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AmFed selects eBaoTech for cloud services

By TechTaffy Desk

AmFed National Insurance Company based in Ridgeland, Mississippi has selected eBaoTech for cloud-based policy administration processing for its Homeowners, Dwelling, and Workers Compensation (voluntary and assigned) products.

AmFed will be using eBao cloud and Amazon Web Services. The first product to go into production will be Homeowners in the summer 2016. AmFed and eBaoTech will also be exploring “fast prototyping” of AmFed products in other US states via digital, says eBaoTech in a statement.

EBaoTech, headquartered in Shanghai, China, is focused on insurance technology and related services.

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