Client Profile:
Mutual of Omaha offers a wide range of financial products and services to its customers. It was founded in 1909 as Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association. In 1941, Mutual formed a Group Insurance department. Today, Group Insurance has two main customer facing web applications, Group Web Reporting and Billing and Account Maintenance. There are over 11,000 registered external users for Group Web Reporting and Billing and Account Maintenance. In 2008 approximately 500,000 transactions were entered by external users and processed through the Billing and Account Maintenance application.

Project Opportunity:
Group Web Reporting and Billing and Account Maintenance are using older technologies that do not conform to Mutual's long-term architectural recommendations. These six-year-old applications are sufficient for the time being but will need to be updated for the future.

Currently, users who represent multiple groups are required to sign on individually for each group. The project aims to enhance login functionality to allow single sign-on for these users.

Project Solution:
The proposed solution is to convert these applications to Portal technology. This will allow Mutual to maintain and build off of the new system in a way that will meet its long-term goals. Mutual is open to improvement or restructuring in Group Web Reporting while it sees Billing and Account Maintenance being a straight conversion to Portal.

The enhancements to the login functionality will allow for a more convenient experience for users who represent multiple groups.

Technologies:

• Java
• IBM WebSphere Portal
• UDB
• Oracle
• Struts
• RAD 7