Today’s announcement by MphasiS an HP company, to acquire Wyde (with its Wynsure policy admin offering) highlights the continuing emergence in the insurance industry of globalization and the mutual dependence of software and delivery capability.While Wyde’s presence is strongest in the US and France; it also has been building its footprint in Bermuda, the Caribbean, Asia and North Africa.

Celent sees increasing demand for alternative hosting and delivery options (traditional BPO, SaaS, Cloud in all its variations)—not only in smaller and emerging markets, but in certain segments of mature markets as well (e.g. greenfield startups and new initiatives in established companies. This acquisition will also build MphasiS’ own applications, BPO, and delivery capacity.

Coming right on the heels of Accenture’s acquisition of Duck Creek, it looks like some key global players are stretching out.