Guidewire

Although a specific timeline is uncertain, Guidewire could file with regulators later this year.

Exclusive: Guidewire hires underwriters for IPO: sources Reuters 2011

While most of these customers are small by the standards of property and casualty insurance, Guidewire's 96 clients include major corporate names such as CNA Financial and Berkshire Hathaway's auto insurer GEICO, as well as government bodies like the Earthquake Commission of New Zealand and the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

Exclusive: Guidewire hires underwriters for IPO: sources Reuters 2011

Of the two deals, Guidewire Software is likely to garner the most demand this week because it is a profitable company whose ClaimCenter software application was the property-and-casualty industry's most widely used web-based claims system as of January 2011, as measured by Gartner Inc. More broadly, the company makes software for property-and-casualty insurers to address aging technical infrastructure and inefficient paper-based procedures for underwriting and back-office functions.

Tech Stocks to Highlight Week's IPOs Lynn Cowan 2012

NEW YORK Reuters - Guidewire Software Inc, which sells software to the insurance industry, is gearing up to go public and has selected JPMorgan Chase & Co and Deutsche Bank to underwrite the deal, people close to the matter said.

Exclusive: Guidewire hires underwriters for IPO: sources Reuters 2011

This week's offerings include two tech companies, Guidewire Software Inc. and IntelePeer Inc., as well as a biopharmaceutical company, Verastem Inc. While the $50 million Verastem offering is unlikely to draw much interest, given that the company has neither revenue nor income and is still doing preclinical studies, both Guidewire and IntelePeer have an attractive feature: Their current owners are interested not in selling their stock, but in buying more at the IPO price.

Tech Stocks to Highlight Week's IPOs Lynn Cowan 2012

Guidewire is confident that it can maintain its profitability because its revenue is so predictable, said Chief Executive Marcus S.

Guidewire Software Rises 32% Post-IPO Lynn Cowan 2012

Guidewire Software Inc.'s initial public offering was greeted enthusiastically Wednesday, with the company's stock gaining 32% on its first day of trading.

Guidewire Software Rises 32% Post-IPO Lynn Cowan 2012

Based in San Mateo, Calif., Guidewire makes core system software for the property and casualty insurance industry.

Guidewire Software Rises 32% Post-IPO Lynn Cowan 2012

Guidewire says that it benefits from an aging technical infrastructure and scarcity of experienced tech workers at property and casualty insurers, as well as inefficient paper-based processes that can hurt productivity.

Guidewire Software Rises 32% Post-IPO Lynn Cowan 2012

Guidewire is seeking to raise as much as $90 million.

Tech Stocks to Highlight Week's IPOs Lynn Cowan 2012