Vertafore AMS360

Vertafore AMS360 is pretty great.

Commentaires : We are surety bond producers so while the software is made for insurance we tweak things a little bit here and there to work for our surety bond processes. It works really well for us and it has great features to document what we've done for a given client or on a given policy. I would recommend using it to others as it has some great functionality. The only thing that can get a little tricky at times (at least for what I do) is some of the reports. It often time includes excess information (that may be more useful for insurance) or we can't quite get the right information we want on it. But I don't think that necessarily takes away from the use of the product.

Avantages :

The documentation that can happen and the tracking of all the policies.

Inconvénients :

When the policy renews and you have previously updated the first named insured it populates back to what the account says rather than what you put in that specific policy. For instance, we have companies that have dba's for some states, but not for others. If we use one dba in one policy it doesn't automatically keep it on the policy. This can affect us when we do certificates or other form letters.

Great Agency Management System

Commentaires : This product is more expensive than competitors, but at least I know it will get the job done. It doesn't break, it gives accurate data, and the customer support is amazing.

Avantages :

I love that this software will do exactly what I want it to do. Most importantly running reports. If I run a report I get exactly the results I want, there's no guessing the output data, and when I run the report again the data is the same.

Inconvénients :

No One likes accord forms. I wish this product was more integrated with Accord forms, where I could search for what I wanted and it was prefilled accordingly.

AMS360 Old DB2 Engine Developed Before the Internet

Commentaires : Sensitive entry in property modules throws numerous exception errors. Navigation in every aspect requires clicking through fields rather than allowing tab to preserve data integrity. Constant toggling in and out of apps is required for tedious data entry to be preserved. Import/Export feature has limited information capture. Product may be suitable for agency working with small business or personal lines. Downloads are fraught with errors in old AL3 flat files but cost is prohibitive. This product is definitely not suited to agencies working in upper middle or large market accounts.

Avantages :

Easy to customize activity, attachment and suspense categories to agency's culture.

Inconvénients :

Cost- it is staggering that Vertafore charges premium user rates for a product engine developed 1989-92 (before the internet). Clunky DB2 database indexing requires massive space. No capability to set up nested folders for activity display. Grouping assignment requires multiple reports requiring export to Excel for any sort of reason. Limited integrated apps for modern coverages like cyber, EPLI, pollution. No ability to rearrange e-forms display for non-integrated certificates and applications. Claims data capture is limited and does not populate loss notices correctly. Accounting is archaic dual entry GL. Clunky certificate/ app display in e-forms do not allow display reorganization in tree forcing creation of an integrated form with a non-integrated attachment. Marketing/Submission module is limited and does not interface well with suspense. This fossil should be burried.

AMS360 is a great software platform with a horrible exit service

Avantages :

Its operation and functionality were great. New ownership caused a change and Vertafore didnt want to let us out of our contract.

Inconvénients :

My agency was purchased and I contacted Vertafore, AMS360, to let them know that the new [sensitive content hidden] wanted to use a different software package. I further explained that I wanted to stay with Vertafore (AMS360) and needed to keep them shining in a good light in order for that to happen when the contract with this new other carrier came around again. I appealed to AMS360 and its various people who are in charge and explained the situation and was repeatedly told sorry, but you signed a contract. While I do believe in a contract, I also believe that "good faith" means more about how a company operates in the real world. When you are stuck to your contracts and unwilling to provide real world work-arounds, you become mindless. As you can imagine, this has not gone over well with my new [sensitive content hidden]. It is costing our agency over $1,000 per month for the remianed of our contracted term. In short, that means in excess of $8,000 total. I was trying to save Vertafore and AMS360 and get them back int he agency and they seem more interested in their short term gains than long term potentials.Very sad....truly not a company I want to do business with if this is how they are treating their "agency partners".

Great product

Commentaires : Overall, the platform is the perfect way to standardize manuals and make information easy to find, read, and manage.

Avantages :

I've used Vertafore software as a platform for company manuals at several different companies. The most helpful features are the saved links that can be renamed and organized, as well as the quick links offered on the home page.

Inconvénients :

Just because of the volume of data being searched, sometimes I have trouble with the search function, if I am starting from scratch. I can usually find what I need eventually, but it sometimes takes longer than I like.