The Future of Life Assurance - Sponsors

Distribution Technology is the leading provider of planning and sales technology for financial services in the UK. More than twenty five of the country's banks, life and pension companies, wealth managers, platforms and building societies have chosen our solutions to build relationships with their advisers and customers and increase the productivity and compliance of their advised distribution across a range of channels. Our technology now supports over 18,000 advisers.

Our Planning and Sales Platform provides clients with unique, integrated, end-to-end applications which combine sales effectiveness with best-in-class financial planning. It also strengthens relationships with advisers and customers enhancing management information, analysis and control across multiple distribution channels.

To find out more, please telephone 0118 903 5850 or visit:

KPMG is the global network of professional services firms who provide audit, tax and advisory services. KPMG LLP (UK) operates from 22 offices across the UK with nearly 11,000 partners and staff. KPMG recorded a UK turnover of £1.6 billion in the year ended September 2007. Our position as one of the life insurance sector's leading advisors is the result of our clear focus on key market issues and the dedication of our member firms' professionals and their ability to provide services worldwide.

CSC is a world leader in the strategic application of information technology. For more than 40 years, it has helped clients in business and governments around the world attain strategic and operational objectives through the most effective use of information technology. To complement its capabilities in consulting, systems integration and outsourcing, CSC brings financial services industry knowledge and experience and a comprehensive portfolio of financial services application software. For more information, visit:

Hitachi Consulting is the global business and IT consulting company of Hitachi Ltd, and a recognised leader with deep industry, business, and technology experience.

From business strategy development through application deployment, Hitachi Consulting is committed to helping clients quickly realise measurable business value and achieve sustainable return on investment.

The firm offers the agility of a smaller firm, the stability of larger firms, and the innovation that comes with being part of Hitachi.

The UK Financial Services Practice focuses particularly on Operational Excellence, Business Intelligence, Knowledge Management, Distribution Effectiveness and Programme and Change Management.

Pinsent Masons provides a full range of commercial legal services to clients doing business all around the world. As one of our core sectors, insurance is at the heart of our business. We provide advice on every aspect of insurance and reinsurance, from the creation of new products and policy wordings to resolving major disputes. Our leading team of over 30 lawyers advises life and non-life insurance companies, reinsurers, insurance and reinsurance brokers, insolvency practitioners and companies in run-off.

eg are market leaders in Operations Management Solutions, transforming Operational Management to improve customer service operations in our client business.

We guarantee improvements in Operations Management through:

• Service Standard Achievement
• Quality & Compliance
• Manager & Team Leader Capability
• Productivity - 15%-50%!
• Cost Reduction

Working in partnership with clients, eg guarantee a 2:1 return on investment, consistent MI across all operational areas AND reduced operating costs!

Results you can measure - guaranteed

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FIS is an international software solutions company catering exclusively to the insurance industry. FIS solutions are based on its ALIS Policy Administration System, a software platform supporting the full life cycle for individual & group; Life, Pension, and Investment products.

ALIS is proven to be an effective solution for both Greenfield operations and legacy solution replacement. In support of the latter, ALIS comes complete with a proven migration methodology and toolset. FIS delivers ALIS based solutions also in partnership with global and local System Integrators. Since earlier this year, ALIS can be implemented on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) basis. FIS maintains a major operation in the UK.

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CSC is a world leader in the strategic application of information technology. For more than 40 years, it has helped clients in business and governments around the world attain strategic and operational objectives through the most effective use of information technology. To complement its capabilities in consulting, systems integration and outsourcing, CSC brings financial services industry knowledge and experience and a comprehensive portfolio of financial services application software. For more information, visit:

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