Implementation of the extranet-based Global Electronic Manual (GEM) for efficient transfer of risk assessment know-how in 35 countries

Hamburg, September 5, 2005 – Revios Rückversicherung AG, one of the world’s leading life reinsurance companies, is to relaunch its comprehensive extranet application, Global Electronic Manual (GEM), on the basis of CoreMedia CMS. The Revios Group, which evolved from the life reinsurance businesses of the Gerling reinsurance group, is one of the eight largest reinsurance companies in the world, and provides products and services to clients in 35 countries.

GEM is Revios’ comprehensive extranet-based life underwriting manual. GEM offers a wide range of medical and non-medical information for the assessment of life risks differentiated and adapted to regional market conditions. Clients from around the world have around-the-clock access to the GEM database, providing them with risk assessment tools for a range of life insurance products. In addition to medical information, it supports clients in assessing risk based on profession, sport activities and international travel.

The GEM user interface is designed for easy navigation and a maximum of flexibility. Updates, structural changes, maintenance and user-client administration can be carried out centrally – from the company’s headquarters in Cologne, Germany – and also by authorized staff members in any of the company’s subsidiaries worldwide.

“The Global Electronic Manual (GEM) is an integral part of our daily work and that of our clients. We chose CoreMedia CMS to make the utilization of the online database more stable and efficient.” said Dr. Jörg Apfelbach, head of the Risk and Actuarial Assessment department at Revios Cologne.

CoreMedia CMS content technology is being implemented by TietoEnator, an IT service provider.

“Content Management has become an essential element of many central business processes,” explained Sören Stamer, founder and CEO of CoreMedia. “Especially for insurance companies, efficient and speedy administration of information – insurance risks, for example – is decisive for business success.”

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Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, CoreMedia has over 130 employees and maintains a global network of partners that includes 500 professional consultants.

With over 1,000 licenses sold, CoreMedia is a global innovation and technology leader for content technology. After winning the A.T. Kearney "Best Innovator" award, CoreMedia was recognized by Deloitte as the fastest growing software company in Germany. In 2005 the Red Herring Magazine ranked CoreMedia in their Top-100 European companies for its leading role in innovation and technology.

Leading portal operators and enterprises in all industries trust CoreMedia CMS for high-quality service and integrated information management. Over 100 companies in 20 countries within the telecommunications, media, industrial and financial sectors have successfully employed CoreMedia’s technology, among them industry leaders such as Bertelsmann, Continental, Deutsche Telekom, debitel, GMX, O2, EPCOS, NEC-Mitsubishi, Nokia, SEAT, T-Mobile, T-Online, Vodafone, Wincor Nixdorf, plus more than forty public sector organizations.