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San Diego-based insurance software firm Confirmnet is now officially part of Ebix, a provider of software for the insurance industry, Ebix said Monday afternoon. Ebix had announced the buy in early November, saying that the deal was worth between $10M and $11M. Confirmnet develops software used for issuing insurance certificates