CSC Licenses Legal Solutions Suite to OneBeacon Insurance Group

News Article -- February 12, 2013

CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced that OneBeacon Insurance Group LLC has licensed Legal Solutions Suite, CSC’s comprehensive legal management software as its legal bill review platform. OneBeacon, which offers a range of specialty insurance solutions to specific customer groups and industry segments, will use the software to simplify billing and expense tracking, monitor outside counsel performance, and create a collaborative electronic workspace for claims budgeting, planning and strategy development.

Web-based and available for implementation in-house or through a Software as a Service model, Legal Solutions Suite automates the billing process, promotes transparency for better control over expenses, and helps ensure consistency in legal matter planning and bill review. Its reporting capabilities help  executives, procurement officers and vendor relationship managers at firms around the world identify and monitor trends with ease.

“As a growing specialty insurer, we efficiently and cost-effectively develop and manage our relationships with outside legal counsel,” said Bryn T. Jones, legal bill review manager, OneBeacon. “We chose Legal Solutions Suite because CSC’s system will allow us to be better informed throughout the life of a claim — from initial assignment through resolution — and better positioned to manage and track expenses and other relevant data appropriately.  Our experience thus far suggests that outside counsel and other stakeholders are pleased with the move to the new platform.”

“Streamlining processes and adding rigor to legal matter management lowers overall expenses even in an environment of rising costs,” said Ray August, CSC’s vice president and general manager for financial services. “Developed and continuously enhanced by legal and IT professionals with more than 20 years of outside counsel management experience, Legal Solutions Suite helps companies boost efficiency, control costs, direct repeat business to attorneys with the best results and improve outcomes.”

For more information about CSC’s Legal Solutions Suite, visit www.csc.com/lss.