{"id":8306,"date":"2016-11-08T21:22:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T21:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duckcreek1dev.wpenginepowered.com\/resources\/\/duck-creek-technologies-rating-software-earns-xcelent-industry-award-for-the-second-time\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T17:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:36:14","slug":"duck-creek-technologies-rating-software-earns-xcelent-industry-award-for-the-second-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/resource\/awards\/duck-creek-technologies-rating-software-earns-xcelent-industry-award-for-the-second-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Duck Creek Technologies\u2019 Rating Software Earns XCelent Industry Award for the Second Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\"\"\n\n\t
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The rating engine was honored for advanced technology in Celent\u2019s most recent report<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLUMBIA, S.C.; Nov. 8, 2016 \u2013 Duck Creek Technologies\u2019 property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry rating software was recognized with an XCelent Advanced Technology Award for the second consecutive time. Celent\u2019s latest report, \u201cNorth American Rating Engines: 2016 Property & Casualty ABCD Vendor View,1<\/sup>\u201d provides an overview of 12 standalone rating engines based on information collected, product demonstrations and customer reference checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duck Creek Rating was honored in the report\u2019s Advanced Technology category, which evaluated each vendor’s system on several factors such as platform and modernity, user interface, data and adaptability\/extendibility, integration, scalability and cloud readiness, and ease of change to name just a few. Celent previously reviewed standalone rating systems in 2013 and Duck Creek Rating was recognized as a solution leader for the same category and for Breadth of Functionality in thatreport<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll of us at Duck Creek are thrilled that our rating software has earned this prestigious industry award,\u201d said Patti Griffin, chief product officer, Duck Creek Technologies. \u201cWe strive to deliver the technology insurers need to quickly and accurately respond to agent and customer demand and are honored that our rating engine is being recognized for outperforming expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the report, Celent noted that it views Duck Creek Rating \u201cas a leading rating engine solution with very robust functionality out of the box, a modern UI, and powerful yet flexible configuration tools that work well for all lines of business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The review also included customer feedback on what they like best about the system and the report noted the following mentions: \u201cFlexibility in creating solutions.\u201d \u201cEasily maintainable.\u201d <\/em>and \u201cDuck Creek resources are extremely knowledgeable about insurance and leverage that knowledge when working with our teams.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs carriers continue to rapidly deploy highly innovative products, configurable rating solutions are becoming more desirable. Carriers are looking for flexible solutions that allow actuaries and product managers to be involved in the crafting of products\u201d, said Karlyn Carnahan, research director and author of the report. \u201cThe Duck Creek rating engine has a very modern architecture that is fully XML based, proving to be one of the fastest to implement and flexible in managing rating algorithms, underwriting rules, and factoring tables.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/sup>Celent, \u201cNorth American Rating Engines: 2016 Property & Casualty ABCD Vendor View,\u201d by Karlyn Carnahan, August 30, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duck Creek Rating<\/a> is included in a suite that also incorporates Duck Creek Billing<\/a>, Duck Creek Claims<\/a> and Duck Creek Policy<\/a> software. The configurable software is designed to work independently or as a combined approach to manage all aspects of the P&C insurance lifecycle. It can be deployed through an on-premise implementation or via Duck Creek On-Demand<\/a>, a differentiated Software as a Service model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Duck Creek Technologies <\/strong>Duck Creek Technologies is a leading provider of comprehensive P&C insurance software and services for insurers of all sizes worldwide. Employing progressive technology, Duck Creek solutions enable insurers to optimize outcomes and enhance engagement through advanced digital and data capabilities and integrated functionality that can be delivered via the cloud or on-premise. For more information, visit www.duckcreek.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"region":[],"class_list":["post-8306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8306"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duckcreek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=8306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}