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P/C Insurance Isn’t Innovative? Don’t Believe It
Dec 16 2011 // There’s more innovation in property/casualty insurance than people think. A new Swiss Re report explores why the industry is not known for its innovation and concludes it’s because much of the innovation is...
Natural Disaster in China Would Severely Disrupt Global Supply Chains
Dec 7 2011 // A natural catastrophe in China on the scale of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami would have an even more severe impact on supply chains, given China’s critical role in global manufacturing. That is according to a...
Swiss Re sigma Report Highlights Progress in P/C Product Innovation
Dec 6 2011 // A new sigma report, “Product innovation in non-life insurance,” from Swiss Re underscores the conclusion that there’s “much more to innovation in non-life insurance than people think.” In...
Travelers Forms Clean Energy & Technology Practice
Nov 14 2011 // The Travelers Companies, Inc. have formed the Clean Energy & Technology Practice. This new practice offers clean energy and technology-focused insurance products, and risk and claim management resources. The practice...
Disaster Innovation
Nov 7 2011 // This issue has reports on innovation in insurance and where entrepreneurs find their inspiration. The presenters at this year’s Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium said they are inspired by their own experiences,...
Tech Chiefs Take on Standards, iPad, Light Bulb
Nov 7 2011 // Thomas Alva Edison would have been glowing had he been at the “Technology Issues in the U.S. & U.K.” panel discussion at the annual National Association of Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) conference in San...
High Hopes for High Tech: Interview with New Applied Systems CEO
Oct 27 2011 // Insurance agencies are under pressure to quickly adopt new technologies in order to keep up with competitors, according to a newcomer to the insurance industry who is now positioned to help agencies do just that. Reid...
High Hopes for High Tech
Oct 17 2011 // Tech Talk with Reid French, Applied Systems’ New CEO Insurance agencies are under pressure to quickly adopt new technologies in order to keep up with competitors, according to a newcomer to the insurance industry who...
Tech Chiefs Take on Standards, iPad, Light Bulb at Surplus Lines Conference
Oct 13 2011 // Thomas Alva Edison would have been glowing had he been at the “Technology Issues in the U.S. & U.K.” panel discussion at the annual National Association of Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) conference in San...
BlackBerry Maker Scrambles to End Global Outage; Repair Damage to Brand
Oct 13 2011 // The company that makes the BlackBerry smart phone is working frantically to end a three-day global service disruption that has frustrated millions of its customers and pumped up pressure on its management to make sweeping...
California Fund Proposes Insurance to Stimulate Clean Energy Investments
Oct 11 2011 // Finding the capital to get a new power plant in the ground is no small task for any company, but for developers aiming to use emerging clean energy technologies, the challenges are even greater. A California clean energy...
FERMA’s President on the Risk Managers’ Role, Transparency, Innovation
Oct 6 2011 // Peter den Dekker has been a busy man. However, the President of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations* (FERMA) took time out to talk to the IJ on the expanding role risk managers are playing in these...
Euclid Managers Adopts New Coverages, Approach for Insuring Tech Firms
Oct 5 2011 // Euclid Managers, LLC, an underwriting manager and claim administrator for internet, tech, media, manufacturing and miscellaneous professional liability, has added more coverage for Internet and tech companies via a new...
Reinsurers Eye Innovation As Prices Disappoint
Sep 12 2011 // Catastrophe claims totaling $70 billion have failed to generate a hoped-for upturn in reinsurance prices, putting the industry under pressure to specialize and develop new products to generate growth. Reinsurance policy...
Pending Patent Reform May Not Bring Much Lawsuit Relief
Aug 29 2011 // U.S. Congress is tantalizingly close to passing patent reform that President Barack Obama has hailed as an economic booster, but the legislation is expected to do little to divert money away from patent litigation and...
Insurance Technology Vendor Vertafore Acquires Kaplan Compliance Unit
Aug 23 2011 // Insurance agency technology vendor Vertafore said that its subsidiary Sircon will acquire Indianapolis, Indiana-based Kaplan Compliance Solutions (KCS), which sells insurance and securities software and services. Terms of...
QBE Innovation to be profiled at MarketScout’s Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium
Aug 10 2011 // Impressive US growth has capture market’s attention DALLAS, August 10, 2011 – Rob Byler, President and Head of Program Business at QBE, will deliver a keynote presentation to over 400 insurance industry executives...
Lloyd’s Innovation to be Profiled at MarketScout’s Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium
Aug 2 2011 // Hank Watkins, President of Lloyd’s America, will outline Lloyd’s new initiatives DALLAS, August 2, 2011 – Hank Watkins, President of Lloyd’s America, will deliver a keynote presentation to over 400...
The Future in Auto Claim Prevention
Aug 1 2011 // Vehicle Technology Tools, Red Light Cameras, Better Roads and More Give Way to Reduction in Claims There has been a reduction in auto insurance property damage and injury claims within the past 50 years through the...
As Tech Devices Shrink, Work Comp Exposure Grows
Jul 18 2011 // Employers Need Rules for Mobile Employees Employers who supply their employees with company cell phones, laptops, BlackBerries, iPads and other portable devices could be in for a surprise if an employee is injured while...
