Comparative Analysis of Guidewire Cloud Advanced Product Designer versus Conventional Product Designer

Guidewire software builds insurance products that help Property and Casualty (P&C) insurers modernize their legacy core systems and transform their business operations. Guidewire provides core systems and data management/business intelligence tools used by insurers as operational systems of record. In the area of Core Operations Support, Guidewire InsuranceSuite provides a complete set of applications to support a carrier's core operations—underwriting, policy administration, billing, and claim management. Advanced Product Designer and Product Designer is part of the PolicyCenter core system, which helps insurers build their products. However, in a time of rapid change in consumer demands, insurers are faced with a need to create and launch more new products in less time. This analysis compares the respective advantages, pain points and relative merits of two leading Guidewire designers, Advanced Product Designer and Product Designer. It helps insurers choose which product designer is most efficient to utilize and quickly launch their insurance products in a short span of time.