Large agent network benefits from BI

An insurance and financial services organization has implemented a business intelligence (BI) platform to centralize its reporting capabilities and to give employees better access to data in a more timely manner.

Ameritas Life Insurance chose Information Builders to help design and deploy dashboards to put information access and reporting tools in the hands of business users. Ameritas sought a solution that offered an intuitive and customizable interface that would meet the needs of its large and diverse user population while ensuring high adoption. Another requirement was to avoid burdening its IT department with unmanageable overhead and cost.

Mike Slattery, VP of IT for Ameritas, says, “The ability to accurately and efficiently provide our lines of business, agents and clients with the appropriate information is very important to our long-term success and growth as a company. To be successful, we need a comprehensive, reliable business intelligence platform giving us insight into data at every level of our organization. By standardizing on Information Builders’ WebFOCUS, we’re able to achieve this level of reporting and analysis and also set the stage for future BI implementations.” Ameritas’ WebFOCUS enterprise BI standard places facts and guidance in the hands of those who need it, according to Information Builders.