Zurich Financial Services Supports Market Leadership Strategy with CSC's Application Outsourcing Services [ Source: CSC ]
March 2008- Zurich Financial Services needed to transform operations from a collection of independent business units to a more efficient global business model that could respond more rapidly to growing demands. The firm entered into a $1.3 billion, seven-year outsourcing contract with CSC to outsource both development and support in a record insurance IT deal. As a result, Zurich Financial Services achieved 50 percent more flexibility in software component use, enhanced business processes to support market growth, transferred 1,600 employees ...

Next-Generation Affinity Insurance Marketing via the Web [ Source: IdeaStar, Inc. ]
September 2008- The Affinity insurance distribution model illustrates the ways in which rather complex go-to-market systems can be simplified utilizing technology solutions and the Web. Moreover, Web-enabled technology solutions can be highly effective for the sale of insurance products and services to association members and affinity groups. The solution is robust. however, and requires a great deal of marketing savvy and technological capability. As with any affinity and member-driven organization, the goal is to provide valuable benefits ...

Lapides Saves Time and Cuts Costs with APX through Advent OnDemand [ Source: Advent Software ]
June 2010- Lapides clears through Pershing, which offers the online, hosted version of Advent Portfolio Exchange as part of its RIA solutions platform. “Pershing actually introduced me to APX,” says Mr. Betz. APX is the enterprise portfolio management solution that links portfolio managers and operations staff on a single platform. The outsourced version offers all the sophisticated functionality of APX, including: “Advent’s web-based version of APX has reduced our operating costs. It’s a much more ...

What Is Changing in the World of Insurance? [ Source: Wipro Technologies ]
April 2010- This whitepaper examines how the recent financial crisis has impacted the Insurance Industry. It also explores how the very building blocks of the industry or what it chooses to influence -- savings, consumptions, trade and relationships -- are changing. However, it is important to note that while some of the trends we will discuss may have started much earlier, the impact has become sharply visible as a consequence of the recent recession.

Business Process Outsourcing -- An Effective Solution for Managing Producer Licensing [ Source: Kaplan Compliance Solutions ]
May 2008- Insurance organizations and other financial services companies increasingly are seeking efficiencies through Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), the end-to-end outsourcing of a business line or process. Business Process Outsourcing clearly enhances control over business performance, whether by reducing costs, increasing the quality of processes, accelerating transformation throughout a business, creating a more flexible response to sudden external stresses, or through a combination of several benefits.

In today’s environment, senior managers face growing pressure ...

Eight-Step Guide to Building A World-Class Investment Strategy and Reporting Process [ Source: Clearwater Analytics ]
March 2009- During times of market uncertainty, investment profesionals need all of the information they can get to make smart decisions about their portfolios. In today's market investors can't be days or weeks behind in knowing what they own, or they put portfolio investments at risk.

Next-Generation Affinity Insurance Marketing via the Web [ Source: IdeaStar, Inc. ]
September 2008- The Affinity insurance distribution model illustrates the ways in which rather complex go-to-market systems can be simplified utilizing technology solutions and the Web. Moreover, Web-enabled technology solutions can be highly effective for the sale of insurance products and services to association members and affinity groups. The solution is robust. however, and requires a great deal of marketing savvy and technological capability. As with any affinity and member-driven organization, the goal is to provide valuable benefits ...