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Survey: young agents value rates, technology, products from insurers

Sep 25 2006 // The five most important things carriers can offer independent insurance agencies are: competitive rates; technology that helps them more easily write business and service customers; a variety of markets and products;...

Farms need specialty breakdown coverage for critical equipment

Sep 25 2006 // Information technology plays an important part in production and a computer’s sensitive electronic circuits are susceptible to electrical damage. … Add the mechanical equipment it takes to run a farm and the...

U.S. to Require Anti-Rollover Technology on New Cars by 2012

Sep 15 2006 // New automobiles will be required to have anti-rollover technology by the 2012 model year, which should save thousands of lives annually, the government’s traffic safety agency said Thursday. “No other safety...

AMS 360 v2.0 Delivers Increased Productivity and Streamlined Connectivity

Sep 14 2006 // Innovative Agency Management System Achieves Wide Industry Adoption Bothell, Wash. – AMS Services, a leading provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, today announced the general availability of AMS...

Ford to Make Stability Control Standard by Late 2009

Sep 14 2006 // Ford Motor Co. will make rollover-reducing technology a standard feature on all new vehicles by the end of 2009, the company said Tuesday in advance of new government rules on the safety technology. Ford said it was...

Drive Insurance Survey Asks Young Agents Their View on Industry Challenges, Opportunities

Aug 31 2006 // The future of any industry, including the independent insurance agency system, depends on the successful development and advancement of today’s young professionals. One event designed to help young agents master the...

Warning: Employers Face Liability for Workers’ High-Tech Addiction

Aug 25 2006 // Taking your Blackberry on vacation with you? Or to the kids’ soccer game? How about the business cell phone? Technology keeps workers connected 24/7. If that sounds like an employer’s dream come true, think...

Darwin Web Site Educates Brokers on Technology Liabilities

Aug 22 2006 // Farmington, Conn.-based Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. has debuted its new web site, http://www.tech-404.com/, dedicated to educating agents, brokers, and commercial insurance purchasers about the inherent...

CyberTech from Travelers Offers Tech Firms Choice of 3 Coverage Modules

Aug 10 2006 // Travelers has launched CyberTech+, a product designed to help protect technology companies from a variety of exposures including errors and omissions, computer viruses, and copyright and trademark infringement. Under the...

Nas Sets Higher Limits for Computer/Technology Liability

Aug 4 2006 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has increased the limits available for its computer/technology liability insurance coverage from $2 million to $5 million. NAS Insurance Services is an underwriting manager and...

Is U.S. Prepared for a Cyber Catastrophe? Businesses Say, ‘No’

Jul 28 2006 // Testifying before a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee, Karl Brondell of State Farm Insurance Companies warned that the U.S. is not adequately prepared for a cyber catastrophe. The insurance...

FleetRisk Advisors Names Wagner President, COO

Jul 25 2006 // FleetRisk Advisors, a provider of predictive analytics and loss control services to the fleet transportation industry, has appointed David C. Wagner president and chief operating officer. Wagner previously worked at...

Travelers ‘CD’ Targets Risk Control for Tech Firms

Jul 21 2006 // Travelers has created a new CD, “The Best of Technology Risk Control,” to assist technology businesses seeking information on topics such as business continuity, workers’ compensation and manufacturing...

NAS Reduces Minimum Premiums for Computer/Technology Liability

Jul 21 2006 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has introduced more flexible classes for most classes of computer/technology liability insurance risks. The minimum premiums of many high risk classes have been reduced. For the...

The Hartford Expands Professional Liability Product for Tech Firms

Jul 17 2006 // Connecticut-based The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has announced that its member companies have expanded the policy limits available to customers from $1 million to $2 million on The Hartford’s FailSafe...

Shreveport, La., Police Using High-Tech Cars as Bait

Jul 10 2006 // Cars donated by insurance companies around the state will soon be put out as bait for Shreveport, La.’s thieves. They’ll be left out on the street as soon as officers can be taught how to use their high-tech...

The right time to begin

Jul 4 2006 // Nearly five years ago, a group of program specialists gathered in Tempe, Ariz., for the first summit meeting of a budding industry organization called the Target Markets Program Administrators Association. The brainchild...

Editor’s Note: Cyber storms

Jul 3 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate — the latest being the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft — the public is losing confidence in the...

Things that should keep you awake at night

Jul 3 2006 // The integration of the U.S. insurance market and global financial market will have a profound impact on business, according to Dave Zwiener, president and chief operating officer of Property and Casualty Operations for The...

Federal Study Recommends Multi-function Phased Array Weather Radar

Jun 23 2006 // A new study just released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration details the weather-prediction benefits of a national transition from existing weather radar systems to a newer system using a multifunction...