Baltimore Life Insurance Co. is implementingthe application and underwriting components of the NaviSys FrontOffice system from NaviSys, Inc. The system willbring new business processes online to improve productivity byautomating workflow and eliminating manual tasks. Sun LifeFinancial has reached an agreement with NaviSys to use thecompanys NaviSys Home Office to support the payout phase of thevariable and fixed annuity products of Suns subsidiary,Keyport Life Insurance Company.

The Workers Compensation Fund of Salt LakeCity, Utah, has signed an agreement with HNC Software,Inc., for its HNC Claims Advisor for Subrogation software.The software allows adjusters to identify claims that are theresponsibility of another party.

Sentry Insurance has selected TheInnovation Group as a strategic long-term partner and willuse its Innovative Claims Management solution to support acommercial lines claims initiative.

A pair of software companies have joined forces to provide a newmembership management system for the Washington StateHealth Care Authority. Healthaxis andSatyam Computer Services have delivered aWeb-based system that offers integrated applications for membershipenrollment, and eligibility determination and maintenance, amongother services.

OneBeacon Insurance Group has licensed aWeb-based Claim Components software application fromAccenture. The custom-designed desktop componentautomates business processes to allow OneBeacons claimsprofessionals to improve the claims handling process. Accenture isalso developing a Web-based solution to manage the claims processvia the Internet for the Chubb Group of InsuranceCompanies. Finally, Accenture has teamed up withKemper Insurance Companies to implement the ClaimComponents software application.

USAble Life (a subsidiary of USAbleCorporation) has signed with Optical Image Technology,Inc., to receive Opticals suite of electronic documentmanagement products that will provide a seamless, integratedsolution for the sharing and exchange of information.

South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.has selected Jacada Ltd. and its Jacada InterfaceServer to provide a graphical user interface for multiple mainframeapplications. The new browser interface will be available forinternal users and at agencies across the state.

Medical Mutual Insurance of Maine, a medicalmalpractice insurer, has extended its dealings with DelphiTechnology Inc. to include the OASIS Policy,Billing/Financial, and Risk Management systems. Medical Mutualpreviously used the OASIS Claims system and now has the entireOASIS suite from Delphi.

To reach HIPAA compliance, Arkansas Blue Cross BlueShield is replacing dakota imagingsElectronic Services Bulletin Board System with dakotas NetworkExpress eHealth Platform. The new system provides a gateway betweenhealthcare provider systems and Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shieldhost systems.

Security Financial Life Insurance Co. hasselected Apex Data Systems newest product,Geronimo, an individual and group insurance administrationsolution. Apex will provide knowledge transfer, consulting, andmaintenance services.

Four property and casualty insurers have reached licensingagreements with Computer Science Corporation (CSC)to receive its software applications. The insurers includeKemper Insurance Companies, Georgia Farm Bureau MutualInsurance Co., Southern States InsuranceExchange, and The InsuranceProfessionals. Kemper is using CSCs S3+ Rating ProcessorTool. Georgia Farm Bureau is implementing the billing andcollections, and client components of S3+. Southern States and TheInsurance Professionals are utilizing components of the POINTE-Business Suite.

General Casualty Insurance Companies hasannounced plans to use the Fiserv AIS Claims Workstation system tostreamline claims processing at its home and branch offices. Thesolution is offered by Fiserv Advanced InsuranceSolutions, a unit of Fiserv, Inc.

The Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limitedhas signed a licensing agreement with Sirius FinancialSystems to use its Sirius for Underwriting software.Sirius is making serious inroads in the Caribbean. This is thefifth sale of a Sirius system in the region.

Haggerty Classic Insurance has selectedBridium and its Claims³ software.Haggerty will be receiving a Web-enabled, automated claimsprocessing application.

Columbia Insurance Group has enlistedAQS, Inc., as a partner for its V³Galileo product, a commercial-lines policy administration system.The new system will eliminate delays in the policy underwritingprocess and improve customer retention and satisfaction.

AXA Corporate Solutions Insurance, the globalrisk entity of AXA, has selected BEA Systems,Inc., and its BEA WebLogic Enterprise platform tostandardize the development and deployment of its new informationsystem.