Jasper — our first ski release of 2024 — boosts commercial lines agility for insurers and strengthens functionality across the entire Guidewire product portfolio. Jasper is generally available as of April 5, 2024 and includes several new, enhanced, and early access capabilities across our platform, applications, and content.
In this blog post you’ll discover what’s new in Jasper and find resources to help your development teams leverage our latest cloud release. But first, here are key links you’ll want to bookmark:
- View the Jasper Release page
- Watch our Jasper Release Highlights video which includes product demos
- Read the Jasper Release Notes on Guidewire Documentation (login required) for a full list of everything in the Jasper release
- View the Jasper New Features courses for developers from Guidewire Education
What’s New in Jasper?
Below you’ll find new features and functionality in Jasper that are most relevant to development teams. They have been grouped into three categories: Platform, Applications, and Content. To jump ahead to a specific section, click any of the menu items below.
Platform
Improve usability, integrity, and observability of data pipelines with Cloud Data Access
- Benefits:
- CDA Self-service: Enables customers to provision, deprovision, and reprovision CDA instances themselves without Guidewire Operations’ involvement which increases efficiency and reduces manual effort.
- CDA Data Integrity Service (DIS): Ensures delivery guarantee for CDA of InsuranceSuite data into its AWS Simple Storage Service (S3) buckets and provides confidence in the integrity of data available for customers.
- CDA Operational Metrics: Establish visibility into CDA operations for authorized users with key performance metrics of latest batch write time, latency, and batch throughput.
Cloud Data Access (CDA) Resources:
- Introduction to Cloud Data Access on Guidewire Documentation
- Learn more about Cloud Data Access in our Cloud Data Access Overview course on Guidewire Education
Enhance Guidewire Cloud Platform administration with Self-Service S3 Access Management and Database Backup and Restore API
Self-service S3 Access Management:
- Benefits:
- Enables GCC users to access storage provisioned by AWS Simple Storage Service (S3),
- Creates consistency in access across InsuranceSuite and Cloud Data Access (CDA) buckets
- Increases speed and efficiency of managing storage access
Database Backup and Restore API:
- Benefits:
- Seamlessly integrate database backup and restore processes for testing use cases into your orchestration tools
- Save time by scheduling jobs to run during non-working hours
- Database and Restore API Resources:
- Guidewire Documentation:
- Learn about database backup and restore API in our Developing with Guidewire Cloud course on Guidewire Education
Manage configuration resources for InsuranceSuite applications and cloud services with Lifecycle Manager
- Benefits:
- Developer-focused cloud service with industry-standard resource management: Lifecycle Manager replaces Workset Manager to provide industry-standard configuration, storage, versioning, and deployment of configuration resources for Guidewire cloud services used by Guidewire InsuranceSuite cloud applications.
- Easier management of configuration resources: Use this required service to version and manage the lifecycle of configuration artifacts for cloud services that work with InsuranceSuite.
Lifecycle Manager Resources:
- Read our Lifecycle Manager guide on Guidewire Documentation
- Learn about Lifecycle Manager in our Developing with Guidewire Cloud course on Guidewire Education
Applications
Expand analytics and business insights externally with Data Studio
- Benefits:
- Accelerate business insights time-to-value for InsuranceSuite data using business intelligence tools of your choice
- Increase usability of business-ready datasets by enabling access from third-party reporting or data tools
- Leverage near real-time latency for InsuranceSuite data in tools supporting ODBC/JDBC connectivity
Data Studio Resources:
- Guidewire Documentation:
Increase bind rate and improve loss ratio with Predict Analytics Manager in PolicyCenter
- Benefits:
- Provide relevant data at point of need by embedding Predict, HazardHub, Cyence and third-party analytics models into underwriting workflows.
- Manage risk across your portfolio by configuring risk factors, thresholds, contingencies, and recommendations.
- Enable faster response times by automating rate, refer, and reject rules to focus underwriters’ attention on problematic cases.
Predict Analytics Manager Resources:
- Read our Analytics Manager guide on Guidewire Documentation
- Guidewire Education:
New and enhanced Cloud API endpoints
- BillingCenter:
- Enable suspense payments and self-service capabilities within BillingCenter, including the ability to change the bill date, payment plan, and payment method.
- PolicyCenter:
- Augment PolicyCenter functionality with the ability to create and manage audit jobs, link addresses for account and policy contacts, and specify document metadata using JSON only.
Cloud API resources on Guidewire Documentation:
Content
Reduce development time with a new prebuilt Jutro template for Personal Auto First Notice of Loss (FNOL)
- Benefits:
- More quickly deploy a digital First Notice of Loss experience for personal auto policyholders.
- Enable your frontend development team with a template available for download directly from Jutro Web Apps and a supplemental Integration Gateway App available through Guidewire Marketplace that supports pause/resume functionality and photo/document uploads.
- Simplify development of additional digital frontends by repurposing components, workflows and design patterns into other experiences.
FNOL Resources:
- Read our FNOL Template Overview on Guidewire Documentation
Increase speed to market with 35+ new and updated integrations in Guidewire Marketplace
The Guidewire Marketplace offers nearly 540 apps – including 260+ partner apps developed by 210 Solution partners. Each app is vetted by Guidewire to ensure compatibility, security, quality, and business value for our customers. You can also see nearly 100 Cloud Native apps that have been built from the ground up to run on Guidewire Cloud Platform to support scalability and can be updated without disruption.
Note: Want your app listed in the Guidewire Marketplace? Review the steps provided in this post to learn how to partner with Guidewire and get your app listed.
About the Author
Jonathan Michael
Developer Evangelist
Jonathan has spent the last 12 years developing and implementing customer-centric digital marketing strategies. As the Developer Evangelist at Guidewire, Jonathan will be focused on partnering with, and advocating for the success of, developers who use Guidewire's ecosystem to build a better tomorrow.