Guidewire Software

Guidewire Software, founded in 2001, builds software for property and casualty (P&C) insurers. Its Guidewire Platform combines core insurance systems with digital tools, analytics and artificial intelligence, and is used by more than 570 customers across over 40 countries, ranging from small startups to large enterprises. The company directs nearly 25% of its revenue to research and development.

The technical work spans core insurance systems software, digital tooling, analytics and AI, with particular emphasis on automating claims processing and enabling data-driven decision-making within insurers' operations. The platform is designed to support digitising insurance operations end to end, rather than as a collection of discrete point solutions.

Guidewire has concentrated on the P&C insurance vertical for more than two decades, and describes its success in terms of customer outcomes rather than software shipments alone. The company states that it was founded on the premise that insurance technology should keep pace with a changing world.