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Electronic submission of workers' compensation, commercial auto and general liability applications will soon become easier than ever for most Wausau Insurance producers, brokers and agents. Building on its current Applied System's interface, Wausau can now accept submissions from the AMS Sagitta Browser and AFW Online products.

WASHINGTON-- How much life insurance do I need? What does long-term care cost in my area? Should I buy disability insurance?

LOS ANGELES--RPost, The Registered e-Mail Company (www.rpost.com), announced today its revolutionary (R)egistered e-Mail(R) product has been endorsed by The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers. The Council represents the top one-percent of all commercial property/casualty and employee benefits brokers in the United States, a group that places 80 percent of commercial insurance premiums.

PeopleSoft and IBM will jointly market and deliver integrated, cross-functional industry solutions targeted at solving some of the most difficult business process challenges facing companies today.

ANDOVER, Mass.-- CGI Group Inc. (CGI) announced the release of INSideOUT Version 9. INSideOUT's Version 9 offers significant value to customers by improving productivity and lowering maintenance costs.

PORTLAND, Ore-- Standard Insurance Company, a subsidiary of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc., has launched The Standard Advisor Partner, a new service model created to develop business partnerships between The Standard and third party administrators and pension consultants.

NEW YORK, Sept. 20--Total data storage-related industry revenues are expected to increase approximately 5% for full-year 2004, says Standard & Poor's Equity Research in a new, semiannual study of the industry.

CARLSBAD, Calif. and QUINCY, Mass., --Arbella Insurance Group, a property & casualty insurer, has chosen Document Sciences Corporation's ReadyForms as their enterprise document automation solution. ReadyForms provides a library of pre-built electronic bureau forms, complete with pre-defined business rules for automated forms assembly, and delivery via Document Sciences' xPression content processing technology.

PEARL RIVER, NY--At a September 8 ceremony in London, ACORD as presented with The Review Worldwide Reinsurance Industry Initiative of the Year Award for 2004. ACORD President and CEO, Gregory A. Maciag, accepted the award on behalf of ACORD's more than 480 members worldwide.

When Jacksonville, Fla.-based Allstate Workplace Division, a provider of disability income, hospital indemnity, term and universal life and supplemental insurance products, developed an electronic worksite application called AllApp, the company went out to the field to build a consensus about how the application should be designed.