The latest Guidewire release takes us to Niseko, the world-renowned ski resort in Japan, famous for its endless powder snow and diverse terrain that delights skiers of all levels. Like the Japanese philosophy of Kaizen, which emphasizes making steady progress through small, meaningful changes, our Niseko Release brings thoughtful updates that helps insurers improve how they work, one step at a time. Here are a few of the highlights:
Get actionable insights into financial performance and property risk exposures
- Premium Analysis Business Intelligence Content: Assess risk and stay competitive by analyzing premiums (written, inforce, earned, unearned) over time and across lines of business
- HazardHub Wildfire Risk Score 3.0: Understand the wildfire hazard and exposure risk of every address in the United States with our latest and most advanced wildfire risk model
- Policy and Claims Insurance Data Models: Turn InsuranceSuite data into ready-to-use models that support financial and business insights and reporting
Spend less time and budget on implementation with AI-driven coding and modular tools
- Guidewire Functions: Build and deploy business logic faster with Guidewire Functions, a serverless approach that enables insurers to write modular business logic using familiar coding languages
- Extension Layer: Upgrade faster and with less risk by keeping customizations separate from the base code, using a flexible “built-apart” approach - that ensures they/() remain intact and functional during updates while being developed independently from the core system
- AI Coding Assistant: Generate integration code, build API connectors, write unit tests, and create docs from natural language prompts, all following Guidewire’s integration patterns and best practices
- Bring-Your-Own Code Repository: Easily publish and version InsuranceSuite code changes stored outside Guidewire Cloud Platform Bitbucket, with cloud assurance checks running automatically
Work smarter with automation and tools that make everyday tasks easier
- Autopilot Activity Handling Integration: Automate how activities are assigned to underwriters in PolicyCenter using rules you define — so the right work goes to the right person, faster
- BillingCenter Cloud APIs: Make billing smoother with new APIs that help you manage authorizations, instructions, invoices, and agency payments. All with better visibility and control
- Multi-tab Support: Give teams more agility by opening and switching between multiple tabs across InsuranceSuite
- First Report of Injury (FROI) Digital Template: Reduce development time for Workers' Compensation insurers with a new pre-built digital template for First Report of Injury or Illness
These are just a few of the updates delivered for Guidewire Cloud Platform in the Niseko release. For the full list of features, check out our Niseko site.
In the same way Kaizen focuses on constant improvement, Niseko gives P&C insurers the tools to unlock actionable analytics insights and automate what impacts performance the most. And we’re not slowing down. Olos, our next release, arrives this fall and is set to be a major highlight at Connections 2025 in Las Vegas. We’d love to see you there as we continue shaping the future of intelligent insurance together.