06/11/2026
Driving innovation from Japan to the world: Accelerating the era of Intelligent Insurance. 🇯🇵 🌏
We recently hosted the Guidewire Insurance Forum Japan at the Mandarin Oriental in Tokyo’s historic Nihonbashi district. The event brought together Japan’s P&C insurance leaders and global innovators to map out the future of our industry, serving as a powerful reminder of how modern cloud platforms and AI are transforming operations at scale.
Key takeaways continue to drive our momentum:
🔵 The Era of Intelligent Insurance: Guidewire's Mike Rosenbaum, Diego Devalle and Miyuki Ebata unpacked our long-term vision for smarter automation, adaptive pricing, and cloud-native integrations built for today’s complex risk environments.
🔵 Cross-Border Success Story: Attendees gained firsthand transformation insights from international leaders, including Brad Lontz, CIO of CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer, who shared how top U.S. insurers leverage cloud-native data architectures to drive sustainable growth.
🔵 Innovation in Action: Shunsuke Takeda, Group Vice President at MOTER Technologies, demonstrated how they leverage the Jutro Digital Platform and Guidewire InsuranceSuite to launch their own branded insurance products in just 30 days, featuring a live digital quote flow demo.
🔵 Executive Fireside Chat: Tadashi Yamanaka (Director and Managing Executive Officer, Sompo Group Direct Insurance) and Shunsuke Takeda (MOTER Technologies) shared real-world insights on going “Beyond Core” to enhance business speed and agility through the end-to-end Guidewire Cloud stack.
🔵 Guidewire Japan User Group: We showcased the vibrant local community where our Japanese users collaborate, exchange knowledge, and share practical learnings to solve industry challenges together.
🔵 Global Partner Collaboration: Leading ecosystem partners including PwC, NTT DATA, and Alchemy Technology Services showcased how global integration models and predictive AI are accelerating speed to market without compromising security.
The energy and collaboration we witnessed reinforce that the cloud journey across the APAC region is moving faster than ever.
Thank you to our incredible customers, partners, and speakers for collaborating with us to push the boundaries of P&C insurance.
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