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Business Made Easy Integrated Technology Solutions Key to Success
May 17 2004 // Just what are independent agents looking for when it comes to technology? That was the question posed to a number of industry experts who all seemed in agreement—in order to compete in today’s workplace...
Navigators Launches Technology Insurance Unit
May 4 2004 // The New York and London-based Navigators Group announced that its subsidiary, Navigators Management Company, has formed a new division that will specialize in underwriting property/casualty insurance products for...
Agency Management Systems: Still Waiting for True Integration with Carriers
May 3 2004 // The true integration of agency management systems with carrier systems may be on the horizon—but current market dynamics make it a very distant horizon. In the meantime, more of the policy transaction process and...
Real Technology Issues Facing Agents Today
May 3 2004 // Based on the many conversations I’ve had with agents, I think it is safe to say that they are sick to death of doing multiple entries of the same data. Real-time, security, download, paperless to the agent, multiple...
Agency Management Systems: Still Waiting for True Integration with Carriers
May 3 2004 // The true integration of agency management systems with carrier systems may be on the horizon—but current market dynamics make it a very distant horizon. In the meantime, more of the policy transaction process and...
Real Technology Issues Facing Agents Today
May 3 2004 // Real-time, security, download, paperless to the agent, multiple passwords, proprietary company Web sites, choosing an ASP—there is so much going on that it is hard to know where to start. Every day, independent agents...
Real Technology Issues Facing Agents Today
May 3 2004 // Based on the many conversations I’ve had with agents, I think it is safe to say that they are sick to death of doing multiple entries of the same data. Real-time, security, download, paperless to the agent, multiple...
IBC Appoints Stem New VP – Information Technology
Apr 27 2004 // The Insurance Bureau of Canada announced that Lee Stem has been appointed as Vice-President, Information Technology, effective immediately. “Following a comprehensive search and the consideration of several...
Assurex Technology Gives Risk Mgrs.24/7 Capability
Apr 20 2004 // Assurex Global, the world’s largest privately held risk management, commercial insurance and employee benefits broker group, announced the launch of new software to enhance communication and information-sharing among...
IVANS Wireless Option Speeds Claims
Apr 14 2004 // IVANS, Inc., a provider of networking services for the insurance and healthcare industries, has launched a new wireless fidelity solution (Wi-Fi) for insurance carriers that speeds their ability to remotely process claims...
The Two Faces of Automation
Apr 5 2004 // An interesting event happened at a recent strategic planning session with a client. Action items for each department were being discussed. What stood out was that the majority of the action items had a heavy reliance for...
Science, Technology Deal a Tough Hand in Agribusiness Market
Apr 5 2004 // From chicken to fish farms, orange groves to bean stocks, the agribusiness market has high-stakes for farmers, agents and insurers. Changing trends, additional exposures and advanced technology comparable to “Buck...
Science, Technology Deal a Tough Hand in Agribusiness Market
Apr 5 2004 // From chicken to fish farms, orange groves to bean stocks, the agribusiness market has high-stakes for farmers, agents and insurers. Changing trends, additional exposures and advanced technology comparable to “Buck...
Getting Technical with Agents
Apr 5 2004 // It isn’t the most earth-shattering news in the world; in fact you will have to work your way down our Newsbriefs section on page 10 to find the tidbits. State insurance departments in Alabama and Kentucky have...
Controlling Medical Costs in Workers’ Compensation
Mar 22 2004 // Rising healthcare costs are recognized as a key problem in the workers’ compensation industry. Medical costs once constituted 30 percent of the total workers’ comp claims expenses; today, however, they...
nuServe Expands Software Services for MGAs
Mar 18 2004 // nuServe, a San Francisco-based provider of technology-related risk management tools, announced the expansion of a new service called nsBusiness Network. The expanded nuServe software aims to provide managing general...
PCI Says Proposed Credit Score Ban Would Further Disrupt Mass. Market
Mar 9 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America notes that Senate Bill 2093, which seeks a total ban on the use of credit-based insurance scores in auto and homeowners insurance ratemaking, would create even more...
MINICO INC. LAUNCHES NEW COMMERCIAL INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM:
Mar 8 2004 // Phoenix, Ariz.-based MiniCo Inc. has announced the successful implementation of Renaissance, a new browser-based commercial insurance technology system designed to improve customer service throughout the...
ACT Report Cites Benefits of Real-time Technology
Mar 3 2004 // The Agents Council for Technology (ACT) has published The Real-Time Revolution: Redefining How We Work, a comprehensive report to help independent agents and brokers and carriers better use real-time technology to improve...
Marshall & Swift/Boeckh Hires Chief Technology Officer
Mar 3 2004 // Marshall & Swift /Boeckh, a leading worldwide provider of residential and commercial cost data, technology and services for the property insurance and industry, announced the appointment of Shelton Shugar as vice...
