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CUNA Mutual Group www.cunamutual.com
Claims Express: Integrated Multiple Product Processing
Project Lead: Craig Everson, Vice President of Customer Operations Program Management Office
Project Description: The insurance firm launched Claims Express, a rules-based system designed to increase the accuracy and expedite the processing of customer insurance claims. Integrating 16 applications, the system will provide a source model for future large-scale initiatives. [ Read the full CUNA Mutual finalist profile | See Top 10 Finalists slideshow ]

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Nationwide Insurance www.nationwide.com
Using Virtualization to Control Server Sprawl
Project Lead: Scott Miggo, Vice President, NSC Technology Solutions
Project Description: To reduce expenditures in its growing datacenter, Nationwide Services consolidated its expansive Windows-based server environment onto 100-plus VMware ESX servers. With more than 500 virtual machines, 60 percent of which are production servers, Nationwide has reduced its physical server count drastically, saving money in hardware and operational costs in excess of $2 million. The project's 15:1 consolidation ratio and 60 to 70 percent utilization rate (up from 10 to 15 percent) have led to power, cooling, and space savings estimated at $2,250 per machine.

Univé Verzekeringen www.unive.nl
Reliable SOA for Customer Service Advantage
Project Lead: Bob Alberts, SOA Project Manager
Project Description: Univé -- a Dutch, not-for-profit, cooperative insurance company -- launched an SOA initiative to automate its back-office workflow and insurance-quotation applications. Tapping the .Net Framework, Univé has implemented 74 .Net Web services with 177 end points to date. The initiative also includes Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 and AmberPoint SOA Management System. As a result of this project, 60 percent of all new insurance policies are now automatically registered to the organization's mainframe.