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10/09/2025 – 03:06 AM
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – OP Financial Group, Finland’s leading financial services provider, and Guidewire (GWRE), a prominent software platform for property and casualty (P&C) insurers, have announced a significant milestone in the digital transformation of the life insurance sector. OP Life Assurance Ltd has become the first insurer in Europe and globally the first life insurance company to successfully implement Guidewire’s Jutro Digital Platform (JDP). This deployment aims to equip OP Life Assurance’s sales teams with enhanced digital capabilities, marking a strategic move to capitalize on a growing market and improve customer experience.
This implementation builds upon OP Life Assurance’s existing use of Guidewire’s PolicyCenter and BillingCenter, which were previously deployed on the Guidewire Cloud Platform. These earlier deployments aimed to drive a comprehensive overhaul of their term life insurance business. The addition of JDP further optimizes their sales channels, facilitating new business acquisition, improving partner engagement, and bolstering customer retention. The selection of Guidewire’s JDP reflects a growing urgency among insurers to modernize legacy systems and meet evolving customer expectations in the digital age.
The Jutro platform enables rapid deployment and scalability, allowing insurers to swiftly adapt to market changes and launch new products across multiple digital channels. This is achieved through a unified platform that reduces time-to-market and allows for consistent updates across all digital intake points and partner channels. CGI, a Guidewire partner, played a crucial role in supporting the implementation process.
Katja Taponen, Deputy CEO of OP Life Assurance, highlighted the strategic rationale behind the implementation: “Less than 10% of Finns currently have life insurance, indicating a significant protection gap. We wanted to bridge this gap by making a simple, clear life insurance product offering available to our customers through various digital channels.” This statement underscores the untapped potential within the Finnish market and OP Life Assurance’s ambition to increase penetration rates through digital accessibility.
The integration of JDP empowers OP Life Assurance to offer a wider range of products, including coverage for critical illness and disabilities, not only through digital channels but also via insurance sales agents. This omnichannel approach acknowledges the diverse preferences of consumers and aims to provide a seamless experience regardless of the chosen interaction method.
Will McAllister, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of EMEA at Guidewire, emphasized the broader implications of this deployment: “OP Life Assurance is among a growing number of insurers that are using Jutro to tap into new sales channels, reducing the risk of forfeiting market share to competitors… It enables insurers to build apps that are reusable and brandable, plus any experience that customers build with Jutro has native integration to Guidewire’s core policy, claims and billing system.” McAllister’s comments highlight the competitive advantage gained by early adopters of digital platforms and the importance of integrated systems in enhancing operational efficiency.
Market Context and Analysis:
The move by OP Financial Group underscores a broader trend within the insurance industry towards digital transformation. Insurers are increasingly adopting cloud-based platforms and digital interfaces to streamline operations, improve customer engagement, and gain a competitive edge. Guidewire, with its suite of cloud-based solutions, is well positioned to capitalize on this trend.
The European life insurance market, while mature, presents significant growth opportunities, particularly in underserved segments. By leveraging digital technologies, insurers can reduce distribution costs, reach new customer segments, and offer personalized products that better meet individual needs. The Finnish market, with its relatively low life insurance penetration rate, represents a particularly attractive target for OP Life Assurance.
Furthermore, the partnership between OP Financial Group and Guidewire demonstrates the increasing importance of collaboration between financial institutions and technology providers. By combining their respective expertise, these organizations can accelerate innovation and deliver more value to customers.
About OP Financial Group and OP Life Assurance
OP Financial Group is Finland’s largest financial services group, with more than two million owner-customers and over 14,000 employees. We provide a comprehensive range of banking and insurance services for personal and corporate customers. OP Financial Group consists of OP cooperative banks, its central cooperative OP Cooperative, and the latter’s subsidiaries and affiliates. Our mission is to promote the sustainable prosperity, security and wellbeing of our owner-customers and operating region. Together with our owner-customers, we have been building Finnish society and a sustainable future for 120 years now.
OP Life Assurance Ltd provides life insurance services, services for saving through insurance, and pension solutions for businesses. Its mission is to prompt and help customers to prepare for their own and their families’ future.
About Guidewire Software
Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. More than 570 insurers in 43 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, rely on Guidewire products. With core systems leveraging data and analytics, digital, and artificial intelligence, Guidewire defines cloud platform excellence for P&C insurers.
We are proud of our unparalleled implementation record, with 1,700+ successful projects supported by the industry’s largest R&D team and SI partner ecosystem. Our marketplace represents the largest partner community in P&C, where customers can access hundreds of applications to accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.
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