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User Experience and the Generation Gap

Oct 18 2010 // Currently, the insurance industry is on the brink of a demographic shift, and as more young professionals begin to enter the field and veterans begin to retire, a whole new set of expectations arises regarding technology...

Insurance Software Provider Guidewire Names Ryu CEO

Oct 7 2010 // San Mateo, Calif.-based Guidewire Software, a lprovider of flexible core systems to property/casualty insurers, announced that Marcus Ryu, a company co-founder, is now CEO. He succeeds John Raguin. Raguin will continue to...

11 Firms Named Entrepreneurial Insurance Award Finalists

Sep 28 2010 // The man who started the online insurance exchange MarketScout in 2000 is on the lookout for innovators and innovations in the insurance industry. Richard Kerr recently hosted more than 400 insurance entrepreneurs and...

How to Reform Copyright Law, Damages for Hi-Tech Age: Report

Sep 28 2010 // A group of experts on copyright law and policy have released a report that explores reforms to the U.S. copyright system. One of the recommendations would improve liability protection for non-commercial uses of copyrighted...

Fremont Michigan Recognized for Advancing Insurance Technology

Sep 17 2010 // The Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), an industry trade association representing more than 80,000 insurance professionals worldwide, which has recognized Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc. with two awards, the...

Road Tech

Sep 6 2010 // Technology — especially cell phones and texting technologies — gets a bad rap when it comes to safety while driving. Of course, it’s not the technology that’s unsafe — it’s people and their need to...

Road Tech

Sep 6 2010 // Technology — especially cell phones and texting technologies — gets a bad rap when it comes to safety while driving. Of course, it’s not the technology that’s unsafe — it’s people and their need to...

A Year in Social Networking

Sep 6 2010 // 5 Lessons for Insurance Brand Decision-Makers Since its inception just a few years ago, social networking has provided both hype and hope for businesspeople. Social networking practitioners in the insurance industry have...

Travelers Introduces Liability Package for Medical Technology

Aug 16 2010 // The evolution of software and electronics for medical devices and the transferring of electronic personal identity records is creating a new combination of risks in the medical technology industry. To address these risks,...

New York Uses Technology in DMV to Snag Thieves, Hit Man

Aug 12 2010 // New York’s face-recognition technology has led to 100 arrests over six months, ranging from people trying to defraud insurance companies to a mob hit man who sought a new identity a day after he was released from...

Unleash the Power of Your Computer

Aug 2 2010 // How to Gain More Hours a Day Computers should bring efficiency and save a lot of time. But they can actually waste time if you don’t use them properly. Most agencies have an agency management system and a rating...

Road Tech

Aug 2 2010 // Technology – cell phones and texting technologies – gets a bad rap when it comes to safety while driving. Of course, it’s not the technology that’s unsafe – it’s people. In my recent...

Whitney Joins Fremont’s Advisory Council, Technology Committee

Jul 28 2010 // Michigan-based Fremont Insurance Co. has appointed Ashley Whitney of Harbor/Brenn Agencies in Petoskey, Mich., to the company’s Agent’s Advisory Council. Whitney has also been asked to serve on the recently...

Jul 19 2010 // Researchers hope the project could revolutionize mobility. Do you ever feel like you’re driving blind? Have you ever passed through a stop sign and swore you never saw it? Or nearly sideswiped a car while changing...

Road Tech

Jul 19 2010 // Technology – cell phones and texting technologies to be precise – gets a bad rap when it comes to safety while driving. Of course, it’s not the technology that’s unsafe – it’s people....

Jul 19 2010 // Researchers hope the project could revolutionize mobility and challenge long-held assumptions about perceived limitations. Do you ever feel like you’re driving blind? Have you ever passed through a stop sign and...

Are Insureds Lying? Watch Their Eyes!

Jul 13 2010 // Shifty eyes long have been thought to signify a person’s problem telling the truth. Now a group of University of Utah researchers are taking that old adage to a new level. Educational psychologists John Kircher, Doug...

Georgia Tech Student Sues Over Fall from ‘Ramblin’ Wreck’

Jul 13 2010 // A Georgia Tech student is suing the school and a Cobb County metal fabricator after he suffered injuries when a hand rail broke and he fell off Tech’s iconic car, the Ramblin’ Wreck. Nicholas Brown’s...

Researchers Building Car for Blind Drivers

Jul 7 2010 // Could a blind person drive a car? Researchers are trying to make that far-fetched notion a reality. The National Federation of the Blind and Virginia Tech plan to demonstrate a prototype vehicle next year equipped with...

Dodge Joins EPIC as Benefits Technology Specialist

Jul 1 2010 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has hired Sarah Dodge as benefits technology specialist in the company’s Employee Benefits Consulting...