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•Doron M. Rotman, audit and RAS managing director for Information Risk Management; and
Apr 17 2006 // The participants included: •Scott B. Moritz, director of KPMG Forensic; •Hugh C. Kelly, principal of Financial Risk Management; •Joanna Taylor, senior associate for Financial Risk Management; •Linda...
Technology
Apr 17 2006 // Given the pace of today’s technological developments, it is often difficult for agency principals to know where to get the most bang for their buck. As most agency principals know, it is important to take a strategic...
JLT Expands Lloyd’s Security/Privacy; Adds U.S. E&O Tech Coverage
Apr 4 2006 // JLT Risk Solutions Ltd;, part of London-based global broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, announced a significantly expanded insurance program within the Lloyd’s of London market “to provide security and...
TDI’s Selden explains department’s high tech, high touch approach
Apr 3 2006 // Texas Department of Insurance Senior Associate Commis-sioner for Consumer Affairs Audrey Selden had a good news/bad news story for the insurance industry when she spoke at the Austin Insurance Day, sponsored in early March...
Downsized D & O
Apr 3 2006 // It hasn’t been healthy. In fact, the directors and officers liability insurance market for super-sized Enrons, WorldComs and the Fortune 1000 has been unhealthy for some time. Looking at the market’s...
His ‘Indignation’ Rising, Nader Vows to Restart Auto Safety Engine
Mar 30 2006 // More than 40 years after “Unsafe at Any Speed” shook up the auto industry, Ralph Nader is returning to his roots. The longtime consumer advocate and former presidential candidate contends the auto industry has...
US Airways can’t collect for 9/11 disruption, court rules
Mar 19 2006 // US Airways cannot collect insurance for post-9/11 business losses because it already received money for that purpose from the federal government, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled March 3, according to an Associate Press...
Agency Technology Summit to Teach Ga. Agents About Latest Hi-Tech Tools
Mar 17 2006 // An inside look at how to operate an agency more efficiently using technology will be presented March 28 during an “Agency Technology Summit” conducted in by Andy Siegel in Doraville, Ga. The Independent...
Cornerstone Appraisal Services and MSB Form Strategic Alliance
Mar 14 2006 // High value home inspection vendor joins forces with MSB Valparaiso, Indiana and Los Angeles – Cornerstone Appraisal Services (Cornerstone) and Marshall & Swift / Boeckh (MSB), an MDA company, are pleased to...
AUGIE Extends National Tech Survey Deadline Through March 19
Mar 7 2006 // In order to get the best possible results from this national survey, the ACORD-User Groups Information Exchange (AUGIE) has extended the period for agents, CSRs and other agency staff to complete the Agency Technology...
Court: US Airways Can’t Collect Insurance for 9/11 Disruption
Mar 6 2006 // US Airways cannot collect insurance for post-9/11 business losses because it already received money for that purpose from the federal government, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled March 3. The Tempe, Ariz.-based air carrier...
Agents push for a technological sea change
Mar 6 2006 // Tides continue to turn on the automation frontier and agents and brokers riding the waves may be pushing a sea change in the way they communicate with insurance carriers, according to the results of a recent survey of...
Real-time has come
Feb 20 2006 // Imagine going online to receive competing rates for an account from multiple carriers just once. No more logging onto to individual company sites, with their separate logons and passwords, and re-entering data at every...
Time for real-time has come
Feb 20 2006 // Imagine going online to receive competing rates for an account from multiple carriers just once. No more logging onto to individual company sites, with their separate logons and passwords, and re-entering data at every...
Living the dream
Feb 20 2006 // Points and clicks have the insurance industry moving faster than it ever has before. But just imagine being able to go online to receive competing rates for an account from multiple carriers just once. There’s no...
Editor’s Note: Real-time has come
Feb 19 2006 // Prompt adoption by agencies of the technology is important because the companies and vendors are closely monitoring agency usage in deciding whether to invest in it further. Imagine going online to receive competing rates...
Editor’s Note: Time for real-time has come
Feb 19 2006 // Prompt adoption by agencies of the technology is important because the companies and vendors are closely monitoring agency usage in deciding whether to invest in it further. Imagine going online to receive competing rates...
Editor’s Note: Prompt adoption by agencies of thetechnology is important because the
Feb 19 2006 // companies and vendors are closely monitoring agency usage in deciding whether to invest in it further. Points and clicks have the insurance industry moving faster than it ever has before. But just imagine being able to go...
ABD Insurance Adds McFall to Technology Services Practice
Feb 15 2006 // ABD Insurance and Financial Services, Redwood City, Calif., has announced that Matt McFall has rejoined the firm’s Technology Services Practice. Previously a senior directors and officers broker with the Financial...
Venture Technology Expands with Package from OneBeacon
Feb 15 2006 // Venture Insurance Programs (www.ventureprograms.com), a national program administrator and provider in the design and underwriting of select industry-focused insurance packages, reported that its Venture Technology has...
