FIS Software, a provider of policy administration systems forlife, annuity, pension, and health products, and WorkLight, adeveloper of mobile application platform technology, have partnered to enable insurancecompanies to provide smartphone and tablet applications to agents,brokers, and policyholders.

“Life and annuity companies face an increasingly demanding mobile world that requires novel ways of connectingwith customers while streamlining workflow and information foragents,” says Shay Alon, FIS Software CEO. “Through our partnershipwith WorkLight, we are enabling our ALIS insurance company clientsgo to market quickly with cross-platform applications, leveragingWorkLight’s mobile platform to efficiently extend our existingsuite of services to new mobile channels.”

FIS will utilize the WorkLight mobile platform to develop, run,and manage custom and pre-packaged mobile applications to extendthe reach of and accessibility to its ALIS policy administrationsolution. The first phase of ALIS mobile capabilitydevelopment and deployment will provide applications for agents andbrokers to support new business and servicing apps. FIS also plansto introduce self-service applications for policyholders to accesstheir policies using popular smartphone or tablet devices, for bothpersonal and group business.

“It is becoming increasingly difficult for software companiesand service providers to reach new mobile channels withoutexpending extensive resources and incurring significant overhead,”says Shahar Kaminitz, CEO of WorkLight. “By leveraging WorkLight’splatform-based approach, FIS is positioned to enable insurancefirms to deliver captivating smartphone and tablet applications,while efficiently overcoming key development and managementchallenges.”

FIS will offer WorkLight-powered mobile applications on a widerange of high-end devices, including the iPhone and iPad, Androidsmartphones and tablets, BlackBerry, and more.