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Agency Management Systems Evolve, Expand Opportunities for Agents
Oct 15 2001 // How “high-tech” is your agency? The range of difference between agencies with regard to level of automation is still fairly wide. While many agents bought their first agency management systems years ago, others...
Agency Management Systems Evolve, Expand Opportunities for Agents
Oct 15 2001 // I’m amazed and astounded that in today’s marketplace there are still some holdouts out there that have no automation system whatsoever or are using automation systems, not necessarily complete agency management...
Commentary: Help Your Customers Help You With Online Self-Service
Oct 15 2001 // People used to get into elevators and give the floor number to an attendant. He’d close the outer and inner doors, and pull a lever to take you to your floor. There was a time when you couldn’t telephone anyone...
ASCNET’s 16th Annual Education Conference Slated for Orlando Oct. 24-27
Oct 1 2001 // The Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group for Applied Systems agency technology, will hold its 16th Annual Education Conference, designed for principals, owners and system managers, on Oct. 24-27 at...
NAPSLO Retrospective: A Visit With Outgoing President John Latham
Sep 30 2001 // John Latham will step aside as National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) president later this month making room for Tap Johnson, Jr. Before his exit, he agreed to spend a few minutes with...
Incoming NAPSLO President Focuses on Regulatory Issues, Technology
Sep 30 2001 // When John Latham steps down as president of the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) in San Antonio later this month, Tapley O. Johnson, Jr., will take on the office as incoming president and...
A.M. Best Cancels, Reschedules Annual E-Fusion Information & Technology Conference September 21, 20
Sep 21 2001 // A.M. Best Co. announced that its conference, “E-Fusion: Finding the E-Payoff,” originally set for Oct. 21 to 23, 2001, has been rescheduled. The new date is Sept. 29 to Oct. 1, 2002, at the J.W. Marriott hotel...
NAPSLO Retrospective: A Visit With Outgoing President John Latham
Sep 10 2001 // John Latham will soon step aside as National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) president making room for Tap Johnson, Jr. Before his exit, he agreed to spend a few minutes with Insurance Journal to...
New SAFECO CIO Focused on Innovation in Technology
Sep 6 2001 // SAFECO named Yom Senegor, a leader in developing technology solutions for the insurance industry, as its new CIO. Senegor, 43, joins SAFECO from Accenture (formerly known as Andersen Consulting), where he was one of the...
New SAFECO CIO Focused on Innovation in Technology
Sep 6 2001 // SAFECO named Yom Senegor, a leader in developing technology solutions for the insurance industry, as its new CIO. Senegor, 43, joins SAFECO from Accenture (formerly known as Andersen Consulting), where he was one of the...
NAMIC to Host 106th Annual Convention in Washington, D.C.
Sep 5 2001 // The 106th annual convention of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) will take place Sept. 23-26, 2001, at the Washington Hilton and Towers in Washington, D.C. The convention, expected to attract...
Incoming NAPSLO President Focuses on Regulatory Issues, Technology
Sep 3 2001 // When John Latham steps down as president of the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) in San Antonio later this month, Tapley O. Johnson, Jr., will take on the office as incoming president and...
NAPSLO Retrospective: A Visit With Outgoing President John Latham
Sep 3 2001 // John Latham will step aside as National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) president later this month making room for Tap Johnson, Jr. Before his exit, he agreed to spend a few minutes with...
FileNET Announces Acenza Underwriting and Policy Administration for P/C Marketplace
Aug 21 2001 // FileNET Corp., a provider of business process management solutions, announced the availability of Acenza Underwriting and Policy Administration, the latest addition to FileNET’s Acenza for Insurance suite of...
Microsoft’s ‘Virtual Team’ Takes Insurance to the Fast Track
Aug 20 2001 // It’s the twelfth round, and the technology industry has been badly battered—but it’s still in the ring and on its feet. Participants in the new economy that have held on thus far are forging ahead, priorities...
e-Business Moving Slowly but Steadily For Wholesalers
Aug 20 2001 // The insurance industry is beginning to utilize technology to more efficiently conduct business, but that integration is a long, slow process, according to a panel of wholesalers and market leaders. Shand Morahan &...
1,800+ Independent Agents Using Travelers’ Web-based Automation System
Aug 14 2001 // Travelers’ announced that in just a few months since its inception, more than 1,800 agents are using ATLAS3, Travelers’ Internet-based automation system. About 165 agents were piloting the system when ATLAS3...
InsuranceNoodle Now Offers Insurance Products from Chubb
Aug 13 2001 // InsuranceNoodle, a distributor of small business insurance through independent insurance agencies, has been selected by the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies to distribute Innovator from Chubb(sm), an insurance product...
Microsoft’s ‘Virtual Team’ Takes Insurance to the Fast Track
Aug 13 2001 // It’s the twelfth round, and the technology industry has been badly battered—but it’s still in the ring and on its feet. Participants in the new economy that have held on thus far are forging ahead, priorities...
e-Business Moving Slowly but Steadily in Wholesale Marketplace
Aug 13 2001 // The insurance industry is beginning to utilize technology to more efficiently conduct business, but that integration is a long, slow process, according to a panel of wholesalers and market leaders. Shand Morahan &...
