Gavin Blem

Adrian Leonard talks to its creator, Gavin Blem.
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Gavin Blem, a pioneer of London market excess of loss reinsurance administration software, has an easier approach.In the late 1980s, while working as an adjuster, he noted the need for an IT system to map claims against reinsurance programmes for recovery.By 1992 he had launched XLRAS, an excess of loss reinsurance administration system.
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"It has lots of functionality to support all the creative contracts that underwriters have developed over the years and is updated almost every month to cope with new ones," says Mr Blem.
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Mr Blem emphasises that the technician retains control over the route that events travel through a reinsurance programme, as claims can be guided by user-defined 'rules' that automatically route losses to certain layers - a key advantage in voluminous asbestos claims.

"By using the rules processor, hundreds of events can be routed en masse," he says.

Gavin Blem, managing director of the British supplier, demonstrated last month in Buenos Aires, the software systems XLRAS 3 and Rewin 4.
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In the first place, XLRAS offers operators a solution to the "laborious and error prone tasks that calculation of recoveries involves", said Blem during his demonstration.
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According to Blem, during his presentations to the local market, the benefits of the XLRAS and Rewin to the user are the following:

Blem announces the first completed implementation of XLRASwithin the Lloyd's insurance market
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Gavin Blem, Managing Director of Blem, commented "Another fine achievement, as prior to GoshawK, XLRAS had been implemented purely for company and run-off clients.

Gavin Blem Neil SmithBlem Information Management Ltd GoshawK Insurance Holdings plcTel: +44 (0)20 8313 1616 Tel: +44 (0)20 7621 0777Email: gblem@blem.com

Gavin Blem, Managing Director of Blem Information Management, commented "I derive immense satisfaction from each client reaching completion of their implementation.It is the result of concerted effort by our clients and us, and further proof that XLRAS is the comprehensive solution for all cedants operating in the London and global markets."

Alan went on to say "The level of technical support and product innovation consistently delivered by Blem is excellent.
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Gavin commented "Our motivation today is the same as it was when I launched the business in 1987.

The implementation project required committed effort by us and Blem, but the pay back has started as we benefit from new efficiencies in the recovery cycle.
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Gavin Blem, Managing Director of Blem Information Management the suppliers of XLRAS, commented "PRO are benefiting from XLRAS just as our other clients have done.

We spoke to other XLRAS users and the references we received were excellent, both in terms of the solution itself and Blem's support of it We are delighted with our new capabilities and we have already received positive feedback from our clients on the improved service and information quality we are delivering."

Gavin Blem, Managing Director of Blem said:
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Gavin Blem, Managing Director and founder of Blem, is the chief architect of XLRAS, their Excess of Loss Reinsurance Administration System.

XLRAS is utilised by companies, syndicates and service providers on more than a dozen businesses, both live and run-off.