Re: Insurance software (again)

Sebastian Paul Avarvarei wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > Sorry to distub you again, but I still can't find a good insurance > application based on Informix. I'll give you more backround > informations, hoping it will help. > > I work for a computer company in Romania, an owned subsidiary > of an Texas company (I don't give names so you won't accuse me > for doing free advertising :-) > > As ICL-Fujitsu Partners and members of Microsoft Developers > Network we deliver a range of solutions (mostly for manufacturing > and retail), based on UNIX, Novell, Windows NT, Informix, MAX, > TeamWARE, Sandmar etc. > > Recently we were contacted by an insurance company from Moldova > who wants to implement a computerized system. I'll outline below > a few points about them and their needs: > > Types of insurance: all major types (life, casualty, property, green card > etc.) > Insurance contracts in 1997: aprox. ten thousand and they expect a > substantial growth in 1998 and 1999. > Structure of company: one central site, five regional offices and aprox. 40. > local offices. > Communications: the phone lines in that country are not very good at this > time, so a permanent on-line connection it's not a very safe solution (we > expect this situation to change in 1 or 2 years). > Our suggestion: all the primary data will be stored in the local offices' > workstations and transmitted for processing to the central office during > the night. > Hardware platform: One Fujitsu server (C class or higher probably), Value > Plus and Ergo Pro workstations. > Preferred OS: Windows NT server (UNIX not excluded) / Windows 95 clients. > Preferred database: Informix on server / Microsoft Access on clients (other > solutions not excluded) > > Our client would prefer an out-of-the box system which will do all the > insurance related operations: policy input, claims processing, risk calculations, > data transmission from and to the remote local offices and everything else > an insurance company needs. > Or a turn-key solution for the back-end, since the remote front-end application > can be easily developed by us. > > I hope this mail gave you an idea about what we need. We will appreciate > any suggestions about products and companies which could help us. > > Thank you very much > > Sebastian Paul Avarvarei, > E-mail: proteus@romus.com > > ------------------------------------------------------ > I love blue sky, > But I hate blue screen ! > ------------------------------------------------------- Have a look at www.sherwood.co.uk they have a product called amarta that's developed and uses Informix tools and databases. Hope this helps! Amgad