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Life-Saving Medical Technology Also a Culprit in Physicians’ Liability
Jun 6 2005 // In the debate over the crisis in the medical malpractice system, exorbitant jury awards and insurance industry pricing tactics are often singled out as guilty parties. But at least one report points out the central role...
New Health-Care Technologies Raise Malpractice Risks
Jun 6 2005 // New health-care technologies are helping people live longer, better-quality lives but also increase medical liability exposures, a panel of experts concluded at the Crittenden medical insurance conference in New Orleans...
Overcoming Legacy Systems, Business Innovation, Orlando Conference Topics
May 16 2005 // Overcoming the challenge of legacy systems and enabling business innovation in the insurance industry will be key subjects discussed by Harlosh, an insurance technology solutions provider, during a presentation on the...
RI3K To Provide LMP Compliant Tech Support for Facultative Re Business
May 6 2005 // London-based RI3K, a provider of technology infrastructure for the reinsurance industry, announced the launch of a fully LMP (London Market Principles) compliant electronic transaction module for facultative...
St. Paul Travelers Unveils Internet Basic Liability Protection Policy for Certain Tech Businesses
Apr 19 2005 // St. Paul Travelers has launched a basic Internet liability policy aimed at small to mid-size technology businesses at the Risk and Insurance Management Society Conference (RIMS) in Philadelphia. Internet Basic Liability...
Top 10 Gadgets for High-Tech Insurance Agents & Brokers
Apr 18 2005 // After walking through a client’s office this week, an important epiphany occurred. Noticing Visoneer scanners at every desk exemplified the need and reliance of tech gadgets in the insurance workplace. Not only are...
MGA GOES HIGH TECH
Apr 4 2005 // W.E. Love & Assoc. Inc. in Burlington, N.C., recently decided to go high-tech with an iChannel Web-based electronic imaging and document management system that can be integrated with any agency management, policy...
Quanta Establishes Office of Strategic Innovation
Mar 30 2005 // Bermuda-based Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd., a company that provides specialty insurance, reinsurance, and risk consulting services through its subsidiaries, has announced the establishment of a new Office of Strategic...
N.C. MGA Goes High Tech With Electronic Imaging, Document Management
Mar 11 2005 // Blue Goose Agency Services, an application service provider hosting and technology services provider to the managed general agency and general agency market, has announced the successful implementation of iCHANNEL their...
Aon’s Trade Credit 2005 Political and Economic Risk Map Notes Costs of Supply Chain Disruptions
Feb 2 2005 // Aon’s Trade Credit division has published its annual analysis of the world’s trade credit and political risk hotspots as illustrated in a new “2005 Political and Economic Risk Map.” The...
ACT Reports on How to Boost Sales
Jan 4 2005 // The Agents Council for Technology (ACT) has published a multi-part report on the ACT Web site to help independent agents and brokers build a sales-driven agency culture and implement disciplined sales processes using...
Focus on the Future: Come 2014, Industry Should Look Very Familiar
Jan 3 2005 // Ten years from now, some of the players within the property/casualty insurance industry will have changed but the industry itself will not look dramatically different from what it is today: Smaller companies and...
Al Risk Updates ProgramConnect
Dec 16 2004 // The AI Risk division of Risk Specialists Companies Inc., a member company of American International Group Inc. (AIG), announced the expansion of AI Risk ProgramConnect (ProgramConnect), an online specialty lines quote and...
Progressive’s Black Box: Is Big Brother Good for the Industry?
Dec 6 2004 // Some drivers in Minnesota will soon have an added passenger in their cars: their insurance company. Progressive Insurance Company is using so-called “black box” technology to offer drivers discounts based on...
FOCUS ON THE FUTURE: Come 2014, Industry Should Look Very Familiar
Dec 6 2004 // Ten years from now, some of the players within the property casualty insurance industry will have changed but the industry itself will not look dramatically different from what it is today: Smaller companies and...
CCC’s Ramamurthy Gets Illinois High Tech Award
Nov 26 2004 // Githesh Ramamurthy, Chairman and CEO of Chicago-based auto claims softwaremaker CCC Information Services Inc has received the 2004 KPMG’s Illinois High Tech Award. Ramamurthy received recognition from the Big Four...
Progressive’s Black Box: Is Big Brother Good for the Industry’
Nov 22 2004 // Some drivers in Minnesota will soon have an added passenger in their cars: their insurance company. Progressive Insurance Company is using so-called “black box” technology to offer drivers discounts based on...
Focus on the Future: Come 2014, Industry Should Look Very Familiar
Nov 22 2004 // PCI Execs Contend Current Players Will Adapt to Maintain Advantages Ten years from now, some of the players within the property/casualty insurance industry will have changed but the industry itself will not look...
Euclid Managers Launches Web Log for Internet, Tech and Media Liability Insurance
Nov 16 2004 // Kansas City-based underwriting manager and claims administrator Euclid Managers has developed a new Web log devoted to Internet, tech and media liability insurance hot topics, including coverage analysis, recent case law...
Is Big Brother Good for the Industry’
Oct 25 2004 // Some drivers in Minnesota will soon have an added passenger in their cars: their insurance company. Progressive Insurance Company is using so-called “black box” technology to offer drivers discounts based on...
