Leading French Insurer AG2R LA MONDIALE Deploys PROS Cameleon CPQ to Accelerate Time-to-Market
PROS, CGI Help Insurer Transform, Expand Multi-Channel Sales Strategy
HOUSTON and PARIS, Feb. 11, 2015 – PROS® (NYSE: PRO), a big data software company, today announced AG2R LA MONDIALE, a leading French insurance group, has deployed PROS Cameleon CPQ to streamline its sales processes and support its multi-channel selling strategies. PROS worked on the integration in conjunction with its partner CGI, the world’s fifth largest independent information technology and business process services firm.
With 11,000 employees, 500,000 customer companies and 18 million policy holders, investors and beneficiaries, AG2R LA MONDIALE is a leader in the French personal insurance sector.
“With advanced requirements and structural changes introduced by new ANI[1] government regulations, we chose PROS Cameleon CPQ to better serve our customers and strengthen our sales strategies,” said Corinne Dajon, Information Systems Director for AG2R LA MONDIALE. “PROS Cameleon CPQ’s ease of implementation and its multi-channel capabilities enable us to respond to new market requirements easier and faster, with far greater agility and flexibility. PROS Cameleon CPQ is now fully integrated with our CRM tools and becomes the core solution of our system.”
“As a first step, the new PROS solution enables us to better address the individual and collective needs of our members by allowing our teams to configure, price and quote the new ANI-compliant offerings,” said Arnaud Méjean, Director of Research and Development for AG2R LA MONDIALE. “As a second step, the new PROS solution will be deployed on our website and through our broker partners’ ecosystems to support the growth and scalability of our business strategies.”
“Companies are looking for solutions that enable them to better serve their customers and to outperform in their competitive markets,” said PROS EMEA General Manager Sebastian Mamro. “As a leading software provider for the insurance market, our opportunity-to-revenue platform combines PROS Cameleon configure-price-quote solutions with predictive analytics and e-commerce strategies that make selling and quoting easier, faster and smarter. AG2R LA MONDIALE is a highly regarded organization, and we are honored they selected PROS to help deliver customized offers across their complete range of selling channels.”
To learn more about PROS and PROS Cameleon CPQ, visit the website at www.pros.com.
About AG2R LA MONDIALE
French insurer AG2R LA MONDIALE combines economic performance and social commitment through strong values such as mutualism. In 2013, the group collected €17,6M covering 9 million beneficiaries. AG2R LA MONDIALE has a strong expertise in personal insurance, and protects their policy holders, investors and beneficiaries all along their life on both a health and a material perspective. Whether for health, savings or retirement plans, AG2R LA MONDIALE provides insurance for both individuals and companies, no matter their age, social status or business sector. For additional information, visit the website at www.ag2rlamondiale.fr
About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is the fifth largest independent information technology and business process services firm in the world. Approximately 68,000 professionals serve thousands of global clients from offices and delivery centers across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, leveraging a comprehensive portfolio of services including high-end business and IT consulting, systems integration, application development and maintenance, infrastructure management as well as a wide range of proprietary solutions. With annual revenue in excess of C$10 billion and an order backlog exceeding C$20 billion, CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). For additional information, visit the website at www.cgi.com.
About PROS
PROS Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PRO) is a big data software company that helps customers outperform in their markets by using big data to sell more effectively. We apply nearly 30 years of data science experience to unlock buying patterns and preferences within transaction data to reveal which opportunities are most likely to close, which offers are most likely to sell and which prices are most likely to win. PROS offers big data solutions to optimize sales, pricing, quoting, rebates and revenue management across more than 40 industries. PROS has completed over 700 implementations of its solutions in more than 55 countries. The PROS team comprises approximately 1,000 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit www.pros.com.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the functionality and benefits of PROS software products. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon PROS historical experience with CPQ software and its current expectations of the benefits of CPQ software for organizations that implement and utilize such software. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described herein include the addressability of an organization’s CPQ needs and the risks associated with the complex implementation and maintenance of CPQ software such as PROS software products. Additional information relating to the uncertainty affecting the PROS business is contained in PROS filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements represent PROS expectations as of the date of this press release. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change, and PROS disclaims any obligations to update or alter these forward-looking statements in the future, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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