2009, Volume 5, Issue 1
The Authority Newsletter - Camilion Solutions
 
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Feature – Product Agility
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Surviving and Thriving with Enterprise Product Agility
Learn about the building blocks of product agility and how insurers can implement an Enterprise Product Agility strategy in manageable phases in order to meet strategic business goals while achieving incremental ROI along the way.
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Product Agility Diamond Framework
For insurers, much of the focus has been on transactional excellence in underwriting and claims and financial discipline around geographic and product market management and capital management. What's interesting is that even though Product Management is a fundamental driver of success most of the work has been focused on the back-end to change the mix of products and geography based on profitability; in addition to some investments in rating engines to improve pricing sophistication. Certainly the front runners of this investment have been in the personal lines arena. Given that Product Management is fundamental driver of success, why is it that companies have been slow to invest?
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Authority Suite® Enables Concurrent Product Development and Compliance for All ISO Lines of Business
Camilion announced the general availability of ProductAuthority® version 6.7, the product development and management solution that powers Authority Suite®. With this latest version of ProductAuthority, Authority Suite now has enhanced concurrent product development and compliance capabilities that enable insurers to bring compliant products to market faster, easier and more cost-effectively.
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On-Demand Webinars:
Reduce Product Coding Costs by 20%: Enterprise Product Agility

Hear Jamie Bisker, Global Non-Life Segment Manager, IBM Corporation, Kathy Woodliff, CEO, Woodliff Global Consulting and David Corrigan, Vice President, Product Management, Camilion explain how leveraging Enterprise Product Agility can transform the way that you manage your products today by automating repeatable processes that drive consistency and predictability through your product development and management processes.
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Hear Industry Experts Debate Why You Should Buy vs. Build a P&C Policy Admin System

Chad Hersh, Novarica, Rod Travers, Robert E. Nolan Company and Bick Whitener, Discoverture Solutions debate when you should build vs. when you should buy a policy admin system and what you need to look for in a best of breed system.
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Partner Corner:
Camilion Solutions Now Part of IBM Insurance Process Acceleration Framework

As an IBM advanced partner, Camilion has been validated in the IBM Insurance Process Acceleration Framework. Powered by a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and leveraging innovative applications from leading independent software vendors like Camilion, this framework lets insurers build smarter, faster and more flexible processes.
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Must Read Industry Articles
Good Bosses Teach – Great Bosses Teach A Lot
Jack Welch, the legendary CEO of General Electric, has often said of his time at GE, “My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.” He believed that one of the primary roles of a manager is to teach others. Consequently, Welch presented more than 250 lecture sessions to over 15,000 managers at GE’s training center. So what makes a good teacher?
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To Align With the Future, IT Should Align With Customers
Are insurance CIOs who aim to align IT with the business actually conceding that IT is not part of the business?
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Elite 8 Honoree AXA Equitable’s Kevin Murray Steals a March on Crisis
It’s impossible to refute Kevin Murray’s suggestion that the luck of the Irish influenced the way he has weathered the financial storm as CIO of AXA Equitable, the U.S. Subsidiary of Paris-based AXA Group (US$ 134 billion in gross 2008 revenue). However, it’s also impossible to deny that Murray’s proactive approach to systems investment helped put New York-based AXA Equitable in a better position to deal with the post-crisis business environment, particularly with regard to the annuities market.
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Social Media Business Plan in 5 Easy Pieces
So social media (Facebook, Twitter, and blogging, for example) is fun; but is it business? If you’re wondering, then it's about time to take a step back, breathe deeply, and revisit the fundamentals. Ask yourself some basic questions
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