<PAGE>
   As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2002

                                                   Registration No. 333-________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                               CAMINUS CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

<TABLE>
<S>                                                   <C>
      DELAWARE                                             13-4081739
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                        Identification Number)

825 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK                         10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                   (Zip Code)
</TABLE>


                        1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                 DAVID M. STONER
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                               CAMINUS CORPORATION
                                825 THIRD AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                 (212) 515-3600
          (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                      Proposed        Proposed
    Title of                          Maximum         Maximum
   Securities      Amount             Offering       Aggregate          Amount of
      to be        to be               Price          Offering         Registration
   Registered      Registered(1)      Per Share        Price               Fee
   ----------      -------------      ---------        -----               ---

<S>                <C>              <C>            <C>                 <C>
Common Stock,      500,000 shares   $20.85(2)      $10,425,000(2)      $959.10
$.01 par value
</TABLE>


(1)  In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
     this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional
     securities that may from time to time be offered or issued to prevent
     dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
     transactions.

(2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
     registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low sale prices
     of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on January 23, 2002 in
     accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
     amended.
<PAGE>
PART I.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

      The information required by Part I is included in documents sent or given
to participants in the Registrant's 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan pursuant
to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"). The Registrant is registering 500,000 shares of common stock herewith in
connection with an increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance
under the Registrant's 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan from 95,238 to 595,238
shares.

PART II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

      ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

      The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements
of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy
statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with the
Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

            (1) The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section
      13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or the latest prospectus filed
      pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited
      financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which
      such statements have been filed.

            (2) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
      the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document
      referred to in (1) above.

            (3) The description of the common stock of the Registrant, $0.01 par
      value per share (the "Common Stock"), contained in a registration
      statement filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
      filed for the purpose of updating such description.

      All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all shares of Common Stock offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all shares of Common Stock then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

      ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

      Not applicable.


                                      -2-
<PAGE>
      ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

      Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities being
offered by this Registration Statement.

      ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

      The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of
Incorporation") provides that no director of the Registrant shall be personally
liable for any monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except to the extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "Law")
prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for breach of
fiduciary duty.

      The Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director or officer of
the Registrant (a) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding (other than
an action by or in the right of the Registrant) brought against him by virtue of
his position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful and (b)
shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including
attorneys' fees) and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any
action by or in the right of the Registrant brought against him by virtue of his
position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith
and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made with
respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Registrant, unless a court determines that, despite such
adjudication but in view of all of the circumstances, he is entitled to
indemnification of such expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent
that a director or officer has been successful, on the merits or otherwise,
including, without limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, he
is required to be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including
attorneys' fees) incurred in connection therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to
a director or officer at his request, unless it is determined that he did not
act in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful, provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it is
ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for such
expenses.

      As a condition precedent to the right of indemnification, the director or
officer must give the Registrant notice of the action for which indemnity is
sought and the Registrant has the right to participate in such action or assume
the defense thereof.

      The Certificate of Incorporation further provides that the indemnification
provided therein is not exclusive and that the Registrant may enter into
agreements with officers and


                                      -3-
<PAGE>
directors providing for indemnification rights and procedures different from
those set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.

      Section 145 of the Law provides that a corporation has the power to
indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain
other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities
against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or
proceeding to which he is, or is threatened to be, made a party by reason of
such position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable
cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions
brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made
with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to
be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating
court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances.

      The Registrant has purchased and maintains insurance coverage under a
policy insuring its directors and officers against certain liabilities which
they may incur as directors or officers of the Registrant.

      ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

      Not applicable.

      ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

      The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated
herein by reference.

      ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

      1.    The Registrant hereby undertakes:

            (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
      made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
            the Securities Act;

                  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
            after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
            recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
            the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
            forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
            any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
            total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
            was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
            estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
            prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
            the aggregate, the changes in volume


                                      -4-
<PAGE>
            and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
            aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
            Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
            plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
            Statement or any material change to such information in the
            Registration Statement;

      provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the
      information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
      paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
      Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
      Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
      Statement.

            (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
      Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
      new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
      the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
      initial bona fide offering thereof.

            (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
      amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
      the termination of the offering.

      2. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.

      3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.


                                      -5-
<PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in New York, New York on Tuesday, January 29, 2002.

                                        CAMINUS CORPORATION


                                        By:/s/ David M. Stoner
                                           -----------------------------
                                           David M. Stoner
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

      We, the undersigned officers and directors of Caminus Corporation, hereby
severally constitute and appoint David M. Stoner, Joseph P. Dwyer and James R.
Burke, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to
them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities
indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any
and all subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to
do all such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and
directors to enable Caminus Corporation to comply with all requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our
signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said
Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.


                                      -6-
<PAGE>
      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
           Signature                          Title                   Date
           ---------                          -----                   ----


<S>                                 <C>                          <C>

/s/ David M. Stoner
----------------------------            President, Chief         January 29, 2002
David M. Stoner                         Executive Officer and
                                        Director (Principal
                                        Executive Officer)

/s/ Joseph P. Dwyer
----------------------------            Executive Vice           January 29, 2002
Joseph P. Dwyer                         President, Chief
                                        Financial Officer and
                                        Treasurer (Principal
                                        Financial and Principal
                                        Accounting Officer)


----------------------------            Director                 January   , 2002
Anthony H. Bloom


----------------------------            Director                 January   , 2002
Christopher S. Brothers


/s/ Nigel L. Evans
----------------------------            Director                 January 29, 2002
Nigel L. Evans


/s/ Lawrence D. Gilson
----------------------------            Director                 January 29, 2002
Lawrence D. Gilson


/s/ Richard K. Landers
----------------------------            Director                 January 29, 2002
Richard K. Landers


/s/ Brian J. Scanlan
----------------------------            Director                 January 23, 2002
Brian J. Scanlan


/s/ Clare M. J. Spottiswoode
----------------------------            Director                 January 29, 2002
Clare M. J. Spottiswoode
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit
Number                       Description
------                       -----------


<S>         <C>
5.1         Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP.

23.1        Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2        Consent of KPMG LLP.

23.3        Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

24.1        Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this Registration
            Statement).
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                                      -8-
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2002

                                                   Registration No. 333-________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                               CAMINUS CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
DELAWARE                                             13-4081739
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                        Identification Number)

825 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK                         10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                   (Zip Code)
1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                 DAVID M. STONER
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                               CAMINUS CORPORATION
                                825 THIRD AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                 (212) 515-3600
          (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed        Proposed
    Title of                          Maximum         Maximum
   Securities      Amount             Offering       Aggregate          Amount of
      to be        to be               Price          Offering         Registration
   Registered      Registered(1)      Per Share        Price               Fee
   ----------      -------------      ---------        -----               ---
Common Stock,      500,000 shares   $20.85(2)      $10,425,000(2)      $959.10
$.01 par value
(1)  In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
     this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional
     securities that may from time to time be offered or issued to prevent
     dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
     transactions.

(2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
     registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low sale prices
     of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on January 23, 2002 in
     accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
     amended.
PART I.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

      The information required by Part I is included in documents sent or given
to participants in the Registrant's 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan pursuant
to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"). The Registrant is registering 500,000 shares of common stock herewith in
connection with an increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance
under the Registrant's 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan from 95,238 to 595,238
shares.

PART II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

      ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

      The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements
of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy
statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with the
Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

            (1) The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section
      13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or the latest prospectus filed
      pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited
      financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which
      such statements have been filed.

            (2) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
      the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document
      referred to in (1) above.

            (3) The description of the common stock of the Registrant, $0.01 par
      value per share (the "Common Stock"), contained in a registration
      statement filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
      filed for the purpose of updating such description.

      All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all shares of Common Stock offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all shares of Common Stock then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

      ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

      Not applicable.

                                      -2-
ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

      Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities being
offered by this Registration Statement.

      ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

      The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of
Incorporation") provides that no director of the Registrant shall be personally
liable for any monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except to the extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "Law")
prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for breach of
fiduciary duty.

      The Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director or officer of
the Registrant (a) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding (other than
an action by or in the right of the Registrant) brought against him by virtue of
his position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful and (b)
shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including
attorneys' fees) and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any
action by or in the right of the Registrant brought against him by virtue of his
position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith
and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made with
respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Registrant, unless a court determines that, despite such
adjudication but in view of all of the circumstances, he is entitled to
indemnification of such expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent
that a director or officer has been successful, on the merits or otherwise,
including, without limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, he
is required to be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including
attorneys' fees) incurred in connection therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to
a director or officer at his request, unless it is determined that he did not
act in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful, provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it is
ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for such
expenses.

      As a condition precedent to the right of indemnification, the director or
officer must give the Registrant notice of the action for which indemnity is
sought and the Registrant has the right to participate in such action or assume
the defense thereof.

      The Certificate of Incorporation further provides that the indemnification
provided therein is not exclusive and that the Registrant may enter into
agreements with officers and

                                      -3-
directors providing for indemnification rights and procedures different from
those set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.

      Section 145 of the Law provides that a corporation has the power to
indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain
other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities
against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or
proceeding to which he is, or is threatened to be, made a party by reason of
such position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable
cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions
brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made
with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to
be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating
court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances.

      The Registrant has purchased and maintains insurance coverage under a
policy insuring its directors and officers against certain liabilities which
they may incur as directors or officers of the Registrant.

      ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

      Not applicable.

      ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

      The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated
herein by reference.

      ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

      1.    The Registrant hereby undertakes:

            (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
      made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
            the Securities Act;

                  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
            after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
            recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
            the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
            forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
            any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
            total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
            was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
            estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
            prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
            the aggregate, the changes in volume

                                      -4-
and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
            aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
            Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
            plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
            Statement or any material change to such information in the
            Registration Statement;

      provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the
      information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
      paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
      Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
      Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
      Statement.

            (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
      Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
      new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
      the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
      initial bona fide offering thereof.

            (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
      amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
      the termination of the offering.

      2. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.

      3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

                                      -5-
SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in New York, New York on Tuesday, January 29, 2002.

                                        CAMINUS CORPORATION

                                        By:/s/ David M. Stoner
                                           -----------------------------
                                           David M. Stoner
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

      We, the undersigned officers and directors of Caminus Corporation, hereby
severally constitute and appoint David M. Stoner, Joseph P. Dwyer and James R.
Burke, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to
them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities
indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any
and all subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to
do all such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and
directors to enable Caminus Corporation to comply with all requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our
signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said
Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature                          Title                   Date
           ---------                          -----                   ----
/s/ David M. Stoner
----------------------------            President, Chief         January 29, 2002
David M. Stoner                         Executive Officer and
                                        Director (Principal
                                        Executive Officer)

/s/ Joseph P. Dwyer
----------------------------            Executive Vice           January 29, 2002
Joseph P. Dwyer                         President, Chief
                                        Financial Officer and
                                        Treasurer (Principal
                                        Financial and Principal
                                        Accounting Officer)

----------------------------            Director                 January   , 2002
Anthony H. Bloom

----------------------------            Director                 January   , 2002
Christopher S. Brothers

/s/ Nigel L. Evans
----------------------------            Director                 January 29, 2002
Nigel L. Evans

/s/ Lawrence D. Gilson
----------------------------            Director                 January 29, 2002
Lawrence D. Gilson

/s/ Richard K. Landers
----------------------------            Director                 January 29, 2002
Richard K. Landers

/s/ Brian J. Scanlan
----------------------------            Director                 January 23, 2002
Brian J. Scanlan

/s/ Clare M. J. Spottiswoode
----------------------------            Director                 January 29, 2002
Clare M. J. Spottiswoode
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number                       Description
------                       -----------
5.1         Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP.

23.1        Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2        Consent of KPMG LLP.

23.3        Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

24.1        Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this Registration
            Statement).
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