What Do You Need?

Here are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about NIMBIS. If you do not find what you’re looking for here, or on the rest of our website, please feel free to contact us and we will gladly assist

As NIMBIS is a Software as a Service system, hosted on the web, the only hardware required is a computer, tablet, or smartphone with access to the internet.

The NIMBIS system is hosted in an independent Tier IV cloud data center that complies with all the physical and cyber security requirements, similar to internet banking services.

No, NIMBIS automatically does backups of all our clients' data, incrementally throughout the day, which is stored at a separate data center which also serves as our Disaster Recovery (DR) site.

NIMBIS is currently integrated with a variety of third-party data providers including vehicle values, insurer black boxes or rating engines, websites, and apps.

The system currently hosts a wide range of short-term insurance products such as Domestic, Commercial Insurance, Agriculture, Engineering, Marine, Motor, Pet Insurance, Value Added Products (VAP's), etc., as well as basic life insurance such as funeral policies.

Depending on the complexity of the particular product, it takes anything from 60 minutes to 10 days. For insurer rating engine integrations, it could take longer as there's a dependency on the availability of their resources as well.

Each product on NIMBIS is kept up to date with the latest version as defined by the product provider. This is managed in the product builder, either by the product provider themselves, or by NIMBIS product specialists.

Any insurance product providers who have completed our product builder training can build and release their products on NIMBIS. Initially, our product specialists will manage the product build and release, just to get our clients going.

NIMBIS was designed to give the intermediated market a competitive edge through ease of product build and distribution and collaboration with all role players in a centralized environment in the cloud.

Any registered user, authorized by and representing either a broker, administrator, UMA, or Insurer can sell products from NIMBIS.

You can get hold of us via email or phone, as listed on our contacts page, and we will set up a demo meeting to discuss your particular needs and requirements.

Yes, in order to maintain our strict security and access controls, account registration is required. This also ensures a valid communication channel for all parties involved in any transactions.

Each user is required to log in with a username and password that adheres to certain levels of complexity.

Once logged in, user access is managed with specific job functions, roles, and mandates, which determines what a user can access and what they are allowed to do in the system. This is part of the initial set-up and is determined by the client.

In South Africa, ZAR is used, but most major international currencies are supported.

We do not bill our clients per user for the system and encourage them to allow access to as many users as they can in their network to spread the administrative workload. Our licensing model is on a "pay as you grow" basis and is based on the value of the business being managed in the system. You are welcome to contact us for more details.

NIMBIS has the ability to migrate data electronically from most policy administration systems currently available in the market. The amount of electronic migration depends heavily on the complexity of the insurance product and the quality of the source data.