Portage Mutual Insurance Adopts Kimputing's CenterTest to Lay the Foundation for Test Automation Ahead of Guidewire Cloud Migration
Canadian mutual insurer automates testing across Guidewire InsuranceSuite and ProducerEngage as part of an internal quality transformation, with Day-One readiness for Guidewire Cloud
Austin, Texas, Oct 19, 2026
Kimputing Inc., a provider of test automation software for Guidewire® InsuranceSuite®, today announced that Portage Mutual Insurance (Portage Mutual) has adopted CenterTest™ to lay the foundation for test automation as it undergoes an internal quality transformation and gears up for its upcoming Guidewire Cloud migration. CenterTest will automate testing across Portage Mutual's entire Guidewire InsuranceSuite and portal implementation, including Guidewire PolicyCenter®, BillingCenter®, ClaimCenter®, and ProducerEngage™.
Because CenterTest maintains version compatibility across Guidewire releases, Portage Mutual's automated test suite will be ready for Guidewire Cloud on day one. Exavalu, Kimputing's strategic delivery partner, is supporting the Kimputing-led project with embedded SDET resources. MutualCore, Kimputing's strategic consulting partner for the Canadian market, brought CenterTest to Portage Mutual and provides oversight of the engagement.
The adoption delivers:
A foundation for enterprise test automation. Coverage across PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter, and ProducerEngage replaces manual regression effort with repeatable, automated testing across core and portal applications.
Support for an internal quality transformation. Plain-language, data-driven test definitions give QA and business teams a shared, maintainable library of test assets and a modern quality engineering practice to build on.
Day-One Guidewire Cloud readiness. Automated tests carry forward into Guidewire Cloud without rework, de-risking the migration and keeping pace with the Guidewire Cloud release cadence.
Scalable automation, accelerated by AI. CenterTest's deterministic, data-driven architecture scales coverage across lines of business and applications, while Kimputing's AI-driven enhancements speed test development, delivery, and maintenance.
On-premises security and resilience. CenterTest runs entirely on-premises, keeping sensitive policy, billing, and claims data inside Portage Mutual's security perimeter and eliminating the third-party and cloud-service dependencies that can disrupt test execution.
"CenterTest is a key component of our quality transformation strategy and an important investment as we prepare for our Guidewire Cloud migration. By automating end-to-end testing across our core insurance applications, we can improve release quality, reduce manual effort, and allow our teams to focus more of their time on delivering value to the business and our broker partners. CenterTest enables us to validate the system the way our users experience it, providing greater confidence in every release," said Eric Thorsteinson, Chief Technology Officer, Portage Mutual Insurance.
"Portage Mutual is building its testing foundation before its cloud migration, not during it," said Kim Filiatrault, President & CEO, Kimputing. "Every test it automates today carries directly into Guidewire Cloud, so the migration starts with regression coverage already in place."
About MutualCore
MutualCore Solutions Ltd. is a Toronto-based insurance technology consultancy that helps property and casualty insurers, from mutuals to national and specialty carriers, plan, govern, and deliver modernization. MutualCore assembles specialist technology and delivery partners around each insurer's priorities and oversees every engagement from evaluation through implementation. Its work spans core system modernization and Guidewire Cloud migration, quality engineering and test automation, rating and analytics, systems integration, and responsible AI adoption. Learn more at www.mutualcore.ca.
About Portage Mutual Insurance
Founded in 1884 and headquartered in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Portage Mutual Insurance is a 100% Canadian-owned mutual property and casualty insurer providing home, farm, business, and auto insurance through independent brokers. For more information, visit www.portagemutual.com.
Guidewire, Guidewire InsuranceSuite, PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter, and ProducerEngage are trademarks or registered trademarks of Guidewire Software, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
About Kimputing
Kimputing Inc. is an Austin, Texas-based software company specializing in test automation for Guidewire InsuranceSuite. Its flagship product, CenterTest, uses a patent-pending, data-driven architecture that defines tests in plain language through Excel workbooks. Deployed entirely on-premises, CenterTest maintains version compatibility across Guidewire releases, enabling Day-One testing for Guidewire Cloud migrations. Kimputing complements CenterTest with AI-driven enhancements that accelerate test development, delivery, and maintenance. Learn more at www.kimputing.com.
