The two main themes at the September 14 meeting at the Chateau Vaudreuil this year were Momentum and Open Access.

Momentum included presentations by Novinsoft key technical folks Michel Lebel on our Plan Code Database Tools for In-Force Illustrations, Dan Stein on Auto-Rates Generation, and Vlad Olaru on our .NET Illustration System Architecture.
Adoption of these current Novinsoft technology options by various clients and the benefits for other clients was featured.

Our latest technology – “Open Access” to our Illustration System Architecture for client companies - was demonstrated by Vlad. Vlad showed how the new XML Product Parameter Engine allows client companies to edit a large number of parameterized application attributes and dynamically execute source code, on-the-fly, on their own, to change product features in their Illustration Systems.

Vlad also demonstrated our new capability to add slide presentations with dynamic data and graphs to our Illustration Systems and Sales Concepts using the latest version of Microsoft Power Point. Microsoft has opened up their code in the latest Office Suite making it much easier for Novinsoft to provide this service; thus decreasing the time and cost for our client companies.

In a group discussion on Bug Tracking and Electronic Applications, representatives from the various insurance carriers shared information on the Bug Tracking Tools being used and use of Electronic Applications by their respective field forces. Novinsoft can now review this input to improve on these services.

The guest speaker was Yves Delvallet, Vice-President Business Development for Covenant Group. Yves explored why customer relationship management solutions have run their course, and why practice development systems will be the next great wave in financial services. In the coming years, advisors who master practice development will have a distinct advantage over their competition. In his presentation – Building Your Business, Yves delved into actual cases, exploring, in-depth, how various advisors transformed their businesses by adopting The 8 Best Practices.

Neil Menear, President, Novinsoft, also discussed the Novinsoft 2007 highlights.