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Maintaining Profitability in a Changing Market
Jan 13 2008 // What will it take to get ahead in 2008? Managing insurance cycles to maintain profitability is a tricky proposition. Higher premiums produced by hard markets provide more income, but it may be difficult to find coverage...
N.H. Firm High-tech Helmet Tracks Sports, Military Brain Injuries
Dec 2 2007 // A high-tech helmet invented by a New Hampshire company is helping football teams and the military learn more about head injuries. The helmet and sensors created by research-and-development company Simbex LLC in Lebanon,...
Fiserv CEO Yabuki Wins Top Innovator Award
Nov 16 2007 // Fiserv Inc., a provider of information technology services to the financial industry, announced its President and CEO Jeffery Yabuki has been awarded the top honor in the Innovator Award of 2007 from Bank Technology News,...
Security of Vermont’s Enhanced Drivers’ License Questioned
Nov 6 2007 // The technology planned for an enhanced drivers’ license system that will allow Vermonters to return to the United States from Canada without a passport is insecure and a threat to privacy, according to some computer...
Major Internet disruption would cost $250 billion in economic damages
Oct 8 2007 // New report urges CEOs to take action now to ensure continuity of their businesses should a meltdown occur A major disruption to the Internet would not only be detrimental to businesses, public institutions and citizens,...
News Currents
Oct 8 2007 // Major Internet disruption would cost $250 billion in economic damages New report urges CEOs to take action now to ensure continuity of their businesses should a meltdown occur A major disruption to the Internet would not...
Major Internet Disruption Would Cost $250 Billion in Economic Damages
Sep 25 2007 // A major disruption to the Internet would not only be detrimental to businesses, public institutions and citizens, but would also cost the global economy an estimated $250 billion, according to a report released by the...
Flaming Ky.-Ill. Railroad Bridge Requires Creativity to Put Out
Aug 21 2007 // A fire on a railroad track crossing the Ohio River left Kentucky and Illinois firefighters with a conundrum. They were surrounded by water, but it wasn’t close enough to the flaming crossties on the Canadian National...
Wis. SECURA Promotes Van Beek to Vice President, Agency Automation
May 31 2007 // Appleton-Wis.-based SECURA Insurance recently named Bob Van Beek vice president-Agency Automation. Previously, Van Beek served the company as director-Agency Automation. With his new title, Van Beek continues to lead the...
Study: Financial Executives Expect Business Risks to Persist, Intensify
May 18 2007 // Financial executives at the world’s largest companies expect the severity of their most prevalent business risks to remain constant or intensify through 2009, according to the “Managing Business Risk Through...
Sweeney Appointed Tech VP at Liberty Mutual Agency Markets
May 16 2007 // James A. Sweeney, Jr. has been appointed vice president, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets, and manager, Systems Development Planning and Management for this Liberty Mutual Group strategic business unit. Sweeney will work with...
La. Hurricane Safe Rooms Fitted with Pump Automation Systems
Apr 26 2007 // Engineers in Jefferson Parish, La., said recent tests show flood pumps can be turned on automatically by workers holed up in nearby safe rooms during major hurricanes. When a major hurricane threatens the parish, pump...
New Online Calculator Helps Assess the Financial Cost of Data Theft
Apr 12 2007 // Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc., a specialty insurance company and provider of technology liability insurance coverage, has developed an online calculator that allows companies to estimate their financial risk from...
National Alliance Issues Agency Automation Guide
Mar 28 2007 // Austin, Texas-based The National Alliance Research Academy announced it has published a new study, The Paperless Agency: Transformation through Innovation, which focuses on front-end scanning and shows how to use this...
The New Frontier
Mar 26 2007 // Information technology companies may explore the new frontier everyday, but do they know where their exposures lie? Will they be ready for the next big liability risk close encounter? “Owners and or creators of IT...
The New Frontier: Hidden exposures and brewing claims in the tech liability field
Mar 26 2007 // Information technology companies may explore the new frontier everyday, but do they know where their exposures lie? Will they be ready for the next big liability risk close encounter? “Owners and or creators of IT...
Prospecting in the 21st Century: Using the Internet to find prospects
Mar 12 2007 // Former agent and technology guru provides tips on working the Web Technology expert Steve Anderson of The Anderson Network Inc., a licensed independent agent for the last 25 years, began his presentation to the Independent...
Travelers’ Small Tech Packages Run Gamut from ‘Garage to Greatness’
Mar 6 2007 // To meet the specific insurance coverage needs of the specialized technology market, Travelers Select Accounts is now offering Technology Office Pac and Technology Manufacturers Pac Plus. The two new segments are a part of...
Keys to surviving it and thriving from it
Feb 26 2007 // To some outsiders, insurance agents appear to be threatened with obsolescence. Commoditized products, the extensive information available online and the decreasing value placed on personal relationships could lead insureds...
Keys to surviving it and thriving from it
Feb 26 2007 // To some outsiders, insurance agents are threatened with obsolescence. Commoditized products, the information available online and the decreasing value placed on personal relationships could lead insureds to devalue the...
