The theme of the “Business Agility in the Insurance Industry” workshop is “From Fragile to Agile: SOA, Business Modeling & Architecture-Driven Modernization in the Insurance Industry.” Realities of the “Flat World” (Internet driven economy, coupled with globally dispersed organizations and their resources: people, processes, IT, etc.) dictate that Insurers must become “Agile” in order to successfully compete and grow. To become “Agile” they must be able to sense, interpret and respond to “Events” (Business, IT and others) in a timely and cost effective manner. Although SOA is being promoted as the “Agility Medicine,” the question is often raised, is SOA alone enough?

Workshop Highlights Include:

  Keynote Presentations:

• Modeling as the “DNA” of Business Agility
  • OMG’s Model Driven Architecture and Why it Matters to Insurance
  • Case Study: Modeling for Insurance Software Development
  • Case Study: Modeling as the Backbone for Insurance Information Management
• SOA, BPM and Regulatory Compliance: Pillars of Business Agility
  • SOA Adoption in Insurance: Current State, Future and Challenges
  • OMG’s Approach to SOA
  • Modeling and Simulation for Business Applications
  • Modeling Insurance Business Processes
  • Regulatory Compliance and Business Agility
  • An Approach to Business-Driven SOA
  • Panel Discussion: Business Agility: Fact or Fiction?
• Business Agility via Architecture Driven Modernization
  • Case Study Panel: Understanding & Improving IT Architectures
  • Modernization & Software Assurance
  • ADM Standards Roadmap & Industry Impacts Update
  • Case Study Panel: Transforming IT Architectures

There will also be technology exhibits and demonstrations of modeling tools and repositories.

Registration & Information

The early-bird registration discount is available until January 29, 2008. The agenda, plus registration information is available at http://www.omg.org/ins-ws-pg. Exhibit space is available; for more information contact Kevin Loughry at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or +1-781-444 0404. Sponsorship opportunities are available; contact Ken Berk at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or +1-781-444 0404.