Marketing and management information provider InsuranceMarketing and Management Services has teamed upwith ConfirmNet, offering 24/7 access tocertificates of insurance to IMMS members through the Internet.

EPolicy.com Insurance Services signed anagreement with Republic Indemnity to offerworkers' compensation insurance, loss control, and claimsmanagement services to ePolicy's customers.

HNC Software has acquired the workers'compensation compliance reporting products and related customerbase of ecDataFlow.com, including Oasis-aclient/server EDI connectivity program for transmitting injuryreports, medical bills and insurance claims- and NIIDS, anASP-based connectivity solution that integrates with Oasis.

NetInsurance.com, an online insurance agency,finalized partnership agreements with AIAPonline,BuyerZone.com, Business.com, MostChoice.com, and PrivateBusiness. Through its proprietary platform, NetInsuranceenables these and other Internet-based businesses to enhance theironline insurance offerings.

ChoicePoint entered into an agreement toacquire Marketing Information & Technology, aprovider of large-scale direct marketing systems for Fortune 500clients. ChoicePoint believes combining its ChoicePoint Directsubsidiary with MITI will enable the company to offer a wider arrayof data, prospecting, and CRM services.

Telesis and Hartford TechnologyServices formed an alliance to deliver quality assuranceservices to HTSC's client base. The arrangement enables HTSC tomeet its increasing client demand for quality assurance services byleveraging Telesis's expertise and experience in this arena.

Hub International intends to acquireBurnham Stewart Group, a regional insurance brokerbased in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Oracle finalized an agreement withGuardian Life naming Oracle a strategic technologyprovider. Guardian will expand its use of Oracle databasetechnology to increase productivity, reduce costs, and speedtime-to-market for both business and information technologyprojects.

InsureZone acquired AgentSecureEnterprises, which launched AgentSecure .com last Octoberas the first Web-based insurance service designed for small andrural commercial agents.

EPolicy.com Insurance Services signed anagreement with ACE USA, a provider of P&Cinsurance and reinsurance, to offer new lines of specialtyprofessional liability insurance. The newly offered products aredesigned specifically for architects and engineers with more than$1 million in revenue.

SunGard partnered with WhiteLightSystems to develop an integrated product that will use theWhiteLight AnalyticServer to help power predictive modeling andhistorical analysis of risk-adjusted profitability.

Surety automation vendor CumberlandTechnologies and agency management systems developerAMS Services have integrated the Bond-Proautomation system with the Sagitta Browser management system.

Protegrity has entered into an agreement withInsuretrust.com, a provider of e-risk managementsolutions, to provide combined data-protection and e-risk insurancesolutions for e-businesses.

Similarity engine software technology developerInfoGlide signed a strategic alliance withComputer Sciences Corporation for the cooperativedevelopment and marketing of products and services for the propertyand casualty insurance market.

GE Capital is quenching its thirst for UKmarkets by agreeing to buy mutual insurer National MutualLife Assurance Society, an upmarket pensions specialist,for 370 million British pounds (610.4 million euros or 522.9million U.S. dollars).

Electronic forms and document management software developerCreate!form International and content managementsolution developer Gauss have integratedCreate!form's JDE OneWorld and Gauss's VIP SpyVision. The goal:Extend an organization's document management and distributioncapabilities.

QuickQuote.com has partnered withBanxQuote.com to provide insurance-relatedproducts and services to the latter's online insurance andannuities center.

Commercial P&C insurance software provider InsuranceInformation Technologies (Instec) finalized an agreementwith Freberg Environmental for the implementationof Instec's commercial auto/garage and general liability policyprocessing systems.

Web-based auto insurance service TurboCoveragefor auto dealerships, entered a strategic partnership withComputerized Vehicle Registration, provider ofelectronic vehicle registration, to install the TurboCoverageplatform in auto dealerships throughout California.

Real-time access to MIB Group's database ofcoded information for the life insurance industry has beendeveloped using the newly approved MIB-specific ACORD XMLfor Life Insurance standards interface. E-Nable.com, itsmajority-owned subsidiary, is the exclusive seller of the interfacebetween MIB and its member companies.

Allegiant Systems integrated Actuate'se.Reporting Suite into the Allegiant System to provide itscustomers a Web-based solution for strengthening supplierrelationships through operational data delivery and performanceindicator reports.

Fair, Isaac and Equifax formeda partnership to use Equifax's data integration and linkage systemsto deliver advanced integration support for a family of newlyenhanced products Fair, Isaac is producing as part of the company'sStrategy Network.

HNC Software andSchlumbergerSema, an international IT servicescompany, finalized a partnership agreement in whichSchlumbergerSema will offer HNC's Falcon-a payment cardfraud-detection system-as part of its Essentis new card managementsystem. SchlumbergerSema will also market Falcon to its customersin Europe and Asia as part of its evolving third-party providerservices.

Healthaxis entered a strategic alliance withFlexTech to jointly market the FlexTech HIPAAMonitor and the Healthaxis eHealthTalk software to provide payersand administrators tools to comply with HIPAA regulations.

RiskMetrics, a provider of risk and wealthmanagement analytics, formed a partnership with DeutscheBank to integrate its tools into maxblue, the onlineinvestment center of Deutsche Bank. Now subscribers to the maxbluesite can assess the risk on individual stocks and funds and acrossan entire portfolio.

EQE International, an independent provider ofrisk assessment and risk management services, and ABSGroup, a provider of classification services tothe international marine and offshore industries, consolidated asABSG Consulting.

Computer Associates International (CA) entereda strategic alliance with Neusoft Group, China'slargest provider of enterprise software products and services. Theagreement will deliver enterprise solutions for enterprises of allsizes and government organizations. CA will make a significantinvestment in Neusoft, making the latter one of CA's most visiblebusiness partners in China.

IBM and Sideware agreed todeliver customer service applications to IBM's commercial clients.Sharing an e-government past, Sideware's flagship CRM applicationis based on IBM's VisualAge for Java platform; the companies areextending their alliance to offer a CRM application to IBM's publicsector, small business customers, and global service.

The Risk and Insurance Management Society(RIMS) and the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency are developing a framework for climate change riskand insurance management issues. The framework will consideroutreach, education, research and emerging mitigation, andadaptation activities relevant to climate change.