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ASCNET’s 16th Annual Education Conference Slated for Orlando Oct. 24-27
Oct 1 2001 // The Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group for Applied Systems agency technology, will hold its 16th Annual Education Conference, designed for principals, owners and system managers, on Oct. 24-27 at...
New SAFECO CIO Focused on Innovation in Technology
Sep 6 2001 // SAFECO named Yom Senegor, a leader in developing technology solutions for the insurance industry, as its new CIO. Senegor, 43, joins SAFECO from Accenture (formerly known as Andersen Consulting), where he was one of the...
New SAFECO CIO Focused on Innovation in Technology
Sep 6 2001 // SAFECO named Yom Senegor, a leader in developing technology solutions for the insurance industry, as its new CIO. Senegor, 43, joins SAFECO from Accenture (formerly known as Andersen Consulting), where he was one of the...
Microsoft’s ‘Virtual Team’ Takes Insurance to the Fast Track
Aug 20 2001 // It’s the twelfth round, and the technology industry has been badly battered—but it’s still in the ring and on its feet. Participants in the new economy that have held on thus far are forging ahead, priorities...
1,800+ Independent Agents Using Travelers’ Web-based Automation System
Aug 14 2001 // Travelers’ announced that in just a few months since its inception, more than 1,800 agents are using ATLAS3, Travelers’ Internet-based automation system. About 165 agents were piloting the system when ATLAS3...
Microsoft’s ‘Virtual Team’ Takes Insurance to the Fast Track
Aug 13 2001 // It’s the twelfth round, and the technology industry has been badly battered—but it’s still in the ring and on its feet. Participants in the new economy that have held on thus far are forging ahead, priorities...
e-Business Moving Slowly but Steadily in Wholesale Marketplace
Aug 13 2001 // The insurance industry is beginning to utilize technology to more efficiently conduct business, but that integration is a long, slow process, according to a panel of wholesalers and market leaders. Shand Morahan &...
Cumberland Technologies and AMS Services Announce Integration of Bond-Pro® with AMS Sagitta Browser
May 30 2001 // Cumberland Technologies Inc., surety automation vendor and owner of Cumberland Casualty & Surety Company, and AMS Services, Inc., a developer of agency management systems, announced the integration of the Bond-Pro®...
ACORD Honors InsureHiTech, Royal & SunAlliance USA at Tech Conference
May 25 2001 // InsureHiTech, an eBusiness property/casualty insurance portal designed for mid-sized technology clients, and Royal & SunAlliance USA received the ACORD XML Implementation Champions Award for Property & Casualty...
AMS Users’ Group Hits the Right Key at Annual Conference
May 21 2001 // Three major forms of American music are deeply rooted in the rolling green landscape of Tennessee—blues, rock ‘n’ roll and, in the grand old city of Nashville, country. It’s no wonder then that the...
IIAA Names Jeffrey Yates as ACT Executive Director
May 21 2001 // Jeffrey M. Yates is the new executive director of the Agents Council for Tech-nology (ACT), announces Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) Chief Exec-utive Officer Robert A. Rusbuldt. Yates, who will begin his...
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)...
