Application renewal within the insurance industry is on the upswing. What's driving this increase? The loss of key people, inflexibility of legacy systems, and the need to reduce operations costs. As insurance firms go down this path, we recommend that they follow a four-step road map: 1) define a legacy...
This whitepaper provides an overview of key insurance application architecture precepts, insurance technology trends, and architecture patterns, illustrated with case studies. The introductory section discusses background perspectives related to challenges in insurance applications, business drivers and the required characteristics of a robust architecture. It provides an overview of TCS architecture...
PeopleSoft completed a deal May 1 to acquire TriMark Technologies of Lincolnshire, Illinois, a leading insurance applications provider. And the Pleasanton, Calif.-based software giant has already released its first insurance application suite that in PeopleSoft completed a deal May 1 to acquire TriMark Technologies of...
A new software tool that is able to cross-check insurance application data for potential fraud was recently released by business information products manufacturer Experian, based in Orange, Calif. "AuthoriCheck" accessible via the ... A new software tool that is able to cross-check insurance ...
Californians for Disability Rights, a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, filed a lawsuit July 24 in state court against Bank of America and Provident Life and Accident over an insurance application that it claims is illegal. Californians for Disability Rights, a nonprofit organization based...
The Laurentian Bank of Canada LBC was seeking to rapidly implement when CGI became its IT outsourcing partner in 2001 was a Web-based application known as Pret marchand, which would allow merchants to request loans for certain customers through LBC, on line and virtually in real time. CGI implemented the...
********** Historically, crop insurance in Brazil has been offered by the government at both the federal and state levels. In spite of the government's efforts, the experience with crop insurance in Brazil has generally not been satisfactory. The absence of a suitable actuarial method to price crop insurance...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Transamerica Reinsurance, a division of Transamerica Life Insurance Company and a leading supplier of life reinsurance in the United States, was recently honored by Insurance Networking News magazine as a Runner Up in its 2008 INNovators Award competition for extending the application of technology within the life...
Responding to client feedback andextensive market research, ClaimHub, has introduced ClaimHubTM Choice toaddress a prevalent challenge in claims management workflow -- managing theclaims workflow process when the damage estimate is being handled by atrading partner that is not part of the insurance company's vendor network. ClaimHubTM Choice solves this challenge...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f2925e/insurance_litigati) has announced the addition of the "Insurance Litigation Case Studies: ReedLogic Video Seminar with Kevin T. Coughlin of Coughlin Duffy LLP" report to their offering. ReedLogic is pleased to present a video seminar on "Insurance Litigation Case Studies." The 30-minute video...
NEW YORK -- Insured Municipal Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: PIF) (the "Fund") announced that an insufficient number of holders of the Fund's common and auction preferred stock were present, in person or by proxy, at its 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") to constitute a quorum for the...
ATLANTA -- Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIX), a leading international developer and supplier of software and e-commerce solutions to the insurance industry, disclosed today that on September 23, 2008 the Company repurchased 5,000 shares of its common stock for a total cost of $510,000 or $102.00 per share. This transaction was...
Leading unified desktop for customer service operations now available on IBM WebSphere Application Server ATLANTA -- Jacada Ltd. (Nasdaq: JCDA), a leading provider of unified desktop and process optimization solutions for customer service operations, today announced the general availability of Jacada([R]) WorkSpace 5.0. An award-winning unified desktop solution,...
Releases Oracle Application Integration Architecture for Insurance, Creating an Integration Foundation for Insurer Systems SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oracle OpenWorld -- News Facts Oracle Insurance * In response to global insurance industry customer needs, Oracle ...
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Oracle Expands Reach and Depth of Oracle AIA in Utilities and Insurance Industries and Extends Support for Oracle WebLogic Server SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oracle OpenWorld -- News Facts -- Continuing to deliver on the Oracle Application Integration ...