Technical Details

Since Coverpoint has started is has expanded rapidly owing to its ability to use and exploit its core platform. Central to Coverpoint is that it provides Software as a Service. This is achieved through modular and configurable applications. These are made available using Coverpoint's hosted solutions or can be placed within client infrastructures.

Coverpoint is developed using primarily Microsoft tools together with other leading developer tools, this enables Coverpoint to accelerate the pace of business-process innovation by combining industry-leading Insurance solutions and services with the latest Microsoft technology, included in the Microsoft .NET Framework.

The use of .NET has expanded in the insurance industry as insurers, agent and broker realise its value in lowering total cost of ownership and enabling service-oriented architectures.

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Security

Coverpoint has been designed to meet industrial security standards, with the following components:

• Follows OSMAA Standards
• Enterprise strength Firewalls
• 24x7 Intrusion Detection Services (IDS)
• Regular vulnerability scans conducted by external 3rd party security company
• Unique user identification for user account logon
• Passwords and 128 bit SSL encryption over the Internet
• Coverpoint's hosting service ensures high system availability, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Coverpoint's hosting services are delivered from London based data centres.
• 99.7% Guaranteed uptime.
• Mirror site for disaster recovery.

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Key features of the service are as follows:

• Robust solution with optional disaster recovery environment
• Provision of production and acceptance testing environment
• Physically secure data centres facilities with key card access, private lockable cabinets, video surveillance equipment and fire detection and suppression systems
• Proactive monitoring using software based monitoring tools