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Show Me the Money: A Guide to the Licensing Jungle for Life Insurance and Pension Administration Software
17 February 2009
 
Juergen Weiss  

European life insurers and pension providers that want a policy administration system are confronted with different and often quite-complex licensing options. The various pricing models of European software providers are hard to compare and do not always fit every customer's needs.





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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Introduction
2.0
    
 The Market Economics

2.1
    
 The Perspective of Insurers and Pension Providers
2.2
    
 The Perspective of Vendors
2.3
    
 Impact of the Economic Situation on Market Conditions and Licensing Options
3.0
    
 Licensing Options and Their Evaluation

3.1
    
 Influencing Factors
3.2
    
 Different Licensing Scenarios
3.3
    
 Assessment of the Various Licensing Options
4.0
    
 Recommendations

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 European Vendor Sales of Policy Administration Systems
 

Figure 2. 
 Number of Licensing Options
 

Figure 3. 
 Comparison of Licensing Options
 



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