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Tokio Marine Insurance selects PREMIA from ICICI Infotech

  • United Arab Emirates: Sunday, March 07 - 2004 at 10:51
  • PRESS RELEASE

ICICI Infotech (MEA), a global leader in providing enterprise business management solutions, announced today that Tokio Marine, Japan's oldest and largest non-life insurance company, has selected PREMIA to enhance their level of service to customers in the Middle East and support the company's future growth plans for the region.

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  • Present at the kick-off meeting were Akira Takechi, Chief Executive,TMEI, London; Y. Hashimoto, general manager (IT), TMEI, London;Takuya Okui, general manager, Tokio Marine, Dubai, Kalpesh Desai, executive vice president & operating head, ICICI Infotech Ltd (MEA); Joseph Alapatt, regional sales manager, PREMIA, ICICI Infotech LTD (MEA); Srinivas Rani, project manager, Premia, ICICI Infotech Ltd (MEA) and Sri Joshi, CFO, ICICI Infotech Ltd (MEA).
    Present at the kick-off meeting were Akira Takechi, Chief Executive,TMEI, London; Y. Hashimoto, general manager (IT), TMEI, London;Takuya Okui, general manager, Tokio Marine, Dubai, Kalpesh Desai, executive vice president & operating head, ICICI Infotech Ltd (MEA); Joseph Alapatt, regional sales manager, PREMIA, ICICI Infotech LTD (MEA); Srinivas Rani, project manager, Premia, ICICI Infotech Ltd (MEA) and Sri Joshi, CFO, ICICI Infotech Ltd (MEA).
Tokio Marine started its Dubai operations in 1978, appointing Al-Futtaim (Private) Limited, as their UAE agent. PREMIA a completely Internet-enabled enterprise insurance management system will offer Tokio Marine seamless integration across all major heads of insurance activity, allowing for faster interaction, greater convenience of transaction processing and ease of information access.

PREMIA's integrated insurance management capabilities ensure real-time data extraction, reporting and analysis for Tokio Marine's management and employees. Advanced information entry and retrieval capabilities, increase the company's ability to handle more information, more volumes of business and hence achieve higher levels of customer satisfaction, gaining an edge over competition. The PREMIA implementation will commence in March at Tokio Marine's office.

"We felt that PREMIA met our criteria for an enterprise management solution, which will play a key role in giving us the solid foundation to meet our business objectives including aggressive growth plans for UAE, said Mr. Takuya Okui, General Manager for Tokio Marine's Dubai operations. "By implementing PREMIA and integrating our business processes on one internet-enabled platform, Tokio

Marine management will have the benefit of complete transparency to claims filed and claims outstanding, resulting in better performance and faster response time to customer queries. Also, reconciliation of insurance and accounts will be easier and instantaneous."

"PREMIA will stop the endless wait for information. Tokio Marine management and employees will enjoy the rewards of reliability, speed and availability of information online, in terms of servicing customers and maintaining a better grip on cash-flow," said Kalpesh Desai, Executive Vice President & Operating Head, ICICI Infotech Ltd (Middle East and Africa).
PREMIA supports underwriting, claims and re-insurance and is backed by comprehensive financial accounting, reporting and analysis. It is a bilingual, multi-currency and multi-company solution, designed for the global insurance market (both tariff and non-tariff). PREMIA caters to multiple classes of business; General Accident, Fire, Motor, Engineering, Marine Cargo and Hull and Aviation much more.

PREMIA is now deployed in over 12 countries including the Middle East, Africa, India, South East Asia and United States. PREMIA caters to the General, Life and Medical Insurance industry needs and covers both commercial and personal lines of business.
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About Tokio Marine
Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. Is Japan's oldest and largest non-life insurance company and a leader in commercial and personal lines underwriting in Japan. Tokio Marine started its Middle East operations in Dubai in 1978.

Over 100 expatriate representatives and 2,500 employees are working oversees subsidiaries and affiliates and they have 50 representative offices. Tokio Marine offers a broad spectrum of marine, property, casualty and personal lines of insurance solutions to clientele across the Arab region. Tokio Marine comprises of 3 main departments, Underwriting & Business Development, Claims and Finance & Administration, of which members are multi-national from the world. www.tokiomarine.ae

About ICICI Infotech Middle East & Africa (MEA)
ICICI Infotech Middle East and Africa has consolidated its position as a provider of Enterprise solutions encompassing a broad range of business segments covering ERP II for retail, distribution, manufacturing and contracting, end to end business solutions for Insurance companies and brokers as well as niche banking and IT infrastructure solutions.

ICICI Infotech (MEA) has offices in Dubai Internet City, SAIF Zone, and on-site support services across the Gulf region, including UAE, KSA, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar in addition to Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Ghana in East Africa with a total installed base of more than 700 customers. ICICI Infotech (MEA) has been the premier Oracle certified Solution Partner since the certification came into being and an Oracle partner since 1989.

ICICI Infotech (MEA), part of the NYSE listed US$20 billion ICICI group, is now fully focused on providing customized solutions across the globe, with services that enable customers to see a rapid return on their investments. These advanced solutions utilize in-house expertise and experience gained from working in different markets around the world and across a broad range of industry sectors.

ICICI Infotech contact:
Mr Hari Padmanabhan, Executive Director & President, ICICI Infotech Ltd
Tel: +9714 3914900
Fax: +9714 3918773
Address: P.O Box 9109, Dubai, UAE

Media Contact:
Ms Sawsan Ghanem, PR Consultant, Active PR
Tel: +9714-3900228
Fax: +9714-3904656
Address: P.O. Box 502152, Dubai, UAE

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