Name

Ashton Consulting Group

Legal name

Ashton Consulting Group

Website

https://ashtonconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Insurance IT Consulting

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Architecture & IT Operating Model (BPAHAEAB)

Keywords

• Insurance administration consulting
• Annuity systems development
• Magic programming services
• TriMark LANmark expertise
• Life insurance IT consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Marshfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. IT Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for insurance administration systems including estimating, planning, design, development, testing, and system integration. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements and professional services delivered remotely and onsite.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Ashton Consulting Group provides specialized IT consulting and development services for the life insurance and annuity industry. The firm's core offerings include systems analysis, design, programming, testing, documentation, and implementation services for insurance administration systems built on Magic programming language and the TriMark LANmark System (reengineered into TRANSCEND). Services cover both mainframe and client-server platforms and include new product additions, system upgrades, Y2K compliance work, rider administration, and ongoing production support.

Product overview

Ashton Consulting Group provides specialized IT consulting services for the life insurance and annuity industry. The company operates as a services firm offering consulting for insurance administration systems, with core expertise in Magic programming language and the TriMark LANmark System (later reengineered into TRANSCEND). Services include system analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and document processing for both mainframe and client-server platforms. The company primarily serves major insurance carriers including American Express, John Hancock, and Sun Life of Canada, providing ongoing development and support for their TriMark LANmark applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Insurance Administration Systems Services

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Pintabone Consulting, Inc.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDante Pintabone, President of Pintabone Consulting, Inc., has partnered with Ashton Consulting Group to assist with overseeing client accounts. He serves as primary contact for new and existing accounts and plays a major role in working out contractual arrangements. Dante also manages projects for the AMEX account and travels onsite to Minneapolis for project installations and training.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Infosys: Global IT services firm with a strong financial services and insurance industry practice including legacy modernization. Comparable in serving insurance clients with technology consulting, but at substantially larger scale.
• EXL Service: Global professional services firm with a large insurance-focused practice covering policy admin, claims, and analytics. Comparable as a service provider to insurance carriers, but operates at far greater scale across multiple industries and geographies.
• Mphasis: IT services firm with deep insurance industry vertical coverage, including legacy modernization and policy admin system work. Comparable to Ashton in serving insurance technology needs, but with a global delivery model and broader service portfolio.
• WNS Holdings: Business process management and IT services firm with a substantial insurance vertical including policy admin and claims support. Comparable in serving insurance clients with domain-led services, though at materially larger scale.
• Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTIMindtree): Global IT services firm with dedicated insurance, banking, and financial services practices including policy admin modernization. Comparable as a provider of insurance-IT services, but with a much broader portfolio and global delivery.
• Hexaware Technologies: IT and BPO services provider with significant insurance industry focus, including policy administration and claims. Comparable as an insurance-IT services firm, though at much larger scale and with broader technology stack coverage.
• Cognizant: Major IT services and consulting firm with a dedicated insurance practice serving life, annuity, and property/casualty carriers. Comparable as a provider of insurance technology consulting, though at vastly greater scale and scope.

Others

• FAST (a Fiserv company): Provides policy administration software and services for life and annuity insurers, including platforms that compete with or replace the TriMark LANmark/TRANSCEND stack Ashton supports. Comparable as part of the same insurance technology ecosystem, but as a software vendor rather than a services firm.

Direct peers

• Pintabone Consulting, Inc. Small insurance IT consulting firm whose president (Dante Pintabone) actively partners with Ashton on client accounts. Comparable as a similarly positioned niche insurance IT consultancy with overlapping client relationships and legacy-stack expertise.
• InsPro Technologies: Provides insurance administration systems and related services to life, annuity, and health insurers. Comparable to Ashton in targeting policy administration workflows for carriers, though at a larger scale and with proprietary software rather than pure services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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