Based in New York, ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development) is a global, nonprofit insurance association whose mission is to facilitate the development and use of standards for the insurance, reinsurance and related financial services industries. With offices in London as well, ACORD accomplishes its mission by remaining an objective, independent advocate for sharing information among diverse platforms. ACORD Standards and services improve efficiency and expand market reach. Affiliated with ACORD are hundreds of insurance and reinsurance companies, and thousands of agents and brokers, related financial services organizations, software providers, and industry organizations worldwide.

For more than 30 years, Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation's family of companies has helped automate, centralize, standardize and streamline processes that are critical to the safety and soundness of the capital markets by providing clearing, settlement and information services for equities, corporate and municipal bonds, government and mortgage-backed securities, money market instruments and over-the-counter derivatives. In addition, DTCC is a leading processor of mutual funds and insurance transactions, linking funds and carriers with their distribution networks.

Beacon Research is an independent research organization founded in 1997 that compiles market intelligence on fixed annuity products for subscribers via their web-based systems. Carriers access these systems to support product development, rate setting and competition research; Distributors use them for product analysis and selection.

MIB Group, Inc. ("MIB") is a membership corporation owned by approximately 470 member insurance companies in the US and Canada. Organized in 1902, MIB's core fraud protection services protect insurers, policyholders and applicants from attempts to conceal or omit information material to the sound and equitable underwriting of life, health, disability income, critical illness and long-term care insurance.

National Association of Variable Annuities (NAVA) NAVA addresses the need and importance of retirement income preparation and management for retirement-focused Americans, and within this mission focuses on the growth, acceptance and understanding of annuity and variable life products to fulfill important objectives of retirement income planning.

Thomson Transaction Services, a division of Thomson Financial, is one of the largest securities data-processing firms in the country, and provides their clients with the tools they need to succeed in the ever-evolving brokerage industry.

Since 1995, Insurance Technologies has been a thought leader and an industry innovator in the creation and delivery of point-of-sale illustration software for the life insurance and financial services industries.