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Fiserv Acquires London-Based Catapult Technology

Aug 9 2001 // Fiserv Inc. has acquired Catapult Technology Limited, a London-based provider of private banking, treasury management and international banking technology solutions and services. Terms of the agreement were not...

Sapient Appoints Flynn to Lead Insurance Practice

Aug 8 2001 // Sapient announced that John Flynn joined the company to lead Sapient’s Insurance Practice, a unit of the Financial Services industry group. In this role, Flynn will further develop Sapient’s ability to deliver...

AIG eBusiness Risk Solutions to Offer Antivirus, Internet Security Resources

Jul 11 2001 // AIG eBusiness Risk Solutions, a division of American International Companies, formed an alliance with Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) to help AIGnetAdvantage Suite(SM) insureds manage Internet security...

“E-insurance: Creating a Competitive Advantage” Excerpted from a report written in co-operation with

Jul 3 2001 // Levels of e-business development Despite the desire to deepen customer relationships, reduce costs and develop new sources of revenue, few have gone far in terms of creating distinctive web-enabled services. To date, only...

Lloyd’s and Tripwire Inc. to Sponsor Insurance and Technology Forum

Jun 26 2001 // A forum designed to educate corporate risk officers, risk managers, CFOs and CIOs as to the risk exposures inherent in e-commerce and new technologies will be sponsored by Lloyd’s and Tripwire Inc. in New York City...

ePolicy, ACEUSA to Offer Specialty Professional Liability Online

Jun 19 2001 // ePolicy.com Insurance Services Inc., announced it has signed an agreement with ACE USA to offer new lines of specialty professional liability insurance. The newly offered products are designed specifically for architects...

Zurich U.S. CEO Sees a Bright Future in Financial Services

Jun 18 2001 // John Amore, president and CEO of Zurich U.S., has a vision not just for his company but for the industry. “I think the industry needs to rebrand itself,” Amore told IJ in an exclusive interview in...

‘Invent’ive: HP Offers e-Center for Small Businesses

Jun 18 2001 // So I come across an e-mail or a site that tells me that if I subscribe to a Hewlett-Packard e-newsletter, that I’ll get a $10 gift certificate to Amazon.com. Now, you know me, I can’t pass up free money when...

Zurich U.S. CEO Sees a Bright Future in Financial Services

Jun 11 2001 // John Amore, president and CEO of Zurich U.S., has a vision not just for his company but for the industry. “I think the industry needs to rebrand itself,” Amore told IJ in an exclusive interview in...

‘Invent’ive: HP Offers e-Center for Small Businesses

Jun 11 2001 // So I come across an e-mail or a site that tells me that if I subscribe to a Hewlett-Packard e-newsletter, that I’ll get a $10 gift certificate to Amazon.com. Now, you know me, I can’t pass up free money when...

ACORD Honors InsureHiTech, Royal & SunAlliance USA at Tech Conference

May 25 2001 // InsureHiTech, an eBusiness property/casualty insurance portal designed for mid-sized technology clients, and Royal & SunAlliance USA received the ACORD XML Implementation Champions Award for Property & Casualty...

IIAA Names Jeffrey Yates as ACT Executive Director

May 21 2001 // Jeffrey M. Yates is the new executive director of the Agents Council for Tech-nology (ACT), announces Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) Chief Exec-utive Officer Robert A. Rusbuldt. Yates, who will begin his...

IIAA Names Jeffrey Yates ACT Executive Director

May 14 2001 // Jeffrey M. Yates is the new executive director of the Agents Council for Technology (ACT), announces Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) Chief Exec-utive Officer Robert A. Rusbuldt. Yates, who will begin his new...

Tech Providers Are Scoping Out the Online MGA Market

May 14 2001 // Electronic communications between agents and carriers have received much attention over the years, as the struggle goes on for better technology, single entry of data and lower-cost delivery. But what if you’re a key...

How Agents Won on the Web, Four Web Venture Profiles

May 14 2001 // A century ago, agents found customers where they gathered—at church, their place of business or the local watering hole downtown. This marketing strategy still works today—only now many agents are going through...

What the Heck Is XML’

May 14 2001 // A persistent problem in delivering the insurance product quickly and accurately to the consumer is that there is no uniform way for all the players behind the scenes to communicate. There are way too many human touches and...

XML Provides the Missing Link for SEMCI

May 13 2001 // 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...

What the Heck is XML’

May 7 2001 // A persistent problem in delivering the insurance product quickly and accurately to the consumer is that there is no uniform way for all the players behind the scenes to communicate. There are way too many human touches and...

Yates is New Executive Director of ACT

May 1 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) announced that Jeffrey M. Yates is the new executive director of the Agents Council for Technology (ACT). Yates replaced Len Brevik, who left IIAA and the ACT position to...

CoverageCorp Raises $8 Million for Development

Apr 24 2001 // Access CoverageCorp Inc., the Charlotte, N.C. Internet-based business insurance technology and solutions provider, announced that it has raised $8 million in a second-round financing. The leader in this round has been...