IBM WebSphere Business Collaborations for Life Insurance Version 1.0
IBM WebSphere Business Collaborations for Property and Casualty Insurance
Version 1.0
IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations Version 4.5
Release notes
IBM(R) WebSphere(R) Business Integration
Collaborations are part of the IBM WebSphere Business Integration portfolio.
Business Integration involves interconnecting multiple disparate processing
entities within an enterprise context (for example, applications, systems, and
human resources). This context can involve simply interconnecting individual
applications so they can share data and actions; interconnecting multiple
applications across enterprise boundaries (such as departments, divisions, or
subsidiaries); or interconnecting systems internal and external to the
enterprise.
Based on IBM WebSphere InterChange Server technology, WebSphere Business
Integration Collaborations are ideally suited for insurance organizations
seeking to compete in the modern insurance industry. IBM's integration
technology enables the interaction of different applications, facilitating the
integration of front-end and back-end systems, and speeding the integration of
merged departments and companies. WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations
provide prebuilt components designed specifically for insurance-related
business processes.
IBM's collaborations designed for insurance companies consist of the
following features:
- Prebuilt business process templates that accelerate the automation of
common insurance industry processes, and facilitate the integration of widely
used industry applications.
- Sophisticated business object integration and management capabilities to
extend and integrate claims processing, policy administration, and policy
underwriting processes for companies in the insurance industry.
- Business practice optimization, enabling insurance companies to quickly
tune business practices that are supported by a fully integrated,
round-the-clock application environment.
- Application Connectivity that enables an application to communicate with
other applications without requiring a developer to write point-to-point
code.
- Process Integration that allows different business processes to
communicate with each other to perform one or more business activities in
order to complete a business transaction
Reorganization of collaboration groupings
With this release, IBM is simplifying and streamlining its portfolio of
collaborations. For existing customers, IBM WebSphere Business Integration
Collaborations Version 4.5 offers continuity in the packaging of collaborations
for the insurance industry as follows:
- IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaboration for
Partial Withdrawal Surrender Quote
- IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaboration for
Traditional Life Policy Addition
- IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaboration for
Personal Articles Coverage Quote
- IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaboration for
Homeowner First Loss
At the same time, IBM is consolidating existing collaborations into
functional solutions so that customers will be better able to solve a
particular business integration problem by selecting a group of
industry-specific or cross-industry collaborations that address that problem.
The consolidated collaboration groupings for the insurance industry are as
follows:
IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations for Life Insurance
V1.0
- IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaboration for
Partial Withdrawal Surrender Quote
- IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaboration for
Traditional Life Policy Addition
IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations for Property and
Casualty Insurance V1.0
- IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaboration for
Personal Articles Coverage Quote
- IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaboration for
Homeowner First Loss
Collaborations for the insurance industry
Each collaboration designed for the insurance industry meets a specific
industry requirement:
- IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaboration for
Partial Withdrawal Surrender Quote
Designed for a typical life insurance scenario where a client wishes
to request a partial surrender of value from an existing life policy. When
such a request is received, the PartialWithdrawalSurrenderQuote collaboration
enables the insurance provider to quickly check its records, determine the
appropriate response, and notify the client.
- IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaboration for
Traditional Life Policy Addition
Designed for a typical life insurance scenario. A user provides
details to request the creation of a life policy. When an end user request is
received, this collaboration enables the insurance provider to quickly
process and respond to a user request for a new policy.
- IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaboration for
Personal Articles Coverage Quote
Designed for a typical insurance scenario where a client wishes to
obtain a quote on coverage for a personal article. The user can be a new
client or an existing client. When a client request is received, this
collaboration enables the insurance provider to quickly determine the
appropriate coverage quote and response.
- IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaboration for
Homeowner First Loss
Designed for a typical insurance scenario where a client wishes to
submit a first notice of loss against an existing homeowner's policy. The
user is an existing client with a valid policy. When the client's request is
received, this collaboration enables the insurance provider to quickly
generate a notice of claim and provide a relevant response.
Format
For this release, all WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations for the
insurance industry have been packaged in WebSphere InterChange Server V4.2.2
format.
Installing the solution using Electronic Software Distribution
If you are installing this solution using Electronic Software Distribution (ESD),
you must perform the installation according to the instructions contained in
the solution's Installation Guide.
Before following the installation procedures, make sure that you have
downloaded the software that you want to install from Passport Advantage (www.lotus.com/passportadvantage).
Refer to Passport Advantage for downloading instructions.
Installing the solution from the product CD
If you are installing this solution from the product CD, you must first
select the appropriate industry solution components using the CD installation
procedure, and then complete the solution installation by following the
instructions in the appropriate solution's Installation Guide.
Important: The root directory that is referred to in the solution
Installation Guide is the same root directory that is used during the product
CD installation procedure. The default root directory is \IBM\WebSphereICS.
A sample implementation of WebSphere Business Integration for Insurance is
available for download from the IBM WebSphere Business Integration
Collaborations support site. Go to
www.ibm.com/software/integration/wbicollaborations/support and enter WBI
Insurance sample in the Search field. Click WBI for Insurance
V4.2 & V4.1 Sample Business Objects to access the downloadable files.
