Jefferson National Life Insurance Co. and BISYS, which provides business-process outsourcing solutions for the financial-services sector, launched Simple Term, an agent-sold term life insurance product that is distributed through an online application and issuance process.

Jefferson Jefferson, uninc. city (1990 pop. 25,782), Fairfax co., N Va. It is a residential suburb of Washington, D.C. National Life Insurance Co. and BISYS, which provides business-process outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. solutions for the financial-services sector, launched Simple Term, an agent-sold term life insurance product that is distributed through an online application and issuance process. It uses a patent-pending automated au·to·mate
v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates

v.tr.
1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory.

2. process to provide qualified applicants with instant-issue, affordable term coverage.

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