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Texas-based Germania Life Insurance Company goes live with illustrate inc’s OPUS Digital Platform!

Anastasia Sudetic — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000

Overland Park, KS; Toronto, ON; Brenham, TX, March 31, 2021 –Following the July 2020 announcement of Germania Life Insurance Company (GLIC) selecting illustrate inc to lead the digital transformation of their life insurance business, both parties are excited to announce that in January 2021, the system went live!

The new OPUS platform transforms GLIC’s day-to-day processes from mainly paper-based, to a fully digital workflow including quoting, illustrations, instant report generation, eApps, eSignature, and more. Covering their entire Life Insurance product line, the platform has been fully integrated with other 3rd party systems to automate the process of collecting and processing additional information required to finalize and issue a policy.

Germania Agents now have access to a powerful tool set to significantly streamline the sales process and enhance the overall User/Customer experience. Consequently, GLIC has already begun realizing tremendous efficiencies through exponential improvements in speed and quality.

“The OPUS system has provided a much more streamlined and efficient process for our agents to quote and bind business through Germania Life,” Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Min Choi said. “Our team has already received positive feedback and testimonials from our agency partners as they become familiar with the new platform.”

“A project of this magnitude required full and transparent collaboration between the Germania Life and illustrate inc teams, something that was established virtually immediately,” says Lyndon Edwards, President of illustrate inc. “There were many moving parts to consider, including the involvement and integration of numerous 3rd party partners. We are very proud to have been able to provide Germania Life with such a powerful platform to help them transform their Life Insurance business.”

A Phase II Direct to Consumer (D2C) solution is currently in the works and includes a powerful new quoting and application workflow for a simplified application and underwriting process.

To learn more about illustrate inc’s powerful quoting, illustrations and eApp solutions, visit illustrateinc.com.

About Germania Life Insurance Company
Organized in 1983, Germania Life Insurance Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Germania Insurance that provides life insurance products to members and policyholders. Regulated by the Texas Department of Insurance, GLIC offers affordable whole and term life policies to fit a variety of insurance needs.

About Germania Insurance
Founded in 1896, Germania Insurance provides auto, property, and life insurance for thousands of Texans. It is the largest farm mutual insurance company in Texas and one of the top companies for independent agents. Germania has earned spot on Forbes’ 2021 America’s Best Insurance Companies in Each State list, securing a top-five ranking for both its auto and home insurance products. Germania is a proud Texas company, exclusively providing protection and insurance services for Texans for 125 years.

About illustrate inc
Established in 1989, with offices in Toronto and Kansas City, illustrate inc builds and delivers powerful and innovative web-based POS software solutions – including quoting, illustrations, and eApps – for the North American Life Insurance industry, enabling carriers of any size to embark on, extend, or enhance their Digital Transformation.

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SPJST selects illustrate inc to accelerate the digital transformation of their Life Insurance business!

Anastasia Sudetic — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:06:40 +0000

Overland Park, KS; Temple, TX; March 26, 2021 – SPJST, a Texas based fraternal organization, has selected illustrate inc as their partner in digitizing their Life Insurance sale process. The move will provide SPJST with a fully automated, cloud-based system to strengthen the sale process, streamline the workflow, and provide exponential benefit throughout virtually every step of the entire process.

illustrate inc’s proprietary OPUS platform will provide SPJST Agents and Head Office users with a state-of-the-art multi-lingual system including web-based quoting, illustrations, reports, eApps and eSignatures, all fully integrated with the SPJST back-office systems.

A proud Texas based fraternal with over 120 years of history, SPJST lodges and members have worked hard to establish the Society’s reputation as a proactive, non-sectarian fraternal organization. In 2020, there were approximately 40,000 SPJST members in 104 lodges throughout Texas.

“SPJST’s mission statement is short and to the point – ‘Insuring and enriching lives’,” says SPJST Vice President of Marketing and Sales Delisle Doherty. “The most important factor in any new relationship is finding someone who believes in what you believe in and will work with you to uphold those same standards. We believe we’ve found that with illustrate inc. I’m excited!”

“We are proud to partner with SPJST and to be trusted with such a critical project for their business,” says Eric Swanson, Vice President, Sales, illustrate inc. “Our OPUS digital solutions will provide transformational benefits to SPJST and enable their growth and expansion through the benefits of a fully automated, high performing, cloud-based system.”

To learn more about illustrate inc’s powerful cloud-based, low-code solutions, visit www.illustrateinc.com.

About SPJST
Organized by Texas pioneers of Czech ancestry in 1897, SPJST provides life insurance to its members, the premiums of which contribute to the Society’s charitable objectives and living benefits for its members. Living benefits include active involvement in a local lodge, social and networking opportunities and online discounts to hundreds of businesses and services. For its young members, SPJST offers summer camp, an engaging youth program and multiple opportunities for college scholarships. Additionally, SPJST lodges sponsor programs that make a positive difference in the lives of their members and the communities that they serve. For more information, please visit www.spjst.org.

About illustrate inc
Established in 1989, with offices in Toronto and Kansas City, illustrate inc builds and delivers powerful and innovative web-based POS software solutions – including quoting, illustrations, and eApps – for the North American Life Insurance industry, enabling carriers of any size to embark on, extend, or enhance their Digital Transformation.

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Foresters Financial and illustrate inc launch Foresters Mobile Quote

Anastasia Sudetic — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 13:00:00 +0000

“Foresters continues to deliver turnkey-decisioned product offerings supported
by state-of-the-art mobile tools”

Toronto, ON, March 17, 2021 – Foresters Financial, the fraternal life insurer quietly disrupting financial services, today announced it has worked with illustrate inc, to launch Foresters Mobile Quote, a secure life insurance quoting app. It is available to Foresters over 75,000 producers across the U.S. through the Apple App Store® and the Google Play Store.

A powerful sales tool, Foresters Mobile Quote utilizes illustrate inc’s proprietary OPUS Mobile solution, for the convenience and familiarity of a downloadable app, with extensive functionality and features. Customized to Foresters requirements, including multi-channel distribution, Foresters Mobile Quote enables producers to generate quotes across the extensive Term, Whole Life, and Universal Life product lines. In addition, it is a resource and communication hub, providing access to marketing information, product specifications, push notifications, and other resources. The solution is configurable and highly secure, with built in integration to other Foresters applications.

Matt Berman, President of Foresters Financial’s U.S. business, said, “Foresters is a nearly 150-year-old member-based organization dedicated to the well-being of everyday families, which is quietly disrupting life insurance. Foresters Mobile Quote is the latest evidence of this, as we continue to deliver turnkey-decisioned product offerings supported by state-of-the-art mobile tools.”

Added President of illustrate inc Lyndon Edwards, “OPUS Mobile is targeted towards individual Life Insurance Carriers and delivers a mobile solution that goes beyond the next level. In addition to the core powerful calculation and presentation capabilities, it has been designed to include features and functionality to exponentially expand its value to the user and the sales process. We are proud to continue our long-term partnership with Foresters and the launch of Foresters Mobile Quote is a testament to the level of skill, collaboration and excitement from both of our teams.”

Life Insurance with a Larger Purpose
Bringing a better, new normal to everyday North American families, Foresters offers a suite of unique member benefits, redefining the conventional life insurance model. Foresters member benefits include opportunities for scholarships, orphan benefits, community volunteer grants, online wills and other legal documents, Lifelong Learning, and more.

About Foresters Financial

Foresters Financial is quietly transforming the life insurance industry across the U.S. and Canada by enriching the lives, communities, and overall well-being of its members. Agents and members alike appreciate the turnkey-decisioned product offerings and end-to-end digitized processes that make it easy to get life insurance without traditional medical exams. State-of-the-art mobile tools help agents deliver tailored plans to prospective and current members. Unique to fraternal life insurers, Foresters offers a suite of member benefits, redefining the conventional life insurance model and bringing improved financial security and overall wellness to everyday North American families. Foresters recently acquired Canada Protection Plan to bolster its leadership in distribution across Canada. Foresters Financial includes The Independent Order of Foresters, the oldest non-denominational fraternal benefit society. For 20 straight years, The Independent Order of Foresters has received an “A” (Excellent) rating from A.M. Best.

For more information please visit www.foresters.com.

About illustrate inc

Established in 1989, with offices in Toronto and Kansas City, illustrate inc has been building and delivering powerful and innovative web-based POS software solutions – including quoting, illustrations, and eApps – for the North American Life Insurance industry, enabling carriers of any size to embark on, extend, or enhance their Digital Transformation.

To learn more about illustrate inc’s OPUS Mobile solution, visit illustrateinc.com/opus-mobile.

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illustrate inc launches OPUS Mobile, a quoting and illustrations app for life insurance carriers

Anastasia Sudetic — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:34:00 +0000

Toronto, ON, November 23, 2020 – illustrate inc, a point-of-sale software solutions provider for the North American Life Insurance industry, announced today the launch of OPUS Mobile, a downloadable quoting and illustrations app created for Carriers, which will dramatically improve the agent and client experience.

OPUS Mobile is a powerful sales tool for agents that enables them to provide quotes, illustrations and reports to clients, quickly and easily, on the spot, through their mobile phone. As with illustrate inc’s entire solution set, OPUS Mobile is built to be configurable and customizable to the individual needs of specific insurance carriers. It can be used in conjunction with illustrate inc’s other digital solutions, separately, or can integrate with other 3rd party systems and information providers.

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“Life Insurance agents and clients are continuously pressed for time. OPUS Mobile enables them to respond to consumer expectations where they can deliver complicated information, easier and faster, to facilitate an informed decision,” says Lyndon Edwards, President of illustrate inc. “We’re thrilled to offer this powerful new sales tool to help agents increase the speed at which they can provide illustrations and quotes to prospective clients, and ultimately close more accounts to achieve their growth targets.”

illustrate inc is dedicated to helping insurance carriers evolve their organizations to better serve their agents, and current and prospective clients. OPUS mobile is the latest in a line of solutions that aims to deliver state-of-the art tools that facilitate a highly productive, informed, and efficient sales process.

Learn more at illustrateinc.com or contact us at info@illustrateinc.com.

About illustrate inc
Established in 1989, with offices in Toronto and Kansas City, illustrate inc has been building and delivering powerful and innovative web based POS software solutions – including quoting, illustrations, and eApps – for the North American Life Insurance industry, enabling carriers of any size to embark on, extend, or enhance their Digital Transformation.

For additional information contact:

Anastasia Sudetic
Marketing Manager
illustrate inc
anastasia.sudetic@illustrateinc.com
416-890-8147

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illustrate inc expands leadership team with appointment of Eyobe Amberber as Vice President, Finance

Anastasia Sudetic — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 16:29:27 +0000

Toronto, ON, August 11, 2020 – illustrate inc announced today the appointment of Eyobe Amberber to their leadership team as Vice President, Finance. The appointment follows the organization’s recent hiring in other key areas, including business development and marketing.

In the newly created role, Eyobe will be directly in charge of the company’s financial operations with oversight of HR, IT, and Legal. He’ll be primarily focused on evolving the finance function to support the company’s growth, and alongside other members of the leadership team, advance the strategy and performance of illustrate inc.

“I look forward to joining illustrate inc and helping lead the company as it progresses to the next phase of its strategy,” says Eyobe Amberber, CPA, CMA, Vice President, Finance at illustrate inc. “It’s truly an exciting time for the company as it looks to build upon its industry leading success. I’m thrilled to be able to contribute to its vision and help pave the way for its expansion.”

“We’re thrilled to once again announce the expansion of our leadership team with the addition of Eyobe Amberber,” says Lyndon Edwards, President illustrate inc. “In hand with his background in corporate finance, Eyobe brings a mix of expertise from other forward-thinking industries and organizations. I’m confident that the new ideas that he’ll bring will support and enhance the strategies that we’re implementing to meet our organization’s aggressive growth mandate.”

Eyobe is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Toronto. From hospitality and consumer packaged goods to advertising and tech, Eyobe brings a wealth of experience from different industries and leading organizations including Nulogy, Freshii, Engagement Labs, and OMD Canada.

About illustrate inc
Established in 1989, with offices in Toronto and Kansas City, illustrate inc has been building and delivering powerful and innovative web based POS software solutions – including quoting, illustrations, and eApps – for the North American Life Insurance industry, enabling carriers of any size to embark on, extend, or enhance their Digital Transformation.

For additional information contact:

Anastasia Sudetic
Marketing Manager
illustrate inc
anastasia.sudetic@illustrateinc.com
416-890-8147

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Germania Life Insurance Company selects illustrate inc to lead the digital transformation of their life insurance business

Anastasia Sudetic — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 19:28:24 +0000

Overland Park KS; Toronto ON; Brenham TX; July 28, 2020 – Germania Life Insurance Company (GLIC), a subsidiary of Germania Insurance, the largest farm mutual insurance company in Texas, has selected illustrate inc as their partner to lead the digital transformation of their life insurance business.

The partnership will see GLIC implement illustrate inc’s OPUS suite of web-based digital solutions, including Needs Analysis, Quoting tools, Illustrations, eApps, and more, while enabling integration with other 3rd party systems and information providers. With a robust and powerful web-based solution, GLIC will equip their agents with state-of-the art tools to facilitate a highly productive, informed, and efficient sales process. GLIC’s focus on streamlining and modernizing the life insurance sales and application process will work to exponentially reduce cycle times through an automated workflow, drastically transforming the overall agent and customer experience.

“illustrate inc’s collaborative approach and custom product offerings are just what we need to digitally transform our life insurance division,” says Min Choi, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Germania Insurance. “We are excited to join forces with the illustrate inc team and begin making positive impacts and improved efficiencies in our business.”

“This is a major initiative for Germania Insurance and demonstrates their commitment to strengthening and growing their Life business. We’re honored to have been selected,” says Lyndon Edwards, President illustrate inc. “Our OPUS solution set is built to not only deliver immediate benefit, but to also readily accommodate future features and enhancements as the Germania Life business continues to evolve.”

About Germania Life Insurance Company
Organized in 1983, Germania Life Insurance Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Germania Insurance that provides life insurance products to members and policyholders. Regulated by the Texas Department of Insurance, GLIC offers affordable whole and term life policies to fit a variety of insurance needs.

About Germania Insurance
Founded in 1896, Germania Insurance provides auto, property, and life insurance for thousands of Texans. It is the largest farm mutual insurance company in Texas and one of the top companies for independent agents. Germania is a proud Texas company, exclusively providing protection and insurance services for Texans for over 120 years.

About illustrate inc
Established in 1989, with offices in Toronto and Kansas City, illustrate inc has been building and delivering powerful and innovative web based POS software solutions – including quoting, illustrations, and eapps – for the North American Life Insurance industry, enabling carriers of any size to embark on, extend, or enhance their Digital Transformation.

For additional information contact:

Anastasia Sudetic
Marketing Manager
illustrate inc
anastasia.sudetic@illustrateinc.com
416-890-8147

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illustrate inc appoints Eric Swanson as new Vice President, Sales – US Markets

Anastasia Sudetic — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 18:15:18 +0000

Toronto, ON, June 29, 2020 – illustrate inc is pleased to announce the addition of Eric Swanson as the new Vice President, Sales – US Markets.

In his new role, Eric will lead the business development as well as working closely with the illustrate inc product team to ensure that the company continues to evolve and meet the changing needs of the market and customers. Eric will contribute market insight and critical client feedback, to ensure that illustrate inc remains at the forefront of product design.

“illustrate inc is well-respected in the industry with a reputation for being collaborative in their client approach, while offering robust functionality to enable customers to realize the transformational benefits of digital POS tools,” says Eric Swanson, Vice President, Sales – US Markets at illustrate inc. “I’m excited to join the illustrate inc team and to contribute my industry knowledge as we build and enhance their product line to ensure continued alignment with customer needs.”

“We continue to invest in our business and are excited to accelerate our current growth,” says Lyndon Edwards, President of illustrate inc. “Eric has demonstrated a track record of success and brings a mix of industry expertise, personality, and passion for building strong partnerships which will serve our customers and business well.”

Eric brings over 15 years of experience in the US Life Insurance industry with a variety of carriers and distributors, including Protective, Lion Street, Allianz, Hartford/Prudential, and Minnesota Life. He possesses a considerable amount of knowledge, insight, and expertise surrounding Life Insurance products, distribution, and the industry in general, which will be beneficial in his new role.

About illustrate inc
Established in 1989, with offices in Toronto and Kansas City, illustrate inc has been building and delivering powerful and innovative web based POS software solutions – including quoting, illustrations, and eApps – for the North American Life Insurance industry, enabling carriers of any size to embark on, extend, or enhance their Digital Transformation.

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For additional information contact:

Anastasia Sudetic
Marketing Manager
illustrate inc
416-890-8147
anastasia.sudetic@illustrateinc.com

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illustrate inc announces new President – Lyndon Edwards

Lyndon Edwards — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 17:41:57 +0000

TORONTO July 20, 2018. illustrate inc announces the appointment of Lyndon Edwards to the position of President.

illustrate inc is pleased to announce the appointment of Lyndon Edwards to the role of President, effective August 7, 2018. In his new role as President, Lyndon will assume strategic and operational responsibility for illustrate inc and will report to company’s Chairman and Founder, Zahir Dhalla.

Already established as a preeminent provider of software solutions for the North American Life Insurance distribution channels, illustrate inc is pursuing an aggressive growth strategy and to build on its already strong presence in the U.S. and Canadian markets.

“The appointment of Lyndon accents our commitment of excellence. His proven operational prowess and intense customer focus will strengthen our approach and enhance our strategy for growth,” said Zahir Dhalla. “It is exciting to welcome such a strong resource to our talent pool, amidst the growing momentum of our brand, and client solutions within North America’s financial services industry.”

With extensive international executive experience including his most recent role as Chief Operating Officer for Hooper-Holmes Canada, Lyndon brings tremendous leadership, strategic, and operational skill and acumen to illustrate inc. Prior to Hooper-Holmes Canada, Lyndon held the position of Vice President / Country Manager for Rand McNally & Company, and prior to that led the Canadian, European, Middle East, and Africa Divisions for Avery Dennison Retail Information Services.

“It is an absolute thrill and privilege to join illustrate inc and to be provided such an exciting opportunity” says Lyndon. “I look forward to working with the team, and with current and future Customers, in continuing to deliver innovative and powerful solutions to help our Customers strengthen and grow their business.”

About illustrate inc
illustrate inc is a privately held company with significant expertise in illustration and point-of-sale systems used in the insurance and financial services sectors. illustrate inc has grown steadily over the past 20 years as a result of its hard focus on addressing industry need for efficiency, effectiveness and speed to market. With clients in Canada, the US and abroad, illustrate inc continues to evolve to anticipate and meet the changing needs of the insurance and financial services industries. For more information, please visit illustrateinc.com

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QLAdmin Solutions and illustrate inc partner for industry advancement

Clay — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 19:27:14 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 24th, 2016

QLAdmin Solutions and illustrate inc partner for industry advancement

Integration of life insurance policy administration and illustration platforms will enable complete flow through for automated new business processing.

Austin, Texas: QLAdmin Solutions, a leading life insurance policy administration technology provider, and illustrate inc, a major illustrations and e-form technology provider, are delighted to announce a strategic partnership between the two closely aligned organizations. The new partnership brings together the QLAdmin life insurance policy administration system and the OPUS illustrations and point-of-sale system into one integrated insurance home office operations platform.

Initial development is underway with both teams working side-by-side on data analysis of ACORD Standardized file sharing and interface integration, with customization, development and testing for seamless integration not far behind.

The synergy of the QLAdmin OPUS integration will allow:

Insurance agents to take electronic applications and access existing business via mobile tools or from the company-branded agent web portal.
Encrypted client information to be held in OPUS until uploaded to the QLAdmin policy administration system where a new client policy record will be created and fully utilized through the entire lifecycle.
Consumers to identify and assess their insurance and financial needs via company websites with education and calculator tools before beginning the application process.
Policyholders to have secure and direct access to agent and policy information via the company-branded policyholder web portal.
Insurance company home office employees to expertly service their policyholders by offering inforce and recalculated illustrations for increased compliance or identifying new sales opportunities (Illustrations will then be stored at the policy level as PDF documents).

Kevin Netterfield, President of illustrate inc said “The QLAdmin platform integrated with the power of illustrate inc’s OPUS suite responds to fill a gap in the marketplace with an affordable and integrated admin and illustration solution that no one else offers in North America. I admire QLAdmin, their values and their commitment to client needs. Our integration partnership right off the bat felt like destiny and perfect timing.”

“We’ve always seen illustration functionality as a recurring question from potential clients for which we had no answer. The illustrate inc platform is engaging and smart, and it’s the missing link to complementing the new business and policy admin process. We’re excited to work with Kevin and his team,” said Chris McCaul, FSA, President of QLAdmin Solutions.

The QLAdmin and illustrate inc strategic partnership comes at an ideal time for both companies – each with an impressive record of recent client acquisitions and in realizing the escalating growth trend in projected product development and market share.

Both companies provide industry-leading advanced solutions for insurance companies and fraternal benefit organizations operating in the Tier 3 through Tier 5 life insurance and annuity markets. These are niche markets for which new technology and modern tools are scarce or simply unattainable and yet for which there is an increased demand for affordable and reliable integrated solutions. The QLAdmin/OPUS systems integration will provide high level and tailored solutions enabling this market to compete on a larger scale, both geographically and online.

About QLAdmin Solutions: QLAdmin Solutions is a technology company of insurance experts that enables insurance providers to succeed in their markets, and has provided complete, end-to-end life insurance policy administration technology for nearly 30 years. QLAdmin Solutions has grown 25% in the last two years, and 44 companies in the United States, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean use QLAdmin and related system tools today. QLAdmin Solutions is headquartered in Austin, Texas. www.qladmin.com

About illustrate inc: illustrate inc is a privately held company and industry leader in the life insurance illustration software markets in Canada, the United States and the Caribbean. illustrate inc has grown steadily over the past 27 years as a result of its primary focus on addressing the industry needs for efficiency, effectiveness and speed to market for life insurance illustration and sales concepts software, as well as mobile quoting solutions.

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illustrate in the news: Remarkable Sales Technology Solutions

Clay — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:57:02 +0000

On Wednesday June 13th 2016 Insight Success, a platform that focuses distinctively on emerging as well as leading IT companies, posted their review of illustrate inc and our OPUS platform. We’re proud of this review and the detail it provides on the excellence of our software as well as our commitment to our clients and employees.

To read the full article click here.

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