First Reliable Engineering for Insurance
Fortifier Company provides customized reliable software development for the InsurTech and Insurance companies. We help with the digital transformation of the insurance business. Implementing up-to-date IT technologies into the business processes management and opening new digital channels for customers allows insurance companies to increase KPIs and save on employees costs. We use the latest available technologies (such as AI and Machine Learning, IoT, Predictive Data Analytics) to satisfy the needs of the insurance industry’s specific challenges. All of our developers are certified members of the First Institute of Reliable Software. We adhere to a globally recognized EEE 982, IEEE 1091, ISO/IEC 9126 software development standards. Reliability, security, and protection - these are what insurance brings to people, and these are what FORTIFIER’s IT services provide to the insurance industry.
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InsurTech companies; InsurTech StartUps; Insurance companies; Enterprises MetLife, Maze (Harvard Business School), Peer Circle, Corlina, AI Bot, Sunbridge, Cargo, Ontology, DataCart, Med One.Medical CRM, Apo Themis, The Infectious Diseases Management System.
Pattern Recognition Solution
Text-recognition and auto filling forms and reports.
Business need:
Invoice management process takes much time and requires large workforce. A great amount of manual work is driving companies to hire many workers for simple manual operations. High information loss rate leads to failures in invoice management and to the loss of profit.
Solution:
- World’s digitalization helps SMEs to reduce manual work and automate the majority of internal processes
- Pattern recognition solution increases the speed of the document processing via Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning techniques
- User experience is quite simple. Just upload a document, click the button to start recognition and all needed forms and reports will be filled in automatically.
Values:
The manager’s productivity is increased up to 17%The data is stored in a correct wayEmployees are not spending their time on simple manual work.
Technologies: Python, NumPy, Matplotlib, PostgreSQL, Scikit-learn, Pillow, PyTesseract
Networking Solution for the Industrial IoT market vertical
Business need:
Constant machines condition monitoring at the enterprises is a time-consuming process. Delayed maintenance and repairs lead to large expenses. Unexpected machine failures cause huge financial losses.
Solution:
Sensors network integration and manufacture monitoring allow to:
- monitor machines status 24/7 and react to any manufacture delays promptly
- decrease the workload level of the labour force and direct this resources to more challenging tasks
- plan expenses for the next budget period necessary for machine service and maintenance
- minimize expenses for unforeseen failures
Values:
- Saving up to 30% of current annual budget
- Workforce reduction
- Increasing of manufacturing productivity, thus enhance the income
Technologies: HTML, CSS, AngularJS, Bootstrap, gulp.js, Java, Apache Tomcat, Maven, Spring Boot, Raspberry Pi
Predictive Marketing Analytics Solution
The solution allows to focus on the most attractive customers with highest LTV and manage their next purchase by prioritizing and clustering them; KPI calculation of customers, managers and the whole company; It helps to predict the date and amount of the next customer's purchase; Gives an ability to reveal sales seasonality.
Calculator for MetLife Insurance services
Business need:
Current insurance application is losing data without Internet. Simple mobile applications can not handle high amount of information. All existing tools for insurance calculation have unclear interface and are difficult to use.
Solution:
Insurance mobile application allows you to see a complete analysis of insurance rates and recommendations. Use this calculator to determine the right coverage that best suits your particular situation.
Fortifier is here to help carriers with all your insurance calculator needs, whether you want to find the best option for your clients.
Values:
- The solution provides reports in one click
- MetLife policy calculator allows insurers to perform calculations on various types of insurance products depending on the data about a potential client
- This app puts data to the server over XML in order to generate a quotation offer for a potential client and then sends it out to the specified email address
Technologies:
HTML5, CSS3, Marionette.js, Node.js, jQuery, Require.js
Medical CRM for a better doctor-patient relationship
MedOne is a social network-like CRM available to doctors and patients. It includes massaging functionality available not only between the patient and his/her doctors but among doctors and patient in general. Patient can update their status and make inquiries to various doctors and share videos.Values:Treatments and recommendations are based on the exact patient's needs and preferences.Reduced risk of mistreatment and increased probability of the precise diagnosis.Easy to provide patients with support on a regular basis and react to changes in their health condition.Technologies:Python, Django, REST, Celery,PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, AngularJS
Pharmaceutical CRM system
Business need:Customer experience suffers as customers need to wait for around three days to get the meds they need. The whole process is also not customer-friendly as they need to pay at least three visits: to get the recipe from the doctor, bring it to the pharmacy, and get the drugs in a couple of days.Solution:ApoThemis is a CRM system that allows both pharmacies and doctors to exchange recipes effortlessly and provide patients with drugs faster and hassle-free. It conducts clinic screening for each recipe to see if it suits the patient.Values:Faster recipe processing thanks to automation, which improves customer experience.Minimized human error in terms of drugs’ suitability for the patient.Less workload for the doctors and pharmacists.Technologies: Ionic, HTML5, AngularJS, Gulp
inCover: on-demand insurance mobile app
Business need:Customers are dissatisfied with complicated costly insurance plans that cover too many things. Apart from covering things they don’t really care about, one more dissatisfaction factor is paperwork and bureaucracy during claim processing.Solution:Our solution is a mobile app that allows its users to choose the items they want to cover with insurance and turn on or off the insurance whenever needed. The pricing depends on the items chosen and their worth. The on-demand insurance covers theft, loss, and accidental damage cases.Values:Dynamic pricing based on the items chosen and custom settingsStress-free claim processing, as easy as sending a message, which contributes to excellent customer experienceInsurance can be turned on and off whenever neededTechnologies: Swift, Firebase, Apple Push, Notification Service, Java, Android SDK, Google Cloud, Messaging, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, OpenCV
Platform for Insurance
Solution for SME. Platform for Insurance
Business need:
A high amount of competitors throughout different insurance brokerages make it necessary to seek the new ways for rapid and higher-quality interaction with clients.
Solution:
The platform allows to create a policy in a few minutes according to your clients preferences. Simple way to serve and support clients through the policy purchase automation.
This platform makes relations with clients more efficient and helps brokers to achieve better results!
Values:
- Increase the amount of customers by 7 - 10% per year
- Redouble customer retention rate
- Save the time for Policy creation and processing
Technologies: Spring Boot 2.0, AngularJS, Hibernate, SonarQube, Jenkins, Selenide, Java 8, Gradle, Selenoid, Git, Docker, MS SQL, Allure.
Panzly - Flight insurance with automatic immediate payouts
Business need:
Traditional flight insurance is full of claim processing that takes weeks, paperwork, and waiting for the payout. It often doesn’t cover all potential insurance cases and leaves customers unhappy as customer experience is stressful and
inconvenient.
Solution:
Panzly is a solution for online and offline flight aggregators and brokers, travel agents and tour operators, and airlines. In partnership with insurance companies, it provides its users with immediate payouts in case their flight was delayed for 2+ hours or canceled altogether, regardless of the reason.
Panzly monitors the flight status to pinpoint when a payout is due.
Values:
- Enhanced customer experience (no claims and waiting for the payout)
- A competitive advantage against traditional flight insurance
- 100% of declared insurance risks are covered by Panzly
- Panzly is among 6 promising startups (InsurePost) and 5 finalists of the Disrupt Launchpad & Awards 2019
AI Bot
Realize value from knowledge stockpiles
Business need:
Precious knowledge is wasted because professionals on the front lines are too busy to search for it, can’t find it or don’t
know it exists. AI Bot finds content relevant to current business priorities by scouring external and internal content sources, such as news, collateral, and experts. AI Bot delivers the information before important meetings and events so the user is armed with the latest news and most current collateral.
Solution:
- Analyze collected metadata to identify work priorities for each user.
- Determine the optimal timing of content delivery.
- Learn and adapt to user preferences and feedback.
- Be sure! AI Bot — the delivery mechanism, designed to work in any environment!
Values:
- Save up to 29% on salary costs thanks to the automotive support without the workers involvement.
- Get the full information for immediate decision-making and next steps planning.
- Serve the clients better to increase customer satisfaction level and brand loyalty.
Technical details:
- Developed on Microsoft Bot Framework
- White label options available
- Delivered on Microsoft Azure Stack
- Extensible architecture to meet the needs of the large enterprise
- Meets stringent security and governance requirements
Celery, Tornado, Python 3.5
CV Bank
Solution for effortless job hunting
and recruiting alike.
Business need:
Recruiting takes precious time and resources. Companies’ recruiters have to browse countless websites and filter out the best resumes manually. Due to the inconveniences and low speed of the process, three-quarters of companies struggle to find suitable candidates.
Solution:
CV Bank is not just a resume database. It is powered by machine learning to automatically filter and sort potential candidates based on the recruiter’s preferences and needs, thus providing the most relevant results. Recruiters can search resumes by keywords in any part of the resume, filter criteria, location, job
classification, qualifications, and more.
Values:
- Less workload on recruiters in terms of finding the most relevant candidates
- Faster employee replacement, which means fewer losses from an unfilled position
- Easier to find the top talent suitable for a company
Technologies: Scala, Python, AngularJS, Node.js, Spark, Scikit-learn, Apache Zeppelin, mongoDB, AWS, Elasticsearch.
Text and Image Recognition for Database management
Business need:
A long process of data migration from the paper forms to the digital storage and lack of information cause an inability to get the needed records and manage the extracted data quickly.
Solution:
The system will allow to collect and add the information from the paper. This program will make it possible to create a vast database and to manage it in decision-making purpose.
Values:
- Staff productivity increased by 27%. The efforts and time that your employees used to spend for manual entering of the
- relevant data now can be utilized for focusing on core competencies.
- Total cost spent on hiring manpower, printing, copying, shipping charge, etc. was reduced by 30%.
- Errors minimization and increasing of data quality and data management.
Technologies: Python 3, Django, AWS ECS, Elasticsearch
Natural language processing that turns unstructured texts into CV
Business need:
Creating a structured CV is not a piece of cake as it’s easy to skip or forget some details. Writing an autobiography is a lot
easier than a CV, and a poorly structured resume may reduce the person’s employability.
Solution:
Ontology is a website that allows its users to write unstructured text and turns it into a CV. It uses natural language processing to pinpoint key data (personal information, education, skills) in the text and put it where it belongs in the CV. The final CV can be saved as a PDF file and is uploaded to the database.
Values:
- A well-structured CV with no stress or hassle for the user.
- Precise recognition of the key words, such as skills or educational institutions.
- No details skipped or forgotten.
Technologies: JavaScript, AngularJS, PostgreSQL, Gate, Java, Spring, HTML5, CSS3
Infectious Diseases Management System
A novelty in identifying, tracking, managing, and preventing infectious diseases.
Business need:
Infectious diseases spread rapidly, and containing them is often a challenge. Due to a lack of statistical data, governments struggle to design effective strategies and policies to control infectious diseases.
Solution:
Designed and developed for a particular region, this infectious diseases management system collects medical data on infectious diseases in the region and infected patients’ profiles.
It also provides instructions and recommendations for treating and preventing these diseases.
Values:
- Statistical data visualized in charts and maps allows improving their prevention and healthcare policies.
- Guidelines for patients increase the efficiency of infectious disease prevention among the population.
- Health professionals can choose more accurate treatments based on the guidelines and stats provided.
Technologies: Python, Django, REST, RabbitMQ, AngularJS, Celery, PostgreSQL
Reviews
the project
Prototype Dev for Business Platform
“Fortifier successfully built our prototype, enabling us to present and get the concept approved.”
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I'm the CTO at Project APO, a company that provides consulting, software development, and venture capital work in Japan and the US.
What challenge were you trying to address with Fortifier?
We're building a new product and we needed an engineering team to help us create the initial prototype.
What was the scope of their involvement?
Fortifier developed the backend of a prototype within a SaaS infrastructure, including AWS cloud infrastructure. They also built some of the application features, including business card scanning, machine learning, and data analysis components.
What is the team composition?
For this project, I acted as the architect and project manager, so I only needed to work with a few developers from their team.
How did you come to work with Fortifier?
I'd worked with them in the past and had a great relationship with their CEO.
How much have you invested with them?
We invested between $250,000–$500,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
They worked on the project from November 2017–July 2018.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
Fortifier successfully built our prototype, enabling us to present and get the concept approved. We're now in the market for funding to build it.
How did Fortifier perform from a project management standpoint?
They were great at coordinating and meeting deadlines, which is why I keep going back to them.
What did you find most impressive about them?
They take ownership of their work and become part of your team. They're not too rigid about calculating hours spent on specific deliverables; they just go the extra mile to get them done.
Are there any areas they could improve?
They could work on expanding their portfolio to include more development operations and UI development talent. In general, however, they're able to come up with creative solutions even when they lack the resources.
the project
Dev Partnership with AI Based Platform
“They’ve been essential to the growth and success of our company.”
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I'm the founder and CEO of an AI company. We build software solutions for large enterprises and have relatively complex technology.
What challenge were you trying to address with Fortifier?
We needed to develop a prototype of our solution quickly and didn’t have sufficient internal engineering resources. Since then, the partnership with Fortifier has grown to include other projects and tasks, as well.
What was the scope of their involvement?
Fortifier worked on both the frontend and backend of our platform, using JavaScript and Python. We provided them with wireframes and design ideas, and they implemented on those concepts, although they did little design work. The platform applies AI to knowledge worker data to understand what people are working on and then recommends relevant information resources.
Fortifier managed integrations with some Microsoft Office APIs and Microsoft Bot Framework.
Initially, Fortifier quickly delivered a prototype, and then we collaborated to iterate on the prototype. They delivered multiple versions of an iOS app and Microsoft Teams app, and they’ve also implemented extensive features and capabilities. After that, we moved on to building a production system and have recently begun the transition to an internal engineering team.
What is the team composition?
The team has evolved over the years, reaching 10 people at its largest. We’ve mainly worked with developers and a project manager.
How did you come to work with Fortifier?
Our CTO had worked with their founder before. They had a good relationship, so we hired them again.
How much have you invested with them?
We’ve spent more than $1 million.
What is the status of this engagement?
Our partnership began in March 2015, and the work is ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
They’ve been essential to the growth and success of our company. We’ve conducted internal reviews of the code, and it’s always been thorough and professional. Our company wouldn’t exist without them.
How did Fortifier perform from a project management standpoint?
They have good project management for an offshore team. We mainly use Jira to track the project.
What did you find most impressive about them?
Their engineers are loyal and committed to our project, taking pride in their work.
Are there any areas they could improve?
They’re still relatively small, so they need to continue improving their project management capabilities.
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MVP Dev & Partnership with SaaS Company
"Fortifier has a talented team with a wide skill set and a penchant for problem-solving."
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the co-founder of Corlina. We provide a monitoring and management platform for industrial networks.
What challenge were you trying to address with Fortifier?
We engaged Fortifier to create a prototype of our platform.
What was the scope of their involvement?
Our platform is a cloud-based SaaS system. It communicates with agents in Linux devices and reports back on their health and security. Users can then record those metrics and have a more thorough understanding of their devices’ security.
We prepared full design and documentation of our envisioned product in advance. Fortifier then built an MVP of the platform on AWS.
What is the team composition?
We work with a project manager and Dmitriy (CTO, Fortifier) who serves as our technical overseer. Their full-time team comprises four people; another three assist on the project as needed.
How did you come to work with Fortifier?
We needed a development team to build our product within our budget constraints as a new company. A trusted colleague—who now advises our company on a regular basis—recommended Fortifier to us. After speaking with their management team, we felt that their skills in creating cloud-based management systems matched our needs.
How much have you invested with them?
We’ve spent about $100,000–$200,000 so far.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working together in June 2017, and the partnership is ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
The prototype allowed us to secure business with a significant client in Japan. We were so impressed with Fortifier’s work that we’ve expanded their role. They’re now building the fourth version of our platform and managing our Linux agents. Fortifier is our primary development partner now.
How did Fortifier perform from a project management standpoint?
The team accommodated multiple time zone differences with ease. We use Jira extensively.
What did you find most impressive about them?
Fortifier has a talented team with a wide skill set and a penchant for problem-solving. They communicate fluently in English, and we’ve enjoyed our collaboration throughout the project.
Are there any areas they could improve?
I can’t think of anything significant. I hope Fortifier maintains the same quality of service and delivery as they grow.
Any advice for potential customers?
Have daily calls and regular check-ins to ensure that the team’s work aligns with your vision.
Fortifier created a high-quality prototype that earned the company approval to move onto the funding stage. Highly proactive and solutions-oriented, they're great team players and go the extra mile to deliver on their promises.