Case study

Migration to Guidewire BillingCenter – Major Italian Insurance Group

Migration of financial and billing data to Guidewire BillingCenter with standardized invoicing, automated collections, and regulatory compliance across business lines.

Client: Leading Italian insurance group

Project period: January 2020 – June 2022 (support through September 2022)

Project in numbers

~6M

customers served on a unified billing platform across all business lines.

2.5 years

delivery plus post-go-live support through September 2022.

12–15

specialists across Billing, ETL, and Integration supported by finance SMEs.

Client and project context

Client Leading Italian insurance group – ~6M customers, 4,500 employees.

Context The programme migrated financial and billing operations from legacy systems to Guidewire BillingCenter, standardizing invoicing and collections while ensuring auditability and IVASS compliance.

Project goals

Migrate financial/billing data from legacy systems to Guidewire BillingCenter

Standardize invoicing and billing processes across business lines

Automate collections, installment plans, and adjustments

Achieve full auditability and regulatory compliance

Project scope and team

Project scope

  • Financial process analysis and migration strategy definition
  • Migration of accounts, balances, transactions, and payment schedules
  • CI/CD pipeline setup and environment provisioning
  • Integration with SAP FI/CO and payment platforms
  • Multi-phase migration testing (full, incremental)
  • Automation of billing and collections processes

Project team

Billing specialists

ETL team

Integration team

12–15 specialists across Billing, ETL, and Integration with dedicated finance SMEs.

Additional solutions and best practices

Automated reconciliation workflows for over/underpayments with retry mechanisms

Workflow-driven payer changes and balance transfers across accounts

Auditable historical extensions for payment schedules – BC model extension

Centralized adjustments registry with full audit trail

KPI dashboards for finance operations, migration, and collection efficiency

Implementation results

No disruption to invoicing during migration

Fully automated billing and collections workflows

Significant reduction in manual financial adjustments

Enhanced transparency and audit readiness

Unified billing platform across all business lines

Technical architecture

Platform

Guidewire BillingCenter (on-premise)

Database

Oracle Database

Integrations

REST, SOAP, JMS, ETL

ERP

SAP FI/CO integration

DevOps

Jenkins, GitLab CI; quality via SonarQube

Security

OAuth 2.0, TLS, GDPR and IVASS compliance

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