Who's Using What

Securian Financial Group, Inc., has selected the AdminServerpolicy administration system. The system will be implemented as acommon platform for the development, launch, and administration ofSecurian's new life insurance products.

Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has decided on SkywireSoftware's iWave Integrator, an integration framework for ITservices management applications. IAG's initial project will useiWave Integrator to connect Microsoft Operations Manager to IBMTivoli Enterprise Console.

Preserver Insurance Group has chosen Adeptia Inc., a provider ofbusiness process integration technologies, for deployment ofAdeptia's business process management (BPM) product. PreserverGroup will utilize the technology for connectivity with agents,eliminating manual tasks and rekeying of data, integrating variousinternal applications, and automating workflows.

Noodle Specialty Brokers, a division of InsuranceNoodle, hasreached an agreement with INSTEC for implementation of INSTEC'sQuickSolver Commercial Package rating and policy administration.Noodle will utilize the INSTEC software integrated within itsNoodleASP platform to process excess and surplus property andliability lines of business for more than 300 classes ofbusiness.

Armed Forces Insurance Exchange has licensed the Fiserv AdvancedBilling system from Fiserv Insurance Solutions to support thecarrier's personal lines policies. Armed Forces Insurance servesthe military market by writing homeowners and inland marineinsurance.

Western Life Assurance Company of Alberta, Canada, is using theWriteNow Web-based policy-writing platform from MFX for thecarrier's suite of online, term life products.

Mid-State Mutual has signed an agreement with ConnectiveTechnologies that will provide carrier-direct downloads toMid-State's agents using one of Connective's TEAM-UP products.

Blue Shield of California has deployed Oracle's People-SoftEnterprise Human Capital Management 8.9 to automate operationaltransactions, centralize disparate IT systems, and modernize itshuman resource department.

Pacific Life announced it has expanded its relationship withBISYS to support the carrier's segments of the 401(k) marketplacefor administration, recordkeeping, ERISA consulting, anddistribution support.

Arbella Insurance Group has completed installation of Marshalland Swift/Boeckh Tele-Estimating Services, a direct-to-consumerbook of business management service that revalues existing policiesby combining telephone and mail marketing techniques with advancedvaluation technologies to generate replacement values.

Capita Insurance Services, the insurance division of the UK'sCapita Group, has selected the SAP CRM on-demand solution to buildon the existing deployments of applications from the SAP forInsurance solution portfolio, including claims management,financials, and human capital management.

Southern Trust Insurance Company, a regional provider ofpersonal and commercial lines of P&C insurance, has licensedfrom AcroSoft Corporation the Insurance Content Managementsolution. AcroSoft develops electronic imaging; filing and storage;object, document, and automated workflow; and work managementsolutions that help insurance companies improve content managementproductivity throughout the enterprise.

Hartford Fire Insurance Company announced it has used RiskManagement Solutions, a provider of products and services for themanagement of natural hazard risk. The carrier has performedindependent risk analysis of securitized collateral to purchasereinsurance cover supported by the issuance of $105 million Class Dnotes issued by Foundation Re, Ltd., from its $750 millioncatastrophe bond program.

Unitrin Direct has opted for SAS Enterprise BI Server to helpthe company become more efficient and agile within its datamanagement system and overall IT network. Unitrin Direct, thedirect personal auto insurance arm of Unitrin Inc., expects toenhance the analytical process underlying the development of itsauto insurance rates.

ACE USA, the U.S.-based division of the ACE Group of Companies,has licensed AuthorityUnderwriter and ProductAuthority fromCamilion Solutions, Inc., a provider of product management, onlinesales, and underwriting solutions to the insurance industry. Theseproducts are designed to create efficiency and ease of use forproducers and improve speed to market for a range of insuranceproducts.