Client Profile:
Assurity Life Insurance Company traces its roots back more than 100 years to the formation of three long-time Lincoln-based insurers: Woodmen Accident and Life, Security Financial Life and Lincoln Direct Life. Through a series of consolidations, these three Lincoln-based insurers were merged into what today is Assurity Life. Assurity Life serves customers in 49 states, offering disability income, critical illness, hospital indemnity, long-term care and life insurance, annuities and specialty insurance plans through its individual and worksite distributors and direct mail. Pension and investment management services are available through a subsidiary of Assurity Life. With assets exceeding $2 billion, Assurity Life has built a reputation for best in class service and sound, conservative business practices with a disciplined approach to financial management.

Project Opportunity:
Assurity Life's individual product line is marketed through a distribution system which utilizes brokers or agents. One of the ways Assurity Life and its distributors promote the individual product line is through public Web sites. These sites currently contain product specifics but do not provide the agents and prospective clients with the ability to run a premium quote. Assurity Life offers a complete line of products with simplified underwriting, and has chosen the following products to have online premium quotes:
     Simplified Critical Illness Insurance
     Simplified Life Insurance
     Acci-Flex Life Insurance
     Simplified Disability Income Insurance

Project Solution:
The purpose of the Assurity Life J.D. Edwards Design Studio team is to design, build and implement four Web calculators for agent and potential customer use. The calculators will allow these users to directly input their information on the Web and immediately receive a quote. The proposed solution will allow Assurity Life to more strongly promote its simplified product portfolio, resulting in increased sales and recruitment of new producers.

Technologies:
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Microsoft SQL Server 2005