eLynx, a provider of document communications network for the financial services industry, announced the integration of its Expedite suite of on-demand e-business services with the NAVA Straight-Through Processing initiative for the life and annuities insurance industry. Expedite integrates electronic delivery and fax service, electronic collaboration folders, and the uSign electronic signature service within a single platform.

eLynx's electronic processing services adhere to NAVA STP standards for regulatory-compliant, eSignature-capable electronic delivery of new business submissions for annuities and its uniform interpretations of all state and federal regulations. By incorporating eLynx electronic services into NAVA STP, distributors, financial advisors, and insurers avoid the need for point-to-point technology implementations while still gaining the benefit of ACORD XML-compliant annuities transactions.

uSign is integrated into the end-to-end annuities sale and issuance cycle, including capture and delivery of e-signed documents and other attachments that will be transmitted through the forthcoming Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation Attachments service utilizing ACORD XML messaging standards. Defined by NAVA as a critical path component of its STP road map for new business, DTCC's Attachments service will provide a centralized industry pipeline for attachments messaging and will ensure compliance to the ACORD messaging standard.