Wolters Kluwer Passport Claims Defense is an enterprise legal management (ELM) product focused on insurance claims litigation management. It combines e-billing (invoice intake, guideline enforcement, review/appeals, partial pay) with matter/case management workflows and analytics/benchmarking aimed at controlling outside counsel spend and improving litigation outcomes. It is positioned for P&C insurers, claims professionals, and staff counsel managing high claim volumes and outside counsel panels.
Wolters Kluwer positions Passport Claims Defense around three pillars: legal cost control, efficient case management, and analytics. The vendor offers add-ons such as Office Companion (Microsoft integration), mobility, and claims system integrations.
Key capabilities include:
- Automatic billing guideline enforcement, paperless billing, invoice appeals/partial pay, AFA support, budgeting workflows, and reporting/analytics.
- Law firm / timekeeper scorecarding and benchmark data via Wolters Kluwer’s LegalVIEW dataset.
- Pre-packaged connectors to integrate Passport with other enterprise systems (e.g., document management, service of process).
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