Credit Cards and Debit Cards
(Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover)
Achieve cost efficiency by leveraging Paymentus’ experience migrating insurers to user-fee models and addressing card brand requirements and regulatory complexities, while increasing electronic payment adoption. This approach helps insurers reduce costs to serve and improve operational performance with a true single platform that is purpose-built to support the full insurance billing lifecycle, including inbound premium payments and outbound claims disbursements.
Leading insurers are already benefitting from the intelligent interactions and seamless, modern experience delivered by Paymentus. See what your organization and its policyholders stand to gain with a move to Paymentus.
Solve the biggest challenges impacting your profitability. Paymentus' proven, multi-pillar approach to reducing costs has helped hundreds of insurers of all sizes navigate rising credit card fees. Whether by moving to a user fee model and navigating individual state insurance regulations or providing more intuitive self-serve payment options that help save your staff invaluable time spent processing paments—Paymentus can help.
Offer policyholders an expanded menu of payment options for all insurance payments. Wide-ranging payment options allow you to meet any policyholder payment preference to win and retain more business.
Credit Cards and Debit Cards
(Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover)
Popular Digital
Wallets
(PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay®, and Google Pay™)
Convenient In-Store and In-Person Cash Payment Options
ACH and Electronic Check
Add greater convenience and flexibility to your insurance premium payments and claims payouts by giving policyholders the ability to use their favorite inbound and outbound channels.
Digital-first web and mobile payment experiences
In-person at retail stores
Live agents and call center solutions
In-person at agent locations with agency sweep capabilities
Interactive voice response (IVR)
Conversational chatbot
Paymentus enables insurers to streamline outbound payments by delivering fast, flexible, and secure disbursement options that simplify claims settlement and improve reconciliation.
Offer flexible payout options across multiple payment methods—ACH, debit card, PayPal, and Venmo
Eliminate paper processes to significantly reduce costs
Reduce settlement times, improving customer satisfaction and reconciliation
Gain a host of patented bill payment capabilities to serve a wide array of policyholder payment preferences and offer everything from account information to cash payments available while they shop at their favorite stores.
Capture sensitive policyholder data and accept payments in a secure, PCI-compliant manner via Secure Service® IVR, SMS and email capabilities
Retail* and cash payments available in Walmart, CVS, Dollar General, and more
AI-powered BillWallet® digital wallet to streamline authentication
Paper suppression and eBilling via email, text, and mobile, as well as online PDFs
AI-powered Chatbot to deliver 24/7 payments and account support
Complementary, no-cost marketing support to help drive customer adoption with Paymentus’ Client Adoption Success Team
Access a single interface as a standard part of your Paymentus solution to give agents and team members a direct line of sight for all payment-related activity, including the Independent Agent Portal (IAP).
View comprehensive analytics from all transactions in real time
Gain actionable insights to optimize the performance of your end-to-end solution
Track digital adoption and policyholder behavior
Leverage Independent Agent Portal (IAP) to allow agents to make one-time payments or create scheduled payments for policyholders
Seamlessly launch with flexible deployment options and integrate with your preferred core systems:
Fully-hosted and SDK/API integrations, whichever suits your organization’s needs
Proven integrations with preferred core systems and in-house billing, policy, and claims systems
Partnerships with Duck Creek, Guidewire, Majesco, Sapiens, and more
What types of insurance providers does Paymentus work with?
Does Paymentus focus solely on insurers?
Paymentus serves organizations throughout the billing and payments landscape. We are the best-in-class electronic billing and payments provider of Insurance Solutions, backed by more than 20 years of dedicated experience. We currently serve 2,500+ clients globally, including Tier 1 National/Multi-National Carriers to specialized and regional insurers.
What type of payment methods does Paymentus offer insurers?
Paymentus offers an expanded range of payment options that include traditional methods such as ACH/eCheck, and credit and debit cards, as well as modern options including PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, and Google Pay digital wallets, and in-store retail cash accepted at Walmart, CVS, Dollar General, and more.
Can Paymentus integrate its billing and payment solution with my current core systems or in-house billing, policy, and claims systems?
Paymentus offers seamless integrations with leading core systems that include Duck Creek, Guidewire, Majesco, Sapiens, and more. This ensures simple migrations from legacy providers, including policyholder data transfers.
How does Paymentus integrate with core insurance platforms like Guidewire, Duck Creek, and Majesco?
Paymentus integrates through configurable, API‑driven connectors designed to work alongside core systems without becoming a system of record. This approach preserves data ownership within the carrier’s core platforms while enabling modern billing and payment capabilities. Integrations also streamline data exchanges and significantly accelerate implementation timelines.
How are payment processing fees handled for insurance companies?
Payment processing fees can be handled flexibly based on an insurer’s business and regulatory requirements. Fee responsibility may be absorbed by the carrier, passed through to the customer where permitted, or managed using a hybrid approach. This flexibility allows insurers to align payment strategies with compliance requirements, customer experience goals, and enterprise financial policies.
What compliance and security standards should insurance platforms like Paymentus meet, and does Paymentus ensure PCI DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, and Nacha compliance?
Paymentus is designed to meet the compliance and security standards required of leading insurance platforms, including PCI DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, Nacha, GLBA regulations, and NIST frameworks. Our solution is built to support state‑specific insurance regulations and data protection requirements, helping insurers operate securely, remain compliant, and reduce regulatory risk across their payment operations.
How does Paymentus help insurers manage regulatory obligations related to payment reporting and unclaimed funds?
Leading insurers rely on Paymentus to help address regulatory obligations associated with payments, including tax reporting, unclaimed funds management, and audit readiness. The platform is designed to align with insurance compliance requirements such as 1099 reporting and escheatment, reducing operational risk while enabling consistent, enterprise‑wide governance across payment activities.
Does the platform support real-time digital adoption?
The platform supports real-time validation, authorization, and posting for the majority of core payment operations. This ensures that policyholders receive immediate confirmation, reducing friction and increasing overall digital adoption across web, mobile, and IVR channels.
Can we customize payment experiences for different insurance product lines?
Absolutely. Our platform allows insurers to customize payment methods, fees, and branding by product line or merchant account, ensuring a tailored experience whether a customer is paying a life insurance premium or a property deductible.
How do you handle high-volume transaction periods, such as during CAT events?
Our infrastructure is built for enterprise-grade scalability and has undergone rigorous stress testing. During high-volume periods or CAT events, our system redundancy ensures 24/7 availability and reliable performance for both inbound premiums and outbound claims.