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Lawsuit Claims Microsoft Tracks Customers Without Consent
Sep 1 2011 // Microsoft allegedly tracks the location of its mobile customers even after users request that tracking software be turned off, according to a new lawsuit. The proposed class action, filed in a Seattle federal court...
Mississippi Supreme Court Asked to Settle Lawyer Fees Dispute
Aug 5 2011 // Republican state Auditor Stacy Pickering has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to declare funds the attorney general collects from lawsuits to be public money and to require the money to all be turned over the...
Mississippi High Court to Hear Appeal in Lawyer Fees Case
Jul 1 2011 // It’s round two for Republican state Auditor Stacy Pickering and Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood in a fight over the constitutionality of a law that allows Hood to hire private lawyers to represent Mississippi in...
Congress Trying Again on Patent Reform
Feb 3 2011 // Senior U.S. lawmakers are once again planning to reform the patent system to try to eliminate huge damage awards, an issue ripe for legislation after recent court decisions challenged calculation methods. Patent reform, in...
Report: Technology Critical for Insurers Targeting ‘Millennial Generation’
May 30 2008 // As the estimated 80 million people born between 1981 and 2001 enter the workforce and become active consumers, technology will play a critical role for insurance firms targeting those in the so-called “millennial...
Yahoo May Face Lawsuit Flood after Microsoft Talks Collapse
May 5 2008 // Yahoo Inc. likely faces a flood of shareholder lawsuits for rejecting a $47.5 billion takeover bid from Microsoft Corp., even if investors find holding the company responsible to be an uphill battle. Microsoft pulled its...
Pension Plans Sue Yahoo Over Spurning of Microsoft Offer
Feb 26 2008 // Attorneys for two municipal pension funds have filed a lawsuit against Yahoo Inc. and its board of directors, saying they breached their duties to shareholders of the Internet pioneer in trying to thwart a takeover by...
Ask 16-year olds for tips on growing your agency
Aug 20 2007 // Too often agency sales, marketing, and management concerns are solved solely by reviewing what other agents have done. This limited vision causes principals to miss out on lessons derived from non-insurance sources. Firms...
Ask 16-year olds for tips on growing your agency
Aug 20 2007 // Too often agency sales, marketing, and management concerns are solved solely by reviewing what other agents have done. This limited vision causes principals to miss out on lessons derived from non-insurance sources. Firms...
Xchanging Announces $13 Million Partnership with Microsoft
Feb 27 2006 // Xchanging, the U.K.-based global business processing services company, has announced a 3-year, £7.5 million ($13 million) investment program and a partnership with Microsoft in the continuing development of Genius, its...
Business Moves
Feb 5 2006 // Morgan Hill, Calif.-based DMI Insurance Services Inc., has created a wholesale division that will specialize in excess and surplus markets for independent auto dealers and automotive specialty shops. Tina Evans, an...
Microsoft Co-Founder Buys Stake in International Catastrophe Insurance
Dec 6 2005 // Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital has purchased majority and controlling ownership of International Catastrophe Insurance Managers, a Boulder, Colorado company that provides insurance coverage to...
Bringing It All Together: Q&A on Microsoft’s ‘experience Insurance’ Initiative
Jun 20 2005 // At last month’s ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Microsoft announced its new “experience Insurance” Initiative, designed to help insurance companies differentiate their brand,...
Stewart Title to manage P&C operation with Nexsure from XDimensional Technologies
May 26 2004 // With more than 7,400 issuing locations nationwide, you’d think a product line extension would be a simple process. But that wasn’t the case when Stewart Information Services Corporation decided to add Property...
ISO Launches Major New Microsoft® .Net-Ready Version of ISO Claims Outcome Advisor Solution
May 11 2004 // The Insurance Services Office, Inc. announced that it has launched the new Microsoft® .Net-ready version of its powerful ISO Claims Outcome AdvisorTM (COA) personal injury claims management solution. “COA Release...
RealLegal Practice Manager 9.0 Adds New Tools, Integrations and Improved Security for Professionals
Oct 24 2003 // RealLegal, LLC, which provides litigation and practice management software for insurance companies and legal organizations, announced the upcoming release of RealLegal Practice Manager 9.0, adding new functionality to...
Bluebook Int’l and Basis100 Announce InsureBASE(TM)
May 21 2003 // The Bluebook International Inc. announced the availability of InsureBASE(TM), an automated residential property information solution. InsureBASE(TM), leveraging Microsoft technology and developed by The Bluebook...
The Bluebook International Releases New Software Solution for Insurance, Construction Industries
Dec 6 2002 // The Bluebook International, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bluebook International Holding Company, a provider of insurance software technology, products and services for the insurance and related construction...
XDimensional Rolls Out New Agency Management Software
Jun 24 2002 // It is a complete agency management system,” said Craig Fuher, of XDimensional Technologies latest agency automation solution Nexsure, a Web-based program based on the Microsoft technology platform. The software,...
XDimensional Rolls Out New Agency Management Software
Jun 24 2002 // “It is a complete agency management system,” said Craig Fuher, of XDimensional Technologies latest agency automation solution Nexsure, a Web-based program based on the Microsoft technology platform. The...
