Microsoft supports the insurance industry through an international team and with local insurance industry experts in key countries around the world, said Dennis Maroney, managing director, insurance, for Microsoft’s worldwide financial services group.

“We have a very strong group in North America as well as an increasing presence in Europe and an expanding one in Asia.”

David Littlewood, who leads the international financial services group at Microsoft, has also been active in building alliances with hardware and software partners to expand Microsoft’s presence in markets around the world.

“In North America, Asia, Australia, and across the key European countries, Microsoft has been hiring people with years of industry experience,” said Maroney. “They are helping carriers find the best software solutions and assisting them in standardizing their business processes and in technical challenges such as server consolidation and migrating applications off the mainframe to improve agility and reduce costs. We are ready to support our customers and the industry organizations like ACORD as they expand globally.”

“As companies expand their scope of operations geographically,
they are increasingly looking to standards-based technology to
automate their end-to-end business processes.” – Dennis Maroney