Newsbyte: SAP and Partners Expand Investment Management Platform to North America Insurers Through Cloud Offering

WALLDORF, Germany, April 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced an initiative with two longstanding partners, COMPIRICUS, Inc. and ConVista Consulting Inc., to expand the availability of the SAP® Financial Asset Management application to insurance companies in North America. The localized application is a scalable, integrated solution for insurance companies to help manage the complex regulatory environment of the investment management market within their region. Available on premise as well as via the cloud and business process outsourcing (BPO), SAP Financial Asset Management is currently used by more than 150 insurers worldwide and will be deployed by leading multi-line insurance provider Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) for its North American operations in the later part of 2014.

COMPIRICUS, Inc. and ConVista Consulting Inc. recently formed a joint venture, ComnServ, to provide cloud (SaaS/MCaaS) implementation, operations and support of SAP Financial Asset Management. ComnServ was created in response to a growing demand for consultants with investment accounting expertise and a full understanding of business processes, as well as the applications that can be leveraged to support customers using SAP Financial Asset Management. COMPIRICUS and ConVista have worked on several successful implementations of financial asset management globally.

Working with COMPIRICUS and ConVista, long-time customer Zurich has already successfully implemented SAP Financial Asset Management to support its EMEA and AsiaPac operations. Zurich is currently deploying the solution for its North American entities.

"SAP Financial Asset Management has been crucial in supporting our efforts to expand our North American footprint," said Thomas Graf, head, Group Investment Administration & Accounting, Zurich. "The flexible platform has seamlessly integrated with existing systems and allows us to reduce risk and increase operational efficiency while providing a reliable degree of investment protection so that we can continue to best serve our customers."

Leveraging many years of experience working with more than 5000 insurance customers worldwide, SAP is uniquely positioned to understand the challenges and opportunities that these firms face and is committed to growing with the industry.

For more information, visit the SAP for Insurance page on sap.com and the SAP Newsroom. Follow SAP on Twitter at @sapnews.

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