Sybase Selected by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Strategic Insights -

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, the sixth largest life insurance firm in the U.S., has standardized on Sybase software for its client/server computing environment. The company, founded in 1857, serves over 2.5 million policyholders nationwide and has chosen Sybase SQL Anywhere, a full-featured database optimized for accessing information anywhere people work and business transactions occur. The selection of Sybase software allows Northwestern Mutual to leverage its investment in existing mainframe systems and provide a platform for new client/server systems serving the Home Office in Milwaukee and its 7,000 agents nationwide.

Key Takeaways:

  • Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, the sixth largest life insurance firm in the U.S., has selected Sybase software as the database standard for its client/server computing environment.
  • The company has chosen Sybase SQL Anywhere, a full-featured database optimized for accessing information anywhere people work and business transactions occur.
  • The selection of Sybase software will allow Northwestern Mutual to leverage its investment in existing mainframe systems and provide a platform for new client/server systems serving the Home Office in Milwaukee and its 7,000 agents nationwide.
  • The purchase includes SQL Server, Replication Server, Open Client, Open Server, Enterprise SQL Server Manager, and SQL Anywhere.
  • Northwestern Mutual currently uses Sybase products for online transaction processing, replication, and data warehousing, including a computer resource asset management system, a real estate/mortgage commitment application, and a system to control underwriter requirement expenses.
  • The company has implemented a prototype data warehouse to manage some of the company's investments and multiple data warehouses are planned.
  • Sybase, Inc. is a worldwide leader in client/server software, providing customers with desktop to enterprise solutions.

Statistics:

  • The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company has assets of more than $50 billion.
  • The company serves more than 2.5 million policyholders nationwide.
  • Northwestern Mutual is one of the few companies specializing in individual coverage among the nation's largest life insurers.
  • Sybase, Inc. is the sixth largest independent software company in the world.
  • The company's mission is to provide customers with an open, adaptable information systems architecture that enables them to develop and deliver complete information systems solutions to facilitate rapid business change.

Sources:

  • Sybase, Inc. press release, December 12, 1995.
  • Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company website.
  • Sybase, Inc. website.
  • "The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company" press release.