Fortis Insurance International, The Netherlands
Employed since 1st May 2006 as "Head of Business Analyst Insurance and Takaful"
Mayban Fortis, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
Henk ten Bos is a business/IT architect with a lot of domain knowledge of the Insurance industry (Netherlands and Malaysia). He has many years of experience with business analysis, value chain integration and front-office solutions. He combines his experience of the Insurance Industry with in-depth knowledge of Internet-/networking technologies and development of Information Systems. Successful implementation of Value Chain Integration projects is his speciality; He is frequently asked by clients to take the lead-architect role in the implementation of these projects. Henk ten Bos regularly publishes articles in (Dutch) specialist journals about Business and ICT subjects in the Financial Services area.
Currently Head of Business Analyst department: a group of 25 employees servicing Life and General Business lines (Conventional and Takaful).
The BA Department is participating in projects:
- translating business requirements info proper functional specifications for IT department
- managing business projects and the multi-channel business architecture
- preparing and coordinating UAT
Currently actively involved in the implementation phase of the merger of Mayban Fortis, MNI and Takaful Nasional. Objective: to become the no 1 Insurance/Takaful company of Malaysia in 2009.
Voor Henk his profile on LinkedIn, click the following link: 
1997 - 2006: IG&H Management Consultants, Woerden, The Netherlands
Employed between April 1997 and April 2006 as Expert Consultant / Manager with IG&H Management Consultants, a management consulting firm specialised in the Financial services sector and Supply Chain & Operations.
An overview a number of large projects Henk ten Bos managed for IG&H:
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| October 2005 - March 2006 |
Customer: Managing Director Front-office medium-sized agency-based Insurance company
Program manager Value Chain integration
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| January 2004 - October 2005 |
Customer: Managing Director Life Insurance - Top 3 Dutch Insurance Group
Design the Front End Architecture to support online application of Life Insurance policies. Facilitate the imlementation as Business architect.
The program implements a webservices based environment, where services are used to support the Extranet of the Insurance company, are re-used in the Industry standard GIM-BP protocol and are also available to integrate with other applications used by the Dutch Agency force.
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| January 2001 - December 2003 |
Customer: Managing Director of large Dutch Insurance company
Design of the architecture of a STP-solution (Straight Through Processing) for Life Insurance Applications. The solution supports automatic processing for New Business and Policy Servicing between Front- and Back End applications, and is supported by an extensive Business Process Management solution using Lotus Domino.
Sparringpartner of the Management to discuss Front End policies.
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| November 2001 - February 2002 |
Customer: Board of Directors of Dutch Pension Fund & Insurance Group
Architect/projectmanager to develop businessplan for Employee Benefits concept. Development of Business and ICT-blueprint for new joint venture between Pension Fund and Insurance Group .
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| March 2001 - August 2001 |
Customer: Management Life Insurance company
Management of internal teams and vendors during implementation of Internet applications. Responsible to develop and implement the necessary e-business architecture to support these applications. Keyman to facilitate communication between Business, Application Services and Infrastructure.
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| January 2000 - September 2000 |
Customer: Management of large Dutch Insurance company
Projectmanagement for a team of 4 software developers to build a VB-based Front End for Universal Life Quotations. The software was developed within 4 months time. Information architect in a feasibility study to convert this standalone Quotation application into a web based version.
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An overview of Henk his publications in Dutch specialist journals (click on the titel for a PDF-version of the publication - only in Dutch):
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Banking Review, February 2006 |
"Echte Straight Through Processing door integrale benadering mogelijk"
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Banking Review, November 2005 |
"Nieuwe front-office technologie: Fortis ASR speelt in op veranderende eisen "
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VVP, October 2005 |
"Eerste stap op weg naar Straight Through Processing"
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| Banking en Finance, October 2005 |
"Ketenintegratie in het intermediaire kanaal"
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| VVP, March 2005 |
"Marktontwikkelingen vergroten de noodzaak en kansen voor ketenintegratie"
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Automatisering Gids, November 2003 |
"Nieuwe financiële wet maakt vergelijken offertes mogelijk"
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| Banking Review, September 2003, |
"Rendement halen uit intermediaire ketenintegratie"
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| VVP, February 2003, |
"Extranetten in de verzekeringsbranche - Status en succesfactoren"
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| Automatisering Gids, January 2003, |
"Verzekeraars laten intermediair in de kou staan"
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| Automatisering, Gids April 2001 |
"Financiële dienstverlening snakt naar standaardisatie"
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| VVP, July 1999, |
"Beveiliging bij het gebruik van Internet als communicatiemedium"
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| Automatisering Gids, March 1999 |
"De klant dient centraal te staan in de financiële dienstverlening"
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In 2003 IG&H Management Consultants celebrated a 10 year Anniversary. For the celebration of the anniversary, the employees created a short movie, themed "No Guts No Glory". You can watch this movie here (you'll need Realplayer to play the movie). |
