Wawanesa Selects MicroStrategy for Business Intelligence Enterprise-wide

Wawanesa Mutual Insurance (Winnipeg, Manitoba) has chosen McLean, Va.-based MicroStrategy as its enterprise business intelligence (BI) platform. The Canadian P&C insurer will use MicroStrategy for corporate financial reporting, as well as monitoring business metrics related to insurance policies and claims, according to a vendor press release.

With MicroStrategy, Wawanesa employees can gain valuable insights into product distribution and claims processed by geographic area to better understand business performance, the vendor asserts. The MicroStrategy-based solution will give Wawanesa personnel a high-level view of its operations, as well as the ability to drill into the metrics to uncover business drivers and identify areas for improvement, according to the press release.

"Business intelligence is a strategic priority that will provide actionable information to help us enhance operations and make more proactive business decisions," says Cam Loeppky, vice president, information services, Wawanesa. "Following a thorough evaluation of leading BI providers, we selected MicroStrategy because of its integrated BI platform, ease-of-use, and low total cost of ownership."

Anthony O'Donnell has covered technology in the insurance industry since 2000, when he joined the editorial staff of Insurance & Technology. As an editor and reporter for I&T and the InformationWeek Financial Services of TechWeb he has written on all areas of information ... View Full Bio