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Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group underwrites excess-of-loss and quota-share reinsurance for property and casualty insurers and reinsurers. The company is part of the global Berkshire Hathaway insurance group headquartered in the US.
The company',s existing system’s front-end, which teams use to manually enter policy and claims information, needed updating: it had originally been built in the 1990s using Visual Basic
6.0. To bring everything up to date and be able to roll out the same actuarial and financial reporting capabilities internationally, the company needed a new, modern web-based front end for the system, with strong database integration.In the search for potential development partners in and around London, Mr Dooner, Chief Actuary, discovered DCSL Software. Its considerable experience of developing sophisticated database-linked web sites and intranet portals with easy-to-navigate front-ends was reflected in numerous client testimonials, suggesting that DCSL would be an ideal partner. An initial meeting with DCSL’s owner and the project manager confirmed this.
“It looks attractive and modern – more in keeping with the kinds of technology people use and enjoy in their own time – and it is very intuitive and responsive,” says Dooner. “The clean look and feel and ease of navigation are very impressive, which is down to the design. I had very high expectations and DCSL delivered. The project manager always came back to us very quickly after any change requests and was extremely accommodating. There was nothing DCSL couldn’t incorporate into the web engine: whatever we needed, they could do.”
“DCSL did a fantastic job, and were a pleasure to work with,” Mr Dooner concludes. “They’re clearly extremely competent at what they do, and have produced a system that is very clean, modern and built using very well-structured code. That’s a real sign of expertise.”
