Anchor General Raises the Bar with DRC's DecisionMaker™ Rating

Anchor General optimizes speed, flexibility and growth with the implementation of DRC's innovative DecisionMaker Rating

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Sep 26, 2012, 01:48 ET

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Research Corporation (DRC), a rating and policy processing software and services solution provider to the property & casualty insurance industry, announced today that Anchor General Insurance Agency, a non-standard private passenger automobile liability and physical damage company in San Diego, CA has upgraded their legacy DRC rating solution to the latest version of DecisionMaker Rating to service their Personal Auto line of business. The rating module is the first in a series of phased implementations, which will result in a complete system upgrade, including, Portal, Quote, Policy, Billing, and Claims.

John Amat, Vice President of Anchor General notes, "We have worked with DRC's system and team for many years. Their flexible and adaptable products and forward thinking team made the decision to upgrade our rating engine an easy one." Amat adds, "We look forward to being able to take advantage of all the rating system's offerings including the configurable product templates, secure and controlled environment, and its adaptability to the changing market. With the initial rating roll-out underway, we have begun the installation of DRC's new Claims system which will be followed by Policy Administration and Billing, as part of our phased upgrade and conversion plan".

DRC's President Karen Yamamoto offers, "With the implementation of DecisionMaker Rating, Anchor has taken an important step to transition full rate program build and maintenance to the business units, thereby reducing IT's involvement to initial integration and final migration" Yamamoto adds, "This innovative new model of collaboration between the business units and IT, along with DecisionMaker Rating's speed and flexibility contributes directly to Anchor's goals of increased operational efficiency and positioning for future growth."

About Anchor General Insurance Agency

Anchor General Insurance Company is a San Diego based company specializing in providing non-standard private passenger automobile liability and physical damage coverage in California, Washington, Oregon and Arizona. Additionally, Anchor General Insurance Company's policies are managed by Anchor General Insurance Agency, Inc., a program administrator. Anchor General Insurance Agency, Inc. manages several exclusive automobile insurance programs in California, Washington, Oregon, and Arizona with anticipated expansion into a number of additional states and products. Anchor General Insurance Agency of Texas, Inc. manages automobile insurance programs in Texas. For additional information, please visit www.anchorgeneral.com.

About DRC

DRC is a highly experienced and trusted software development company that consistently delivers and successfully implements software solutions to support a wide range of P&C insurance industry lines of business. From the small startup insurers and MGAs to insurers with written premium in excess of $2Billion, DRC clients have chosen DecisionMaker for their rating, quoting, billing, policy administration and claims needs and an impressive return on investment. For more information about DRC, call us or visit www.decisionresearch.com

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