As part of an upcoming launch of its next generation flagship individual disability income insurance line, Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America will give its sales force a Web and desktop-enabled illustration system. Berkshire has selected the ForeSight insurance illustration system from Insurance Technologies, a Microsoft Insurance Value Chain partner to deliver enhanced marketing opportunities and vastly upgraded efficiencies for field releases.

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company has implemented new technology aimed at helping the company deliver higher quality VoiceXML applications to better service their customers and improve efficiencies.

Old Mutual, the largest life assurance business in southern Africa, will migrate 15,000 desktops to Microsoft Windows Vista to take advantage of Vista’s improved security features and other benefits including a step toward the goal of a remotely managed desktop environment. Old Mutual, which bought the AOK automated application compatibility testing tool from ChangeBASE to ensure a smooth migration, is planning to start the migration this month.

Specialty Program and Risk Transfer Alternatives (SPARTA) Insurance Company, a Hartford, CT start-up property and casualty insurer, tapped the Policy Decisions for Commercial Lines policy administration system from Insurity for a quick launch into the market.