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The Game Changer: What the LexisNexis Insurance Exchange Means for the Industry, Technology Partners
Jul 4 2011 // Technology providers to the insurance industry have good things to say about a new system that allows property/casualty agents, brokers and carriers to collaborate on commercial lines accounts. The new system, the...
As Tech Devices Shrink, Workers’ Comp Exposure Grows
Jul 4 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...
Technology Rewrites Rules of the Road for Commercial Fleets
Jul 4 2011 // Drivers may see it as “Big Brother”, but insurers and program managers that cater to commercial fleets say the use of technology such as cameras, black boxes and other tools that manage fleets is increasingly...
Why Agencies Should Use Management Systems to Drive Value, Increase Profits
Jul 4 2011 // More than 25 years ago, not long after I started out in my dad’s agency, I found my way to my first agency automation user group meeting. I went because, fresh out of college, my dad agreed that I probably knew more...
The Aftershocks of Vulnerable Supply Chains
Jun 27 2011 // The massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March has led to supply chain disruptions around the world, sending a wakeup call to companies that do not have viable business continuity plans in place for themselves...
The Aftershocks of Vulnerable Supply Chains
Jun 20 2011 // The massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March has led to supply chain disruptions around the world, sending a wakeup call to companies that do not have viable business continuity plans in place for themselves...
As Tech Devices Shrink, Workers’ Comp Exposure Grows
Jun 20 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...
Ex-Utah Football Star Sues Medical Tech Company
Jun 14 2011 // A former University of Utah football star has sued a medical technology company, saying a postsurgical device implanted into his shoulder to relieve pain caused permanent damage to the joint. Jason Kaufusi’s lawsuit...
Innovation in Spotlight at MarketScout’s Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium
May 20 2011 // Insurance industry leaders will share their companies’ innovations and their own personal entrepreneurial experiences in September at a symposium dedicated to the development of new concepts and ideas in the...
A Third of Large U.S. Firms Show Business Interruption From Japan Disaster
Apr 29 2011 // More than a quarter of large U.S. based businesses are experiencing disruptions to their supply chains or contingent business interruptions as a result of the March earthquake in Japan, says a new report. A new Greenwich...
Lockton Launches ‘Enterprise Disruption Contingency’ Insurance
Apr 22 2011 // Lockton has announced the launch of a package of risk management solutions called “Enterprise Disruption Contingency Insurance designed to help companies cope with previously ‘uninsurable’...
Lockton Launches Risk Management Tool to Address Uninsurable Risks
Apr 19 2011 // Lockton is launching a package of risk management solutions called Enterprise Disruption Contingency Insurance designed to help companies cope with previously “uninsurable” risks. Lockton’s Enterprise...
Growth of Clean Tech Industry Delivers New Exposures, Opportunities
Apr 18 2011 // Backed by government policy and growing public support, demand for technology that is both clean and sustainable has increased substantially in the United States, Europe, Asia and other parts of the world over the last...
Growth of Clean Tech Industry Delivers New Exposures, Opportunities
Apr 4 2011 // Backed by government policy and growing public support, demand for technology that is both clean and sustainable has increased substantially in the United States, Europe, Asia and other parts of the world over the last...
Japan Disaster Shows up Flaws in ‘Just-in-time’ Production
Mar 22 2011 // Just over a week after the massive earthquake hit the sprawling Texas Instruments chip plant here, a gardener is reworking the Japanese garden in an inner courtyard of the office tower attached to the plant. The garden is...
Tech Risks to Watch in 2011
Mar 18 2011 // The constant innovation indigenous to the technology industry may make the idea of risk management seem difficult and sometimes impossible. While challenging, tackling technology risk is not all that different than...
Marsh Warns Japan Disaster Could Disrupt Global Supply Chain
Mar 18 2011 // A bulletin from Marsh warns that “organizations need to prepare for the possibility of an extended disruption to global supply chains resulting from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Thousands of multinational...
How Agents Can Serve Their Local Technology Sector
Mar 7 2011 // Late last year, Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, filed a lawsuit over alleged patent infringement against some of the biggest names in technology, including Facebook, Google and Apple. For some, the lawsuit may appear...
Inferior Results Will Force Admitted Carriers Out of the E&S World, Eventually
Feb 10 2011 // The loss of market share in the surplus lines sector of the property/casualty insurance industry will turn around when standard carriers begin to experience negative results from the non-standard business they’ve...
Inferior Results Will Force Admitted Carriers Out of the E&S World, Eventually
Jan 24 2011 // Turnaround May Not Happen Until 2012 The loss of market share in the surplus lines sector of the property/casualty insurance industry will turn around when standard carriers begin to experience negative results from the...
