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High Tech May Pinpoint Antarctica, Greenland Sea Level Rise Risks
Sep 28 2009 // Dismayed by ice and storms, British explorer Captain James Cook had no regrets when he abandoned a voyage searching for a fabled southern continent in 1773. Finding only icebergs after he was the first to cross the...
What to Know About Red Flags, Notification Laws and the Hi Tech Act
Sep 21 2009 // Data breaches have hit an all time high and with that have been a dramatic increase in new data security and privacy laws and regulations. Both state and federal regulations have been in place for several years with...
US Pharmacy Tech Sues Employer over Mock Holdup
Sep 15 2009 // A Pennsylvania pharmacy technician who says she was traumatized when a masked gunman burst into her store demanding the painkiller OxyContin is suing her employers for arranging the mock holdup. Babette Perry says in a...
E&S Brokers Look for Rays of Light at the End of the Tunnel
Sep 7 2009 // Flat Economy, Persistent Soft Markets Have Forced Leaner Business Models, More Automation A poor economy, natural catastrophes and an extended soft market have all combined to nip growth in the excess and surplus lines...
Insurers Get Tax Credits for Backing Tennessee Venture Fund for Startups
Jul 20 2009 // Newly signed legislation in Tennessee will provide venture money for new companies with high growth potential, such as those involved in biotechnology and other innovations. The money will come from insurance companies...
Marsh: Europe’s Communications, Media, Tech Firms Focus on Risks
Jun 25 2009 // A new report from Marsh concludes that the senior management at “85 percent of Europe’s leading communications, media and technology (CMT) companies have indicated they are placing increased importance on risk...
Wallace Joins Ga.-Based Risk Innovations
May 21 2009 // Brenda Wallace joined Atlanta, Ga.-based Risk Innovations’ workers’ compensation division. Wallace has more than 25 years insurance experience including more than 20 years working with a national insurance...
Get in Touch with Gen Y
Apr 20 2009 // Why the Modern Workplace Is Important for the Next Generation of Professionals Today’s senior ranks of insurance professionals are retiring at the pace of approximately one every 10 minutes, taking a wealth of...
Wholesaler Innovation Helps Close the Gaps
Jan 25 2009 // E&S Exists to Provide Coverage for Unique and Emerging Risks Before the 1980s, employers bore all the risks associated with employment litigation. As this litigation and the financial costs associated with employee...
Zurich Names Sagalow as Chief Innovation Officer
Jan 13 2009 // Zurich North America named Ty R. Sagalow as executive vice president and chief innovation officer in the company’s North America Commercial Marketing unit. In his new position, Sagalow will oversee all of North...
Pole-Climbing Robots Could Save Lives of Construction Workers
Dec 11 2008 // Researchers have developed a trio of pole-climbing serpentine robots designed to take the place of construction workers tasked with dangerous jobs such as inspecting high-rises or underwater bridge piers. The Robotics and...
Gary LaFond Joins BlueWave Team
Dec 9 2008 // Honolulu , HI – December 9, 2008 – BlueWave Technology, the Honolulu-based claims management software company, announced today that Gary LaFond has joined the organization as Director of Account Management. Mr....
Island Insurance Selects PipelineClaims as Part of its SOA Strategy
Oct 27 2008 // Best-of-Breed Solution Will Streamline Claims Operations, Enhance Communication Honolulu, HI – October 27, 2008 – BlueWave Technology™, a provider of property and casualty insurance solutions, today...
Independent Agent 2.0: Branding Through Blogging and Beyond
Oct 10 2008 // Real time technology is giving agencies immediate access to carrier information on their clients, allowing agencies to quickly and efficiently transact quotes, billing inquiries, endorsements, loss runs, policy views, and...
Technology: A Brave New World
Oct 6 2008 // Agents Must Expand Their Technology Horizon to Exploit the ‘Value Gap’ MarketScout presented its second eInsurance Symposium in Dallas, Texas, in September 2008. The symposium was preceded by hurricane Ike by a...
Independent Agent 2.0
Sep 22 2008 // Branding through Blogging and Beyond Real time technology is giving agencies immediate access to carrier information on their clients, allowing agencies to quickly and efficiently transact quotes, billing inquiries,...
Conf. Board Urges Tech Transfer to Reduce Greenhouse Gasses
Sep 10 2008 // In a new report the Conference Board, a non-profit, business research organization, has concluded “restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) are not feasible without significant productivity growth and a...
Innovating Insurance
Sep 1 2008 // Women Play Important Role as Insurance Industry Change Agents The lack of organic growth and the soft market cycle has made operating in the insurance industry difficult in recent years. Yet the key to surviving in the...
Innovating Insurance
Sep 1 2008 // Women Play Important Role as Insurance Industry Change Agents The lack of organic growth and the soft market cycle has made operating in the insurance industry difficult in recent years. Yet the key to surviving in the...
XL Insurance Names Molitano as Tech E&O Manager
Aug 20 2008 // David J. Molitano has been appointed to the new position of technology errors and omissions (E&O) manager for XL Insurance, XL Capital Ltd’s global insurance operations, in the company’s Select...
