Edge Mutual and MASTERCOM Endorse CSIO’s eDelivery Solution

Toronto, Jan. 15, 2018 /insPRESS/ –  CSIO is pleased to announce that Edge Mutual Insurance Company and vendor integration partner MASTERCOM Consulting Ltd. have endorsed its eDelivery solution to send consumers their personal and commercial policy documents and auto liability cards (eSlips) electronically.

“We are extremely impressed with how easy it is to deploy this solution, and we are excited to sign on as a committed partner,” says Kevin Prong, Manager, Business Innovation at Edge Mutual. “MASTERCOM’s commitment to integrating eDelivery will make it very easy to get rolling right away. The staff and board of CSIO should be congratulated for focusing on an industry solution that works for carriers, brokers and vendors alike.”

eDelivery will be made available to CSIO members at no additional cost. The solution is being developed by CSIO in collaboration with brokers and carriers, including RSA Canada, Northbridge Insurance and Gore Mutual.

“I’m very excited to implement eDelivery for the benefit of my carrier and broker customers, supporting their efforts to strengthen their competitive position through this digital service offering,” states Roger Dawson, President of MASTERCOM. “We have begun working closely with carriers, including CAMIC members, who are enthusiastic building eDelivery into their systems bringing this innovative functionality to consumers.”

Release of the eDelivery solution is expected in mid-February 2018. Visit www.csio.com/edelivery to learn more.

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About Edge Mutual Insurance Company

Edge Mutual Insurance Company is located north of Kitchener-Waterloo in the rural community of Drayton.  Celebrating their 130^th year in business, Edge Mutual provides personal lines, farm and commercial insurance products exclusively through a dedicated network of Ontario brokers. The company prides itself on an innovative culture that strives to implement product and technology solutions that benefit progressive broker partners. Edge Mutual writes approximately $25 million in DWP, placing it among the top ten of Ontario Mutuals™ that write business in the province. To learn more about Edge Mutual visit www.edgemutual.com.

About MASTERCOM Consulting Ltd.

MASTERCOM Consulting Ltd. is the leading supplier of E-Mail/EDI Gateways to the Canadian Property & Casualty Insurance Industry. MASTERCOM leverages a company’s policy/back office management system or a broker vendor system to produce comprehensive, cost effective, integrated, seamless solutions for connecting to CSIOnet to download/upload EDI (AL3) and XML files. MASTERCOM’s Automatic Web Login product helps integrate the BMS and company portals. For more information, visit www.mastercom.com.

 About Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO)

CSIO is Canada’s industry technology association of property and casualty insurers, software providers and over 36,000 brokers. CSIO is committed to improving the consumer’s ease of doing business within the broker channel by overseeing the development, implementation and maintenance of technology standards and solutions such as eDocs, eDelivery, and eSignatures. In addition, CSIO operates CSIOnet, a secure, industry-owned platform for the efficient exchange of policy information for the broker channel. CSIO maintains offices in Toronto and Montreal. For more information, visit www.csio.com.

For further information, please contact:

Michael Spiar | Broker Relations & Communications Specialist
110 Yonge Street, Suite 500 | Toronto, ON  M5C 1T4
(416) 360-1773 x 2318 | 1 (800) 463-2746 x 2318
mspiar@csio.com | www.csio.com