The Insurance Value Chain
The partners within Microsoft’s insurance value chain share a common commitment to insurance standards. Members of Microsoft’s insurance value chain obviate the need for insurance carriers to integrate a common techlology because they have already proactively integrated the standards. These efforts further align insurance business and technology needs. Currently there are 35-40 partners within Microsoft’s insurance support and credentialing system, including some of the biggest firms in the world.
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