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Zurich North America Uses Online Technology to Partner with Other Carriers on Machinery and Equipment Breakdown Coverage
Sep 17 2002 // Zurich North America’s Machinery and Equipment Breakdown program (Zurich MEB), which has provided machinery breakdown coverages for more than 80 years, is using advanced online technology to partner with other...
The State of Agency Technology in 2005
Sep 16 2002 // The agency system is positioned to make significant progress with technology and business process improvement over the next three years, but progress will not happen on its own. It will be realized only through the active...
The Process
Sep 16 2002 // Today, more than ever before, the independent agent needs to reduce expenses and increase income. In order to accomplish this, an agency needs to establish processes that incorporate four cornerstones to effective...
BCF Technology Launches Insurance & Financial Services Integration Platform
Sep 3 2002 // Irvine, Calif.-based BCF Technology Inc., a provider of integration and aggregation software for the U.S. insurance and financial services markets, announces the launch of its Transaction, Integration, Extraction, and...
BCF Technology Launches Services Integration Platform
Aug 20 2002 // California-based BCF Technology, Inc., a provider of integration and aggregation software for the U.S. insurance and financial services markets, has launched its Transaction, Integration, Extraction, and Recovery (TIER)...
1st and 3rd Party Tech Coverage
Aug 19 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Dollars: Limits will be up to $1 million for the third party liability cover and up to $75,000 for first party damage. Carrier: Underwritten by Ace Global Markets States Available: All Contact:...
High-Tech E&O Liability
Aug 19 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has launched a new errors and omissions (E&O) liability insurance policy that can be tailored to meet the needs of small- to large-sized information and...
MGA’s Stay a Step Ahead with the Internet
Aug 19 2002 // In efforts to not only stay a step ahead of the competition but also reduce costs in the long run, many managing general agencies are utilizing the Internet at greater lengths these days. As the nation as a whole spends...
Online Communication is the Key to Success
Aug 19 2002 // Everyday, technology becomes a bigger and bigger part of our lives. In today’s business environment, technology is perhaps the most powerful tool we have to keep customers satisfied and coming back. E-mail and Web...
All Aboard the Technology Train
Aug 19 2002 // The technology train arrived years ago and those that chose not to purchase a ticket are finding out that they very well may be left behind at the station. In a day and age when hits, HTML, links, and software are part of...
MGA’s Stay a Step Ahead with the Internet
Aug 19 2002 // In efforts to not only stay a step ahead of the competition but also reduce costs in the long run, many managing general agencies are utilizing the Internet at greater lengths these days. As the nation as a whole spends...
Online Communication is the Key to Success
Aug 19 2002 // Everyday, technology becomes a bigger and bigger part of our lives. In today’s business environment, technology is perhaps the most powerful tool we have to keep customers satisfied and coming back. E-mail and Web...
All Aboard the Technology Train
Aug 19 2002 // The technology train arrived years ago and those that chose not to purchase a ticket are finding out that they very well may be left behind at the station. In a day and age when hits, HTML, links, and software are part of...
XML Provides the Missing Link for SEMCI
Aug 13 2002 // Agents have faced the problem ever since insurance companies first introduced applications. Each company had its own form, so the agent who wanted to submit the same account to several underwriters had to write the same...
Fla. Says Digital Fingerprinting Will Speed Agent Applications, Screen out Felons
Aug 12 2002 // New digital fingerprinting technology will speed up the process of applying for a Florida insurance agent’s license, save money and better protect consumers, Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Tom Gallagher...
NAMIC Names Ulmer VP for Information Technology
Aug 9 2002 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) named Michael Ulmer, Vice President of Information Technology. Ulmer joined NAMIC in 1992 as MIS Manager. Since that time, he has worked in building the...
Brown & Brown Endorses Applied Systems as Preferred Technology Provider
Aug 6 2002 // Florida-based insurance broker Brown & Brown Inc. has endorsed Applied Systems Inc. as its preferred technology provider. According to Applied’s corporate and international division vice president Rick Morgan,...
Seeing is Believing with AUGIE Survey Results
Jul 22 2002 // It is said that Missouri is the “show me” state. If that’s true then most independent agents must be from Missouri because when it comes to technology solutions, agency owners and their producers and CSRs...
Seeing is Believing with AUGIE Survey Results
Jul 22 2002 // It is said that Missouri is the “show me” state. If that’s true then most independent agents must be from Missouri because when it comes to technology solutions, agency owners and their producers and CSRs...
Safeonline Technology to Launch 1st and 3rd Party Tech Coverage
Jul 15 2002 // Michigan-based digital risk insurance specialist, SafeonlineT announced the launch later this month of a new 1st and 3rd party policy that the company says will provide a much needed in-fill for small to medium firms who...
