Who's Using What

California State Automobile Association (CSAA) has expanded production use of the Apogee platform from Steel Card. CSAA has introduced a six-month lower-cost preferred personal auto product and comparative rating to ensure consumers are advised of the lowest-cost option available. CSAA also is the latest insurer to use the services of ISO HomeValue from ISO and AIR Worldwide Corporation. CSAA signed a multiyear license for ISO HomeValue, a Web-based residential property replacement cost estimator that helps insurers address insurance-to-value and contain premium leakage in their portfolio.

AIG Edison Life Insurance, a Tokyo-based division of American International Group, Inc., has selected Onyx Software Corp. to support the carrier's ongoing customer relationship management strategy and business growth.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company has contracted with iPipeline to syndicate MassMutual's life forms directly onto the Web sites of the carrier's distribution partners. Using iPipeline's content repository, MassMutual now makes it easier for life brokerage agencies to offer their producers access to the forms necessary to write new business.

Pan-American Life Insurance has signed an information technology outsourcing agreement with Computer Sciences Corporation to support the carrier's U.S. and Latin American operations. Under the agreement, CSC facilities in San Diego, Calif., and Austin, Tex., will assume responsibility for Pan-American's data center operations, including mainframe applications and midrange and server systems. CSC also will manage Pan-American's network operations and desktops in the United States and in Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and Puerto Rico.

ACUITY has implemented CCC Accumark Reinspection from CCC Information Services, Inc. Designed to create a more efficient process through the management of company-specified appraisal procedures, the solution helps users quickly identify and prioritize claims for reinspection.

Conseco Insurance Group has licensed NaviSys Front Office from NaviSys, Inc. The initial implementation will enable Conseco to capture, manage, and issue new business for specified disease products and support task management for Medicare supplemental products. Conseco also has the option to use the solution for life insurance and annuities.

Cumberland Insurance Group has placed the commercial multiperil policy system from AGO Insurance Software, Inc., into a production environment to streamline the policy cycle process.

Homesteaders Life Company successfully has implemented the LifePRO insurance administration system from Professional Data Management Again, Inc., converting nearly 400,000 contracts from Homesteaders' legacy mainframe systems to LifePRO.

AAA Missouri is tackling agency and home-office efficiency with the move into production of the Web-based policy administration system Policy STAR from Fiserv Insurance Solutions. Competitive market conditions led AAA Missouri to optimize policy processing efficiency and promote ease of doing business with the company.

Sammons Financial Group has licensed from Computer Sciences Corporation its Customer Service Accelerator software, which Sammons will use to simplify its business processes as the company pursues its growth strategy. Sammons already uses CSC's suite of life and annuity software offerings.

Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader

Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.