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Who's Buying What: Recent deals for technology software and services

November 2007

ANPAC ENHANCES ENTERPRISE DATA WAREHOUSE OFFERING

Springfield, Mo.-based American National Property and Casualty Co. (ANPAC) selected Evolutionary Technologies International Inc.'s (ETI), ETI Solution and ETI Data Profiler as their enterprisewide data integration platform. The products from ETI, an Austin, Texas, global provider of data integration solutions, are designed to provide real-time data to strategic and operational decision-makers.

According to the company, ETI Solution will consolidate data across multiple subsidiaries, create unified data views, heighten management visibility into customers and field operations, streamline reporting and accelerate ANPAC's sales and product delivery cycles.

In addition to using ETI Solution for building efficient data integrations, ANPAC will use ETI Data Profiler to reduce time and labor requirements for analyzing the data and building the data warehouse. ETI Data Profiler is designed to reduce overall project costs, produce graphical analytics in minutes versus hours and manage the iterative process of addressing and normalizing data issues.

COMMERCE GROUP EXTENDS PACT WITH CGI GROUP

Montreal-based CGI Group Inc. (CGI), a provider of information technology and business process services, reached an agreement with The Commerce Group Inc., a Webster, Mass., writer of private passenger automobile insurance, to extend their personal and commercial automobile policy processing services agreement through Dec. 31, 2011.

CGI decided to enhance the current insurance processing systems used by Commerce Group in Massachusetts, and to modernize those systems to enhance their capacity to compete in the Massachusetts marketplace. Both parties agreed to enter into negotiations on a new long-term agreement by October of this year.

CONNECTIVE SIGNS CONTRACT WITH ARBELLA INSURANCE

Connective Technologies Inc., Houston, a provider of e-Commerce business solutions for the property/casualty insurance industry, signed a contract with Quincy, Mass.-based Arbella Insurance Group for licensing and implementing TEAM-UP Download and Data Translation solutions. The applications provide once-and-done processing in an industry-compliant, data-secure environment for agency downloads. With an improved data translation process and environment, the company holds that both applications are easy to use and maintain.

Now in its third major release, TEAM-UP Download has evolved to provide agencies with a seamless migration from other download processes. The improved self-reliant features, such as single-policy, real-time archival retrievals by the agents, improved group management distribution and tracking features that ease and accelerate the registration process for both agencies and carriers, have been implemented with TEAM-UP's service-oriented architecture.

INSURERS CHOOSE STG'S RENAISSANCE SUITE

Systems Task Group (STG), New York, an enterprisewide provider of property/casualty insurance software solutions, announced three insurance client contract signings, and the successful implementation of billing and policy components of STG's Renaissance Suite by an additional four insurance clients.

Companies that recently purchased STG's Renaissance Billing include Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance Co., McPherson, Kan., and Max Specialty Insurance Co., Richmond, Va.

STG clients that recently implemented Renaissance Billing include:

Capitol Indemnity Corp., Middleton, Wis.; Max Specialty Insurance Co., Richmond, Va.; and RLI Insurance, Peoria, Ill.

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