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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...
Florida Farm Bureau Uses Satellite Mapping to Speed Insurance Claims
Sep 29 2004 // With more than half of Florida’s 17 million residents directly affected by Hurricane Charley and Hurricane Frances, the Florida Farm Bureau (FFB) Insurance Companies is using geographic information system (GIS)...
Cohen Tells NAPSLO: Americans At An Intersection Between Terror, Technology
Sep 21 2004 // Orlando – Since 9/11, Americans have been living in a world at an intersection between terrorism and technology, former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, explained during the opening of the National Association...
Outsourcing Allows Agents and Brokers to Focus on Core Competencies
Sep 20 2004 // 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...
Does Insurance Technology Render Strategy Obsolete’
Sep 20 2004 // Imagine you are the manager of a Major League Baseball team. Each year your team makes the playoffs, sometimes the World Series, but you never quite get to hoist the trophy. You’re somehow missing the final push that...
Successful Agencies Build on Management Systems
Sep 20 2004 // Creating the right mix of hardware and software can help agencies using any management system to—as the name says—better manage their agency. Ask adults what they like most about McDonald’s fast food restaurants,...
Going Paperless – Is it for the Independent Agency’
Sep 20 2004 // All Agencies Can Benefit from a Paperless Environment Many independent insurance agents and brokers are used to the concept of “paperless processing” since most of the insurance companies they represent utilize...
Successful Agencies Build on Management Systems
Sep 20 2004 // Ask adults what they like most about McDonald’s fast food restaurants, and it probably won’t be the food, especially in our increasingly health-conscious society. It’s the fact that wherever we...
Chubb Deploys New Technology for E&O Coverage
Sep 17 2004 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies announced the development of “a new tool to help agents, brokers and their information and network technology clients save time and money when applying for errors and omissions...
Michael Walther to lead global launch as new CEO of XDimensional Technologies
Sep 16 2004 // XDimensional Technologies, Inc. announced today that Michael Walther has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. “Nexsure, the world’s first Web-architected insurance agency...
Ease of Doing Business Plays a Critical Role When Choosing Carriers
Sep 6 2004 // How does the carrier-agency relationship affect the buying decision? More pointedly, how does the ease—or difficulty—of doing business with a carrier affect the agent’s decision of whether to place more or less...
Does Insurance Technology Render Strategy Obsolete’
Aug 23 2004 // Imagine you are the manager of a major league baseball team. Each year your team makes the playoffs, sometimes the World Series, but you never quite get to hoist the trophy. You’re somehow missing the final push that...
Dochterman Joins ePolicy Solutions as Vice President of Product Management
Aug 19 2004 // Torrance, Calif.-based ePolicy Solutions Inc. (www.epolicysolutions.com), a provider of Web-based policy administration solutions for the property and casualty industry, announced that Bill Dochterman has joined the...
Midwest Tech Conference to Focus on Real-Time
Aug 10 2004 // An upcoming technology conference geared toward Midwest agency owners, managers and IT staff will focus on the effect of real-time insurance transactions on agency workflow, among other topics. The conference, which...
IBM Presents Tech Lecture at Annual Meeting
Aug 10 2004 // IBM will make a special presentation on the use of technology in the property/casualty industry at the CPCU Society’s 60th Annual Meeting and Seminars in Los Angeles, Oct. 23-26. As part of the Annual Meeting’s...
The Council Endorses NexsureTM as the Preferred Agency Management System
Aug 10 2004 // In a continuing effort to provide member companies with the best available resources for managing an insurance brokerage in today’s highly competitive marketplace, The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (The...
Farewell Reflections-Have You Noticed That’
Aug 9 2004 // The following article is a commentary written by an insurance company executive which includes an industry critique and reflection on lifelong lessons learned. This three-part commentary will appear in Insurance Journal...
Combo PDAs, Advances Deliver Real-Time Benefits
Aug 9 2004 // The growth in office technology over the last 20 years certainly has boosted the efficiency of workers in the U.S. service industry. But at the same time, it’s had the effect of tying people more closely to their...
Outsourcing Allows Agents and Brokers to Focus on Core Competencies
Jul 19 2004 // 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...
