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IIAA Names Jeffrey Yates ACT Executive Director
May 14 2001 // Jeffrey M. Yates is the new executive director of the Agents Council for Technology (ACT), announces Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) Chief Exec-utive Officer Robert A. Rusbuldt. Yates, who will begin his new...
Tech Providers Are Scoping Out the Online MGA Market
May 14 2001 // Electronic communications between agents and carriers have received much attention over the years, as the struggle goes on for better technology, single entry of data and lower-cost delivery. But what if you’re a key...
How Agents Won on the Web, Four Web Venture Profiles
May 14 2001 // A century ago, agents found customers where they gathered—at church, their place of business or the local watering hole downtown. This marketing strategy still works today—only now many agents are going through...
Artificial Intelligence Technology Transforms Software Solutions
Apr 2 2001 // For many people not directly involved in the development of software for the insurance industry, any discussion of new technology can rapidly swell into a serious information overload. Compounding this problem is the...
Artificial Intelligence Technology Transforms Software Solutions
Mar 26 2001 // For many people not directly involved in the development of software for the insurance industry, any discussion of new technology can rapidly swell into a serious information overload. Compounding this problem is the...
St. Paul Survey Finds Business Fails To Understand High-Tech Risks
Feb 1 2001 // “Businesses do not adequately understand the risks posed by technology, have difficulty identifying potential risks and lack the tools to manage them effectively, according to a major survey of executives at 1,500...
What I’ve Learned from Y2K: It’s All About Keeping Your Customers Happy
Dec 25 2000 // The year 2000 was an interesting year. And if we mix our own lives in with the news events of this past year, it started and ended with a bang. Think about it, we were huddled in our shelters waiting for Y2K to bring...
High Tech Toys for the Holidays
Dec 11 2000 // Late nights with the new baby have given me time to do some online “window shopping.” And being the high-tech geek that I am, I’ve put together my own little holiday list of items: • Handspring’s...
How Important is Your IT Person to You’ TechRepublic Can Help
Nov 27 2000 // With computers, networks, extranets, intranets, mobile computing, telecommuting and information systems now a necessary part of everyday business, I have to ask: “How important is your information technology (IT)...
Getting in the Thankful Mood
Nov 13 2000 // As we head into the holiday season, we turn our thoughts to what we are thankful for. For me, I have become a father again. My son Jack was born just a couple of weeks ago. He’s a little Chivvis all right,...
On the Road Again
Nov 6 2000 // Insurance Dot-Coms Shift Increasingly Toward the Agent In the fast-paced environment of Internet insurance, any attempt to define trends and categorize business models on the information highway can be an exercise in...
Getting in the Thankful Mood
Oct 30 2000 // As we head into the holiday season, we turn our thoughts to what we are thankful for. For me, I have become a father again. My son Jack was born just a couple of weeks ago. He’s a little Chivvis all right,...
After the Gold Rush: Insurance Dot-Coms Shift increasingly Toward the Agent
Oct 2 2000 // In the “stake-your-claim” environment of Internet insurance, any attempt to define trends and categorize business models can be an exercise in frustration. However, in some ways the dot-com gold rush is slowing...
Report Lloyd’s/IUA Forming Joint Venture With Tech Firm
Sep 25 2000 // A report in the Times of London indicates that the joint Lloyd’s/ IUA (International Underwriting Association) Forum, set up last year to explore ways of harmonizing procedures between the two groups and making the...
Prudential Opens Tech Center in Ireland
Sep 18 2000 // The Prudential Insurance Co. of America announced the official opening of an offshore programming and technology development center by its subsidiary Pruamerica Systems Ireland Ltd. in Letterkenny, County Donegal. The...
Marsh-Berry Provides New Innovations
Aug 30 2000 // Owners and managers of insurance agencies can now see exactly how their agency’s performance can improve by using the new innovations Marsh-Berry has added to its ALERIS website. The new section, called Executive...
Agents See a Future Filled with Technology
Aug 29 2000 // According to preliminary findings of a series of focus groups conducted by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) and sponsored by nekema.com, independent agents know that they will need new technology to...
Independent Currents:CEOs Face Difficult Tech Decisions
Aug 21 2000 // A couple of months ago we talked here about the coming consolidation of insurance companies. But instead of constricting markets for agents and brokers, you’ll have more markets than ever. Those ridiculous...
Independent currents: CEOs Face Difficult Tech Decisions
Aug 21 2000 // A couple of months ago we talked here about the coming consolidation of insurance companies. But instead of constricting markets for agents and brokers, you’ll have more markets than ever. Those ridiculous...
e-Attorney, AI Insurance Offer Online Coverage
Aug 17 2000 // AI Insurance Group and eAttorney have partnered to offer tailor-made professional insurance solutions to the legal community through www.eAttorney.com, a legal Application Service Provider and destination site. AI...
