CGI signs two contracts with leading Midwestern and Southern insurers
October 25 2007 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Stock Market Symbols GIB.A (TSX) GIB (NYSE) ANDOVER, MA, Oct. 25
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CGI Group, Inc. (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB),
a leading provider of information technology and business process
services, today announced the signing of contracts with two
insurers in the Midwest and Southern U.S. Under the first
agreement, CGI will provide a 25-year software license for the
policy and claims processing components of the INSideOUT(R) Suite,
and a software maintenance agreement. CGI will be providing the
second new client with a hosted solution of the INSideOUT Policy
and Claims solution for five years. After reviewing multiple
solutions in the property and casualty market place, as well as
considering the development of their own solution, both insurers
chose CGI's INSideOUT software suite because of its superior
functionality, technical platform, and .NET direction. The
structure of the INSideOUT suite gives each company significant
control over their long-term strategic direction. CGI provides IT
staff, data center management, and a single source for their
property and casualty business requirements. The .NET technical
direction of INSideOUT fits the strategic direction of these
clients, and improves speed to market for the new products that
these companies will enter into the property and casualty market.
"With over 4,000 CGI professionals serving the insurance sector,
CGI is a proven and dedicated expert," said Paul Raymond, Senior
Vice-President, responsible for CGI's Insurance Services Unit in
the US. "We look forward to evolving our solutions and services
with the insurance industry, and see these contracts as an
opportunity to continue to expand our global presence in the
insurance sector." CGI provides end-to-end services to the global
insurance industry, serving 75 of the top 100 insurers. CGI joins
technology with the management of insurance products to include
claims, underwriter, actuarial, loss prevention, targeting the
property casualty insurance industry, life and health, and
accident/sickness sectors. About CGI Founded in 1976, CGI Group
Inc. is one of the largest independent information technology and
business process services firms in the world. CGI and its
affiliated companies employ approximately 25,500 professionals. CGI
provides end-to-end IT and business process services to clients
worldwide from offices in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia
Pacific as well as from centers of excellence in North America,
Europe and India. CGI's annual revenue run rate stands at CDN$3.7
billion and at June 30th, 2007, CGI's order backlog was CDN$12.4
billion. CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE
(GIB) and are included in the S&P/TSX Composite Index as well
as the S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology and MidCap
Indices. Website: http://www.cgi.com/. DATASOURCE: CGI GROUP INC.
CONTACT: Business Development: Larry Stern, Vice-President, New
England & Insurance Services, (817) 348-3335, ; Media: Linda
Odorisio, Vice-President, US Communications, (703) 227-6161,
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