Latest InsurTech Headlines
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Using Technology and Understanding Technology are 2 Different Things
Apr 15 2002 // Have you read an article or brochure lately about insurance technology and came away overwhelmed by the fact that you don’t understand XML, SPX, .NET and SOAP? Don’t let it bother you. As an agent, you should...
Using Technology and Understanding Technology are 2 Different Things
Apr 15 2002 // Have you read an article or brochure lately about insurance technology and came away overwhelmed by the fact that you don’t understand XML, SPX, .NET and SOAP? Don’t let it bother you. As an agent, you should...
What Policyholders Don’t Know Can Hurt Them
Mar 25 2002 // The things businesses do not know about their potential liability for what employees do in cyberspace have the potential to become a serious problem. Recent surveys indicate that many businesses do not realize that simply...
Using Technology and Understanding Technology are 2 Different Things
Mar 25 2002 // Have you read an article or brochure lately about insurance technology and came away overwhelmed by the fact that you don’t understand XML, SPX, .NET and SOAP? Don’t let it bother you. As an agent, you should...
Revolution or Evolution’ The Internet Goes Mainstream
Mar 11 2002 // The insurance industry is notoriously reluctant to change. So it was little surprise that the Internet—a tool that has the power to introduce cost-saving efficiencies into the insurance process for carriers and agents...
Revolution or Evolution’ The Internet Goes Mainstream
Mar 11 2002 // At last, the gap between potential and reality is shrinking as agents explore their online options. The insurance industry is notoriously reluctant to change. So it was little surprise that the Internet—a tool that has...
Revolution or Evolution’ The Internet Goes Mainstream
Mar 11 2002 // At last, the gap between potential and reality is shrinking as agents explore their online options. The insurance industry is notoriously reluctant to change. So it was little surprise that the Internet—a tool that has...
The View from Up There-Insurers Embrace Space Age Technologies
Feb 25 2002 // In the summer of 2001, a U.S. District judge in Arkansas ruled against several farmers accused of filing false crop insurance claims totaling approximately $244,000. Key evidence in the lawsuit—filed on behalf of the...
Docucorp, Insurance Technology Solutions Team up on Compatible Interface
Feb 6 2002 // Docucorp® International, a provider of enterprise information solutions, announced that Insurance Technology Solutions, Inc. (ITS), an ePolicy company that provides Web-based insurance technology, has developed a...
ACT Technology Seminar Now Available Online
Jan 28 2002 // An informative Agents Council for Technology (ACT) seminar on new and innovative agency technology is now available on the Independent Insurance Agents of America’s (IIAA) web site. The online offering is a...
Insurers See Mixed Results for New Technology Investments, Survey Says
Jan 8 2002 // According to a just-released Tillinghast-Towers Perrin survey, insurers using traditional business measures are discovering spotty evidence of success for their new technology investments. Yet, even in the aftermath of the...
SCSI, Vitria Partner to Deliver Enterprise Automation Solution for P/C Industry
Jan 8 2002 // SCSI, a producer of real-time information systems for data access and management, and Vitria, a collaboration platform and collaborative applications provider, announced a partnership to serve the property and casualty...
Agents to Help Shape Future Automation and
Jan 4 2002 // The ACORD — User Groups Information Exchange (AUGIE) has launched its Agents’ Survey, a collaborative industry effort to determine what agents want out of their automation system and company partners...
EQECAT Sponsors Innovations in Catastrophe Management Conference
Dec 5 2001 // EQECAT, a catastrophe modeler and consultant to the insurance and financial services industry, will sponsor a conference titled “Innovations in Catastrophe Management” in Ft. Myers, Fla., on March 3-6, 2002....
Insurance Technology Solutions Purchases Assets from Star Solutions
Nov 29 2001 // California-based Insurance Technology Solutions Inc., an e-policy provider of web-based insurance technology, purchased through a sister company certain assets of Star Solutions Inc., a provider of client/server property...
The View from Up There-Insurers Embrace Space Age Technologies
Nov 12 2001 // The key witness in a recent crop fraud case turned out to be a camera. In June 2001, a U.S. District judge in Arkansas ruled against several farmers accused of filing false crop insurance claims totaling approximately...
ACT Releases Comprehensive Technology Study
Nov 5 2001 // A groundbreaking and indispensable insurance technology study was recently released at the Independent Insurance Agents of America’s (IIAA) Hawaii InfoXchange by the Agents Council of Technology (ACT), announced ACT...
Agency Management Systems Evolve, Expand Opportunities for Agents
Oct 22 2001 // I’m amazed and astounded that in today’s marketplace there are still some holdouts out there that have no automation system whatsoever or are using automation systems, not necessarily complete agency management...
Agency Management Systems Evolve, Expand Opportunities for Agents
Oct 15 2001 // How “high-tech” is your agency? The range of difference between agencies with regard to level of automation is still fairly wide. While many agents bought their first agency management systems years ago, others...
Agency Management Systems Evolve, Expand Opportunities for Agents
Oct 15 2001 // I’m amazed and astounded that in today’s marketplace there are still some holdouts out there that have no automation system whatsoever or are using automation systems, not necessarily complete agency management...
