Gurgaon: Software providers Cincom Systems and Medical Data Express (MDE) have formed a global alliance to provide improved claims and document accuracy for the health insurance industry.

Most health insurance payers struggle with generating documents that accompany the claims-payment and settlement process. They are also unaware that comprehensive document-generation products are available that easily integrate with the claims disbursement process. This alliance will make document creation, claim testing, and encounter solutions ¯ that check the accuracy of the claims-reimbursement process ¯ more easily attainable for Cincom’s and MDE’s respective network of health insurance clients.

Los Angeles, PR.COM: PDFeApps Inc. announces the launch of its new innovative technology, which it claims will bring changes in the insurance and financial industry. PDFeApps (Portable Document Format electronic Applications) is secure, downloadable PDF (Adobe Acrobat®) application technology in conjunction with a web based Document Management System for the submittal and retrieval of a company’s new business applications. PDFeApps utilizes Topaz Systems accompanying electronic signature pad with the most secure method of binding an applicant’s hand-written digital signature to a PDF document, insuring a secure and legally binding contract.

PRNewswire-FirstCall: Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. today announces a new solution for health care organizations, financial institutions, and other businesses that utilize data as part of their daily business practices. Darwin's Privacy//403(SM) product offers data privacy and network security liability protection for organizations. This coverage will help the health care and financial services industries in particular -- as they are increasingly using, transmitting, and storing personal and confidential information.

UK: The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has today welcomed Gocompare.com into membership and is calling on other comparison sites to adopt the Gocompare.com model.

After reviewing Gocompare.com’s practices BIBA believes that its philosophy of  comparing insurance products on their suitability to individuals’ requirements as well as price is aligned with BIBA’s calls for price comparison websites to provide clear and fair information and to ensure they do not mislead consumers.

LAS VEGAS, PRNewswire-FirstCal: Helping insurance companies jump- start development projects for line-of-business software applications that use common ACORD standards, Microsoft Corp. today released the Microsoft Insurance Value Chain (IVC) Software Factory for ACORD Standards at ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum 2008.

LAS VEGAS, PRNewswire-FirstCall: As the estimated 80 million people nationwide born between 1981 and 2000(1) enter the work force and become active consumers, technology will play a critical role for insurance firms recruiting those in the so-called "millennial generation" as potential employees and customers, according to a new survey released today by Insurity and Microsoft Corp. at the ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum 2008.

CLEVELAND, PRNewswire: Hyland Software Inc., developer of the OnBase(R) enterprise content management (ECM) software suite, today announced that Tech Decisions and Financial Insights have named Hyland Software to the Insurer's Choice Technology 2008, a ranking  of insurance technology providers as selected by insurance companies across the United States and Canada. Financial Insights, an independent research and consulting firm specializing in financial services, partnered with Tech Decisions, a National Underwriter Company publication, to present the award.

NEW YORK, March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Helping financial services firms solve real-world problems in the areas of interoperability, extending legacy systems and creating compelling user interfaces, Microsoft Corp. today released the Financial Services Office Business Applications (OBA) Component Library at the sixth annual Microsoft Financial Services Developer Conference.

Reference scenarios enable banking, insurance and capital markets firms to overcome common industry challenges by building applications on the Microsoft platform