Web services are being touted as th...

Web services are being touted as the nearest best thing in information technology and many insurers be seen to agree. Celent Communications predicts that by dint of 2006, integration of Web services will account for more than 40% of the riches insurers are spending on novel systems. Web services enable applications to access other applications without a previously established connection.

Insurers are attracted to Web services by means of the lure of reusability and the time and expense savings that can result.

The spell "Web services" was coined by the agency of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, still there are many definitions. In its latter "Web Services in Insurance"