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AIR Introduces Updates to Modeling System Technology
Feb 22 2005 // AIR Worldwide Corporation has introduced the latest releases of CLASIC/2 and CATStation, said to enable insurers, brokers, and reinsurers to significantly improve their catastrophe management workflow. According to AIR,...
Aon’s Trade Credit 2005 Political and Economic Risk Map Notes Costs of Supply Chain Disruptions
Feb 2 2005 // Aon’s Trade Credit division has published its annual analysis of the world’s trade credit and political risk hotspots as illustrated in a new “2005 Political and Economic Risk Map.” The...
Outsourcing Allows Agents and Brokers to Focus on Core Competencies
Jan 24 2005 // Increased Customer Satisfaction, Reduced Overhead When an operational limit is hit, insurance agents and brokers often turn to outsourcers. They may need to increase their physical capacity to handle new customer...
R&M Study on Basel II, Patriot Act, Sarbox Sees Growth in Technology
Jan 20 2005 // Dublin-based Research And Markets has released a study, which concludes that the changes in accounting standards and reporting, mandated by the Basel II (Solvency II) accords in Europe and the Patriot Act and...
ACT Reports on How to Boost Sales
Jan 4 2005 // The Agents Council for Technology (ACT) has published a multi-part report on the ACT Web site to help independent agents and brokers build a sales-driven agency culture and implement disciplined sales processes using...
Focus on the Future: Come 2014, Industry Should Look Very Familiar
Jan 3 2005 // Ten years from now, some of the players within the property/casualty insurance industry will have changed but the industry itself will not look dramatically different from what it is today: Smaller companies and...
New Agents Council for Technology Report Outlines Recommendations for Privacy Policies
Dec 7 2004 // As Americans become increasingly concerned about the privacy of their health and personal information, independent insurance agents and brokers must make safeguarding private client information a specific focus within...
Progressive’s Black Box: Is Big Brother Good for the Industry?
Dec 6 2004 // Some drivers in Minnesota will soon have an added passenger in their cars: their insurance company. Progressive Insurance Company is using so-called “black box” technology to offer drivers discounts based on...
FOCUS ON THE FUTURE: Come 2014, Industry Should Look Very Familiar
Dec 6 2004 // Ten years from now, some of the players within the property casualty insurance industry will have changed but the industry itself will not look dramatically different from what it is today: Smaller companies and...
Best Affirms New Technology ‘A-‘ Rating
Dec 1 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) and assigned an issuer credit rating of “a-“to Ireland’s New Technology Insurance (NTI), a...
CCC’s Ramamurthy Gets Illinois High Tech Award
Nov 26 2004 // Githesh Ramamurthy, Chairman and CEO of Chicago-based auto claims softwaremaker CCC Information Services Inc has received the 2004 KPMG’s Illinois High Tech Award. Ramamurthy received recognition from the Big Four...
Progressive’s Black Box: Is Big Brother Good for the Industry’
Nov 22 2004 // Some drivers in Minnesota will soon have an added passenger in their cars: their insurance company. Progressive Insurance Company is using so-called “black box” technology to offer drivers discounts based on...
Focus on the Future: Come 2014, Industry Should Look Very Familiar
Nov 22 2004 // PCI Execs Contend Current Players Will Adapt to Maintain Advantages Ten years from now, some of the players within the property/casualty insurance industry will have changed but the industry itself will not look...
Euclid Managers Launches Web Log for Internet, Tech and Media Liability Insurance
Nov 16 2004 // Kansas City-based underwriting manager and claims administrator Euclid Managers has developed a new Web log devoted to Internet, tech and media liability insurance hot topics, including coverage analysis, recent case law...
Is Big Brother Good for the Industry’
Nov 8 2004 // Some drivers in Minnesota will soon have an added passenger in their cars: their insurance company. Progressive Insurance Co. is using so-called “black box” technology to offer drivers discounts based on how...
ASCnet Conferees Hear How to Manage a Profitable Business
Nov 8 2004 // The latest technologies to allow independent agents and brokers to efficiently manage and ensure a profitable business were presented to more than 1,800 conferees attending the Applied Systems Client Network’s...
ASCnet Conferees Hear How to Manage a Profitable Business
Nov 8 2004 // The latest technologies that allow independent agents and brokers to efficiently manage and ensure a profitable business were presented to more than 1,800 conferees attending the Annual Technology, Education and Networking...
Is Big Brother Good for the Industry’
Oct 25 2004 // Some drivers in Minnesota will soon have an added passenger in their cars: their insurance company. Progressive Insurance Company is using so-called “black box” technology to offer drivers discounts based on...
Mueller Joins OneBeacon Technology Insurance Team
Oct 15 2004 // OneBeacon Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd, announced that Matt Mueller has joined the company to lead its high-tech commercial insurance business. Mueller comes to OneBeacon...
Going Paperless — Is it for the Independent Agency’
Oct 11 2004 // Many independent insurance agents and brokers are used to the concept of “paperless processing” since most of the insurance companies they represent utilize imaging and content management technology. For these...
