Accenture Acquires Leading Independent Guidewire Partner Blackcomb Consultants North America. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
This is the 865th technology M&A deal covered by ChannelE2E so far in 2022.
Accenture acquires Blackcomb Consultants
Founded in 1989, Accenture is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with more than 70 offices worldwide. The company lists 710,000 employees on LinkedIn. Accenture’s areas of expertise include management consulting, systems integration and technology, business process outsourcing, and application and infrastructure outsourcing.
Blackcomb was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Warrenville, Illinois. The company lists 158 employees on LinkedIn. Blackcomb’s areas of expertise include IT Consulting, Guidewire, Digital Transformation, Core Systems Implementation, Guidewire Upgrades, Cloud Hosting, Managed Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, Production Support, Guidewire Cloud, AWS Cloud, Guidewire Implementation and Guidewire Production Support.
This acquisition enhances Accenture’s ability to provide Guidewire solutions to global insurers to help them become “cloud-first” businesses. Guidewire’s end-to-end technology platform combines digital, core analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities across underwriting, billing, claims and customer relationship management functions to help property and casualty (P&C) insurers reimagine their operations in the cloud, the company said.
Blackcomb’s 158 employees will join Accenture’s Industrial and Functional Platforms group, where they will focus on the delivery of the Guidewire project, the companies said.
John Koepke, North America InsurTech Lead, Accenture
Victor Voss, Co-Founder, Blackcomb Consultants
john kopkeAccenture Technology Leader in Insurance North America, Review News:
“This acquisition enhances our ability to help insurers use technologies such as artificial intelligence and analytics to increase productivity and deliver hyper-personalized offerings to customers.”
Jim BrambrightLeader in the Accenture Insurance Industry Group North AmericaAdd to:
“Blackcomb Consultants’ well-respected Guidewire capabilities will allow us to provide our clients with greater agility and faster time-to-market.”
Victor VossThe co-founder of Blackcomb Consultants said:
“Amid market volatility and heightened consumer expectations, insurers are turning to platforms such as Guidewire to drive strategic digitization and business transformation. Accenture and Blackcomb Consultants share a shared vision focused on delivering innovation to P&C operators of all sizes, By joining Accenture, we will be able to scale and scale our solutions for global insurers, helping them create a sustainable competitive advantage.”
Accenture’s M&A activity
Accenture estimates that in the company’s 2022 fiscal year, which ends Aug. 31, 2022, its acquisition spending will be about $2.5 billion. As early as fiscal 2023, Accenture acquired Word Class Manufacturing (WCM) businesses in the aerospace and defense, automotive and consumer products sectors. Beacon Group, Fortune 500 growth strategy consulting firm, supply chain management consulting firm MacGregor Partners, climate change and sustainability consulting firm Carbon Intelligence, and Oracle supply chain management consulting firm Inspiage.