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Hanover Selects Exstream
The Hanover Insurance Group (Worcester, Mass.) selected Exstream Software's (Lexington, Ky.) Dialogue document creation software to streamline processes and enhance the ability to create complex insurance documents.

Swiss Re Picks McCamish
Swiss Re (Zurich) has selected McCamish Systems (Atlanta) to provide admin services for a closed book of interest-sensitive whole life business in the U.S.

HDFC Taps Infrasoft
HDFC Standard Life (Mumbai) will deploy Infrasoft Technologies' (Mumbai) OMNIEnterprise: Anti-Money Laundering solution, marking the first implementation of an AML solution based on IRDA guidelines in India, Infrasoft says.

John Hancock Signs CSC Extension Manulife Financial (Waterloo, Ontario) subsidiary John Hancock Financial Services (Boston) extended its applications outsourcing contract with Computer Sciences Corporation (El Segundo, Calif.) for two more years.

Authentidate Authenticates
Authentidate Holding Co. (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) subsidiary Authentidate International AG (Dusseldorf) will develop a Card and Application Management System (CAMS) for healthcare information systems provider IS KV (Essen, Germany) and health insurer Deutsche Angestellten-Krankenkasse (Germany).

Woodmen Go to Princeton
Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society (Omaha) licensed Princeton Financial Systems' (Princeton, N.J.) PAM for Securities, PAM for Mortgages and PAM for Real Estate to manage the insurer's $7.4 billion portfolio.

Symetra Expands ACS Contract
Symetra Financial (Bellevue, Wash.) expanded its multimillion-dollar, five-year outsourcing contract with Affiliated Computer Services (Dallas) to include desk-side support services.

MassMutual Upgrades With FJA
The disability income insurance arm of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual; Springfield, Mass.) upgraded to version 3.1 of FJA's (New York) Product Machine product modeling solution, which MassMutual first licensed in 2001.

UHA Partners With ActiveHealth
UHA (Honolulu) partnered with ActiveHealth (New York) to offer a comprehensive health management service to improve the quality of healthcare and lower costs for the carrier's 40,000 members.

Accenture Supports AIG
In a 10-year, $100 million BPO agreement with AIG Europe S.A. (Paris), Accenture (New York) will provide an IT platform and insurance support services to AIG Entrepreneur, an AIG unit specializing in P&C insurance for small and medium enterprises.

Anthony O'Donnell has covered technology in the insurance industry since 2000, when he joined the editorial staff of Insurance & Technology. As an editor and reporter for I&T and the InformationWeek Financial Services of TechWeb he has written on all areas of information ... View Full Bio