLUS they have led or been a major subcontractor on a minimum number of Guidewire Cloud implementations in the region (specific number varies by region).

Rapid Implementation specialization partners have achieved a regional Cloud or Cloud Ready specialization, have completed an implementation within 6 months from inception to go-live and have successfully engaged with the delivery services team. 


In addition to product-specific specializations, partners can also demonstrate expertise in the following strategic disciplines:

Guidewire Migration Acceleration specialization partners have demonstrated the ability to lower customer's costs of transitioning to the cloud, accelerated implementation timeframes and improved delivery quality and predictability. They also adhere to cloud standards and have aligned with Guidewire's delivery services and sales organizations. This specialization is a global badge and by invite only.

Guidewire Testing Standards specialization partners have actively engaged with Guidewire around testing standards, met a well-defined process and criteria and have demonstrated a proven path for testing standards adoption through submission of a testing standards adoption plan.

Guidewire InsuranceNow specialization partners can support InsuranceNow implementations in the United States. Support can include subcontracting, implementation support, and complementary support services. Guidewire will continue to lead InsuranceNow projects. This specialization is a global badge.

Guidewire Technical Upgrades specialization partners have demonstrated success completing pre-project tasks, technical merges and transitions along with a required amount of Guidewire cloud skills and cloud references. This was formerly called the Self-Managed Upgrades specialization. It is a global badge.

Premier Go-to-Market – North America specialization and Premier Go-to-Market – EMEA specialization partners can support the expansion of Guidewire software technology into new relationships with insurers in a specific region. These partners also continue to drive adoption of Guidewire technology through successful project implementations, and they make the necessary investment in Guidewire training and certification to provide quality consulting services.