IBM Case Study: ALICO Japan
White Papers ALICO (American Life Insurance Company, a member of American International Group, Inc.is one of the largest international life insurance companies in the world. The challenge was to grow in a difficult economy.
[September 13, 2004, 0:00]
Select Business Solutions Case Study: American National Property & Casualty Company
White Papers American National Property & Casualty Company (ANPAC) incorporated in 1973 by American National Insurance Company, was created to serve the property and casualty insurance needs of the parent company's life insurance customers.
[May 26, 2006, 0:00]
ANICO Cuts Costs by $1.1 Million With Five-to-One Server Consolidation
White Papers The American National Insurance COmpany (ANICO), one of the nation's largest life insurance companies, wanted to move its data center to a more secure location. But the U.S.million cost of replicating 132 server computers in the new environment was...
[March 17, 2007, 0:00]
Universal American Financial Corp. Enters the Medicare Part D Market With the Facets Extended Enterprise Platform and TriZetto Implementation and Hosting Services
White Papers UAFC) is a specialty health and life insurance holding company headquartered in Rye Brook, N.Y. Universal American Financial Corp. During its business-planning process in 2004, UAFC decided to create a new line of business to serve the new Part D...
[April 23, 2009, 1:24]
Transmeta to unveil chip customers
News The sub three pound NEC notebook, to be sold first in Japan to door-to-door insurance agents, features a 5400 chip and a touch screen, sources said. It is not clear if NEC's North American or European PC divisions will offer a similar model.
[June 21, 2000, 8:39]
Largest Privately Owned Life Insurance Company in the U.S. Turns to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as Its Standard Linux Distribution to Consolidate Servers
White Papers The largest privately owned life insurance company in the United States, American Fidelity Assurance Company (AFA) employs more than 1,400 people in 26 locations. The company was facing rising IT and support costs and found it was often buying a...
[April 28, 2006, 0:00]
$5bn cut from global financial-services IT spend
News The report acknowledged the UK banking sector is in a dire state overall but singled out life insurance as a particular area where IT cutbacks are expected. Celent reported European and North American financial institutions make up approximately...
[January 13, 2009, 8:02]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog My travel insurance will not be tested, and my gin will remain unspilled. It's all the fault of Karen, a production maestro on our American site. I know Wi-Fi security is supposed to be hackable, but life is too short -- especially on a sunny...
[October 22, 2004, 18:05]
Privacy on parade
Leader That way lies sclerosis in decision making, enormous insurance premiums and the feeding and care of lawyers — little of which encourages a better service for the customer. Although that has a certain Old Testament sense of appropriate retribution...
[July 3, 2006, 14:30]
