NEW CONTRACTS

Schaumburg, IL-based ZURICH US has chosen INSTRANET INC.'s (New York) InStranet 2000 open-platform,Java-based content management software component for the implementation of its new information exchange. InStranet allows business users to publish, organize and personalize multimedia Web content.

Berlin, VT-based BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF VERMONT will add COMPUTER SCIENCE CORP.'s (CSC, El Segundo, CA) electronic commerce module (ECM) to the POWERmhs system it currently licenses from CSC.

SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE CO. (Jackson, MS) has chosen Mississauga, ON-based SOLCORP to support new products and replace its legacy platform with a browser-based life insurance administration architecture.

Los Angeles-based FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP has implemented NICE SYSTEMS' (Ra'anana, Israel) NICE customer experience management solutions to enhance the performance of its customer contact center operations.

Dow Chemical subsidiary DORINCO REINSURANCE CO. (Midland, MI) has chosen Chelmsford, UK-based EUROBASE's Synergy three-tier client/server underwriting system to replace Dorinco's current mainframe SICS system and to handle all underwriting, claims, reinsurance, accounting and management reporting processes.