[April 23, 2012]

Chartis Insurance, Allianz SE Honored For SAS® Analytics Innovation

Chartis Insurance and Allianz SE are being honored for their use of SAS Analytics to address company goals with confidence and knowledge. SAS (News - Alert), the leader in business analytics software and services, conferred the 2012 Enterprise Excellence Award on the two organizations which have set global standards for analytics. Recognizing two insurers this year emphasizes the growth the industry has experienced in using analytics to harness big data for critical business needs and to ultimately increase profitability. This award is presented annually to SAS customers demonstrating business value and excellence via analytics.

Additionally, Pete Lund, Information Systems Manager at Looking Glass Analytics earned this year's User Feedback Award for his contributions to improving SAS software during 2011.

Chartis becomes a world leader in the science of safety with SAS

Chartis, a world-leading general insurance organization serving more than 70 million clients in over 160 countries and jurisdictions, used SAS Analytics to become more competitive globally, make better decisions, and ultimately to increase profitability. Chartis' newly constituted Science Team leveraged data in three specific areas: executive liability insurance, catastrophe (CAT) modeling and financial accounting. With SAS, Chartis improved profitability through better pricing, expedited refined claims service programs, and enhanced statutory and compliance reorting.

"Analyzing big data to make better business decisions has become a critical objective for Chartis," said John Savage, Head of Science, Global Casualty, at Chartis. "Our clients expect us to be a leader in the science of safety, and SAS is enabling Chartis to fulfill that mission."

Chartis' innovative use of CAT models helped them project hurricane storm paths to accelerate the preparedness of claims adjusters. Chartis built a patent-pending system called CERT to identify gaps in field assistance and automate reports for claims adjusters.

In addition, Chartis built a complex SAS data warehouse and reporting platform for CAT liability analysis. Through improved budgeting and underwriting, Chartis increased its exposure reporting accuracy and reduced reinsurance expenses.

Allianz SE improves efficiency with centralized business intelligence and analytics

Allianz operates a worldwide standardized IT infrastructure to improve process and costs while ensuring a uniformly high level of customer service, regardless of location. Allianz's global strategy includes shared service centers, platforms and applications as well as business intelligence and business analytics solutions from SAS. The results include a higher degree of services, improved resource usage transparency and needs-based customization such as access profiles.

The EEA award was received by Dr. Ralf Schneider, CIO of Allianz Group at SAS Global Forum.

User feedback provides value through better SAS solutions

Pete Lund of Looking Glass Analytics won the annual SAS User Feedback Award for his contribution to improving SAS software in 2011. Looking Glass Analytics uses SAS for analysis and reporting in the areas of criminal justice, social services, public health and education. Through excellent feedback and suggestions for improving the functionality and quality of SAS solutions, Pete has worked with SAS development and Technical Support across numerous products.

"It's been great over the years to know that people actually listen to issues and your questions and really work to find solutions," said Pete Lund. "Without their willingness and support, even on the weekends, I wouldn't be nearly as productive as I am. I love hearing people say, 'Wow! You did that in SAS.'"

The SAS Enterprise Excellence Award has been recognizing analytic achievement from SAS customers for more than 10 years. Past winners include AXA Financials, Bell Canada (News - Alert), Canada Post, CJLEADS, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Eli Lilly and Company, Fiducia, GE Rail Services, HP, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, Lloyds, Maytag, MCI, MLB (News - Alert).com, Royal Bank of Scotland, Sprint, Telstra, U.S. Bank, U.S. Coast Guard, Whirlpool Corporation and Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue.

Today's announcement was made at SAS Global Forum, the world's largest gathering of SAS users, attended by more than 3,400 business and IT users of SAS software and solutions.

About SAS

SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions, SAS helps customers at more than 55,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW^®. SAS and all other SAS Institute Inc. product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. ® indicates USA registration. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. Copyright © 2012 SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

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