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How Process Improvement Drives Agency Profitability
Mar 11 2013 // To boost their profitability, agencies make investments all the time in people and technology, as well as in other businesses through acquisitions. But Dan Epstein, CEO of ReSourcePro, says there is another often...
High-Tech Personal Lines
Mar 11 2013 // How technology is changing the way agents do business Many believe there is still opportunity for independent insurance agents and their carriers to grab personal lines market share. But to do so they must find a way to...
How Process Improvement Drives Agency Profitability
Feb 26 2013 // To boost their profitability, agencies make investments all the time in people and technology, as well as in other businesses through acquisitions. But Dan Epstein, CEO of ReSourcePro, says there is another often...
How Agents Help Nonprofits in Hard Times
Feb 25 2013 // Still struggling through the recession, the last thing the nonprofit sector needed is the negative publicity generated by Jerry Sandusky and Lance Armstrong. The recession was hard on just about everyone, particularly the...
Mobile Technology Gaining with Insurers: Survey
Feb 25 2013 // While much of the attention around use of mobile devices in insurance has centered on consumer apps offered by large personal lines insurers, other property/casualty insurers and life/annuity insurers are rolling out...
Report Criticizes Insurance Tech Firm Ebix’s Financials; Firm Refutes Allegations
Feb 22 2013 // Ebix Inc., a major provider of software and e-commerce products for the insurance industry, saw its stock price fall more than 25 percent Thursday, Feb. 21, after a research report critical of Ebix’s financial...
Where to Find the Best Possible Cyber Coverage
Feb 19 2013 // There are many cyber insurance products available for purchase, and each is somewhat unique. Some products are more comprehensive than others. Some cyber insurance products are combined with insurance policies of another...
Mobile Technology Gaining with Insurers: Survey
Feb 11 2013 // While much of the attention around use of mobile devices in insurance has centered on consumer apps offered by large personal lines insurers, other property/casualty insurers and life/annuity insurers are rolling out...
A Future Filled With Driverless Cars
Feb 11 2013 // Visions of robotic self-driving cars may appear like something from a George Lucas film but in June 2011, this vision took a giant leap toward becoming reality when Nevada became the first state to enact legislation that...
How Agents Help Nonprofits in Hard Times
Feb 11 2013 // Still struggling through the recession, the last thing the nonprofit sector needed is the negative publicity generated by Jerry Sandusky and Lance Armstrong. The recession was hard on just about everyone, particularly the...
Conservative Oklahoma Lawmaker, ACLU Team Up on Privacy Rights
Feb 6 2013 // A conservative Oklahoma lawmaker and the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma are working together to advance legislation to privacy rights of Oklahomans in the face of rapidly advancing technology. State Rep. Paul...
The Hanover Enhances Technology Product Suite
Jan 28 2013 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. is enhancing its technology product suite to build on the company’s suite of specialized products for small to mid-sized technology companies, with a focus on its errors and...
Tech, Tech, Tech
Jan 28 2013 // A month down. The year is ticking away. And with the next Facebook, Google or Apple seemingly just around the corner, technology continues to be on many a mind in 2013. In fact in a poll conducted on InsuranceJournal.com...
Changing an Agency Management System
Jan 28 2013 // When Brightway Insurance recently changed agency management systems, which took close to a year, it was one of the largest transitions of its kind in the insurance industry in terms of total users accessing a common hosted...
Cyber Liability: Where to Find Cyber Coverage
Jan 28 2013 // The Buyer’s Guide to the Best Possible Cyber Insurance There are many cyber insurance products available for purchase, and each is somewhat unique. Some products are more comprehensive than others. Some cyber...
Insurer Using Imaging Technology to Spot Home Hazards Before They Cause Damage
Jan 24 2013 // A new imaging technology being deployed by Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. can help reduce the risk of catastrophic damage, injury and loss of life due to fire. It can also spot potential water damage to homes and...
ThinkRisk, Aspen U.S. Partner to Offer Media, Technology, Privacy E&O Program
Jan 18 2013 // Ryan Specialty Group’s (RSG) ThinkRisk Underwriting Agency and Aspen US Insurance have entered into a new underwriting partnership. ThinkRisk will transition its existing converging risk program –specialized errors...
Cyber criminals will continue to find new ways to attack in 2013
Dec 17 2012 // Cyber Threats in the New Year This issue identifies certain developments insurance professionals can expect in the new year. Beyond those mentioned in the articles in this issue, there is one thing everyone can expect that...
Profile: Workers’ Comp Fraud Expert Takes Old School Approach
Dec 12 2012 // When a Southern California family was convicted of workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud, it wasn’t due to sophisticated software, a supercomputer or even high-tech surveillance techniques. It was the...
Electronic Stability Control in Cars Saving Lives: NHTSA
Dec 3 2012 // Electronic stability control technology (ESC) is saving an increasing number of lives each year, according to a three-year study by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety...
