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- Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa Transforms Operations With Secure Online Portal
- Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa (FMH) has provided insurance policies for Midwest farmers and their families since 1893. They wanted to provide a more efficient, simplified process to grant policy holders and insurance agents secure access to policy information and also reduce time and operational costs associated with...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Portals, Insurance, Financial Planning, Web Technology, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
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- SI2M Controls IT Costs for Better Customer Service
- Set up in July 2004, SI2M is the information technology joint subsidiary (GIE) of three social insurance groups, Mederic, Malakoff and the Reunion Pension Fund (CRR). SI2M wanted to run business activities better and provide "€ to €" allocation of all the GIE's expenses by implementing appropriate management tools. The...
- Tags: Customer Service, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Financial Management, Insurance, Financial Planning, Strategy, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Management
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- Developers Create Insurance Data Integration Solution for Industry-Leading Firm
- Since 1906, West Coast Life Insurance Company has been an industry leader. Recently, West Coast Life analysts and executives realized that too much time was being spent manually searching for information in a variety of formats, such as paper documents, spreadsheets, databases, and other repositories. To be more efficient and...
- Tags: Developer, Microsoft Visual Studio, Industry, Reinsurance, Microsoft Corp., Insurance, Microsoft Development Tools, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
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- Collaborative Support Solution to Resolve Problems Faster, Raise Employee Satisfaction
- Pacific Life Insurance Company provides life insurance products and other investment products to individuals and businesses. In 2006, the company purchased a solution to more efficiently manage electronic documents and automate its compliance with records retention policies. Pacific Life turned to Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Meridio eDRM....
- Tags: Employee Satisfaction, Microsoft Corp., Insurance, Records Management, Financial Planning, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Software
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- Insurance Firm Cuts Costs, Increases Security With Global Identity Management System
- As a global insurance, reinsurance, and financial risk specialist, the XL Capital group of companies (XL) wanted to create a global identity management system. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, the company had acquired many disconnected systems. Because employees needed multiple IDs and passwords to access these systems, the...
- Tags: RSA Security Inc., Microsoft Corp., Identity Management, Authentication/Encryption, Insurance, Security, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance
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- IT Consulting Firm to Streamline Proposal Process and Improve Team Collaboration With the 2007 Microsoft Office System
- One consequence of Insurance Business Services (IBS) growth in recent years has been receipt of and responding to a growing number of Requests For Proposals (RFPs) and Requests For Information (RFIs). This has resulted in a need for a solution that would improve the overall efficiency of the collaborative response...
- Tags: Team, Information Technology, Streamline, Microsoft Corp., Document Management, Content Management, Managerial Accounting, Insurance, Microsoft Office, Financial Planning, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Office Suites
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- Leading Insurance Company Ensures Data Security and Drives Down Costs With Data Integration
- The Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund (Suva) is Switzerland's leading accident insurance company. The non-profit organization relies on complex IT systems to serve its customers and protect sensitive accident-related data. These systems historically included a number of disparate directories to manage access privileges for the company's 2,500 employees. Suva needed...
- Tags: Insurance Company, Accident, Microsoft Corp., Data Integration, Organization, Data Security, Policies And Procedures, Insurance, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance
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- Mutuelle Prevea Improves Responsiveness to Changing Health Care Regulations
- Prevea is major player in its sector, insuring 183,600 individuals and 1,200 business clients. Prevea wanted to modernize its core-business management system, which had become obsolete and lacked potential for growth. The company wanted to support recent and ongoing health-sector reforms, including new European rules, new mutual insurance codes, social-security...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Regulation, Health Care, Mutuelle Prevea, Prevea, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Insurance, Financial Planning, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Healthcare, Databases, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Human Resources, Data Management
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- Insurance Provider Cuts Costs and Boosts Productivity With Messaging Solution
- D.A.S. Osterr. Allg. Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs A.G. (D.A.S. Austria) is a liability insurance provider that processes 40,000 cases annually. The company had outgrown its nearly obsolete IT infrastructure comprised of the Microsoft Windows NT Server operating system version 4.0, Novell Netware servers, and a third-party mail solution with no collaboration functionality. The...
- Tags: Collaboration, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Liability Insurance, Groupware, Microsoft Windows, Insurance, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Hardware
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- Investors Heritage Life Extends Legacy Application to Launch New Web Self-Service Capabilities Using LegaSuite Technology
- Investors Heritage is one of the top ten pre-need insurance providers in the USA. Based in Frankfort, KY, the company has been in business for 24 years, serving the pre-need and life insurance markets. To manage insurance policies, Investors Heritage relies on mainframe-based administration system. Although the system is secure...
- Tags: Seagull Software, Web, Investor, Investors Heritage, Insurance, Financial Planning, Real Estate, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
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- Revios Reinsurance Enhances Communication and Creates a Collaboration Infrastructure
- Revios Reinsurance is a full-service life reinsurance organization. Its Toronto, Ontario-based North American operation has been providing U.S. and Canadian life insurance companies with risk protection services for over 30 years. Because communication tools are of critical importance to the operation of the organization, Revios decided to improve its internal...
- Tags: Deployment, Collaboration, Reinsurance, Microsoft Corp., Revios Reinsurance, Groupware, Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance
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- HP Case Study: FINEOS
- FINEOS Corporation is a leading innovator in banking and insurance software. The FINEOS TA, a unified multi-tier technical architecture, underpins the FINEOS product set. The company demands that it is robust, and provides for availability, reliability and performance, as their customers need accurate, timely information from fast, efficient systems in...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
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- Vesta Forsikring Creates Customer-Centric Insurance Business Using Customer Relationship Management Solution
- Vesta Forsikring (Vesta) is the third-largest general insurance provider in Norway, with 20% of the domestic market. Vesta was relying on a plethora of disparate applications, which made it difficult to deliver efficient, seamless service. The company had nearly 30 separate systems for managing customer profiles, insurance policies, quotes, activities,...
- Tags: CRM, Vesta Forsikring, Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
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- Unitrin Direct Selects SAS Business Intelligence Software for Better Efficiency, Quicker Results
- Unitrin Direct selected SAS Enterprise BI Server to help the company become more efficient and agile within its data management system and overall IT network. By using SAS, the leader in business intelligence, Unitrin Direct - the direct, personal auto insurance arm of leading insurance provider Unitrin Inc. - expects...
- Tags: Software, SAS Institute, Business Intelligence System, Insurance, Data Management, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance
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- Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Insurance
- The challenges being faced by mid-market insurers today are no secret. Companies have to introduce new products quickly, improve their flexibility to make system changes faster, battle to retain existing customers, acquire new business, and overcome operational and organizational inefficiencies. But how can insurers achieve speed and agility...
- Tags: Information Technology, Streamline, Insurance Company, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Insurance, Web Services, Strategy, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Management
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- Samsung Life Insurance to Save US$20.8 Million Over Four Years With Grid Computing
- Samsung Life has led the Korean insurance industry for the last half century. The ever-increasing quantity of customer-related data meant Samsung Life had to expand its IT systems. The company realized it needed an open environment system that would allow its major businesses to interoperate with external sources such as...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Environment, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Grid Computing, Life Insurance, Samsung Life, Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
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- Pension Insurance Provider Boosts Worker Productivity, Improves Customer Service
- New pension laws in Norway provided an opportunity for Vital Forsikring ASA, a life and pension insurance company, to boost the number of subscribers to its products. But after several mergers, Vital found itself with a myriad of mainframe systems running different applications. The company decided to build a new...
- Tags: Customer Service, Insurance Company, Microsoft Corp., Worker, Vital Forsikring ASA, Mainframes, Insurance, Product Marketing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Portals, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Web Services, Servers, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet
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- Helvetia Patria Turns to HP and SOA to Build and Manage eBusiness Center for Supporting Insurance Business Across Europe
- Helvetia Patria Versicherungen (HPV) is a multi-line insurance company based in Switzerland and doing business across six European countries. Helvetia Patria needed to expand its business in the face of increased competition in a deregulated European insurance market. The company also needed to control costs and increase data accessibility by...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., SOA, E-business, Helvetia Patria Versicherungen, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Insurance, Financial Planning, Sales Strategy, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Sales
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- Insurance Company Offers Employees New Mobility Options
- Groupama Seguros, a large insurance company in Spain, is committed to using Microsoft products and technology in all areas of its business. In particular, Microsoft Exchange Server is of tremendous value to the company, since it makes it possible for employees of various subsidiaries to communicate freely with one another....
- Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server, Mobility, Microsoft Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance
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- Identity Management and Portal Win More Business
- Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (Sedgwick CMS) customers vote for its services by spending money - and continuing to spend money - on outsourced insurance claims management. The company found managing its rapid growth a challenge while tracking all of its service expectations and keeping up with all the claim...
- Tags: Outsource, Microsoft Corp., Portal, Identity Management, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Outsourcing, Insurance, Product Marketing, Storage, Databases, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Corporate Insurance, Marketing, Hardware
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