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Rate Control by decoupling rating logic from core PAS

Modernizing Rate Control Without Policy Administration System Redeployment

Pricing • 5-minute read

Rates don’t stay adequate for long, yet many insurers still wait months to push even small pricing updates through their PAS release cycle. This article explains why that delay drives premium leakage and adverse selection, and how decoupling rating logic from the core PAS lets teams deploy (and roll back) rates in days, not months.

How James River Insurance Is Accelerating Pricing Modernization with Akur8

How James River Insurance Is Accelerating Pricing Modernization with Akur8

Pricing • 5-minute read

Find out how James River Insurance is modernizing its pricing by replacing manual, spreadsheet-based workflows.

How Akur8 Enabled Idaho Farm Bureau to Elevate Pricing Precision and Collaboration

How Akur8 Enabled Idaho Farm Bureau to Elevate Pricing Precision and Collaboration

Pricing • 5-minute read

Find out how Akur8 empowered Idaho Farm Bureau Insurance to improve pricing precision, speed, and cross-team collaboration by modernizing and connecting their actuarial modeling workflow.

Cloud-native insurance rating engine providing IT with API-first integration, elastic scaling, and zero-downtime deployment features

The IT Guide to Modern Insurance Rating Engine Deployment

Pricing • 7-minute read

Modern, cloud‑native pricing engines turn deployment from an IT bottleneck into a strategic advantage, delivering frictionless API integration, elastic scaling with predictable costs, enterprise‑grade security, and zero‑downtime operations.

Eliminate reserving spreadsheet risk

Eliminate Reserving Spreadsheet Risk

Reserving • 4-minute read

Find out how modern reserving platforms eliminate spreadsheet risk and free actuaries to focus on deeper analysis and strategic insights.

Advanced reporting and visualization for reserving actuaries

How Advanced Reporting Can Bridge the Gap Between Actuaries and Management

Reserving • 5-minute read

Find out how advanced reporting and visualization can bridge the gap between actuaries and management- making insights accessible, interactive, and actionable across the organization.