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Western Insurance Agents Roundtable: In Uncertain Economy, Change Is Certain
Jan 5 2012 // The economy, the promised-land of a hard insurance market and the need to master technologies dominated discussion at the first annual Insurance Industry Roundtable in Irvine, Calif. The daylong event was attended by 23...
Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation Harnesses New Technology to Reach Independent Agents
Jan 4 2012 // Walnut Creek, CA, 12/08/11 – The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) will make use of the new technologies available through the Virtual Insurance Marketplace to bring the organization’s...
Insurers May Open ‘Black Box’ Telematics to Escape Gender Ban
Dec 21 2011 // Motor [auto] insurers seeking to get around a European ban on charging male drivers more than women are turning to innovative black box technology that could trigger an upheaval in the way car insurance is...
Get Ready to ‘Face’ the Next Wave in Marketing: Mavatars
Dec 20 2011 // The motion picture “Minority Report” gave the audience a look into the future of retail marketing as retina scans were used to project customized digital advertisements for consumers in public spaces. An Iowa...
California AG Announces Creation of eCrime Unit
Dec 14 2011 // Attorney General Kamala D. Harris on Wednesday announced the creation of the eCrime Unit, staffed with Department of Justice attorneys and investigators, and charged with identifying and prosecuting identity theft crimes,...
Natural Disaster in China Would Severely Disrupt Global Supply Chains
Dec 7 2011 // A natural catastrophe in China on the scale of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami would have an even more severe impact on supply chains, given China’s critical role in global manufacturing. That is according to a...
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Nov 21 2011 // Valencia, Calif.-based Petersen International Underwriters has named John J. Russo as legal director. Russo will assist in monitoring compliance and current legislation in various states, maintaining surplus lines...
Travelers Forms Clean Energy & Technology Practice
Nov 14 2011 // The Travelers Companies, Inc. have formed the Clean Energy & Technology Practice. This new practice offers clean energy and technology-focused insurance products, and risk and claim management resources. The practice...
Tech Chiefs Take on Standards, iPad, Light Bulb
Nov 7 2011 // Thomas Alva Edison would have been glowing had he been at the “Technology Issues in the U.S. & U.K.” panel discussion at the annual National Association of Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) conference in San...
Lockton Adds Technology Property Risk Control Consultant in San Jose
Nov 3 2011 // Duane Caldwell was added to Lockton’s technology-focused team in San Jose, Calif. as a property risk control consultant. Caldwell will take a lead in expanding Kansas City, Mo.based-Lockton’s presence in the...
High Hopes for High Tech: Interview with New Applied Systems CEO
Oct 27 2011 // Insurance agencies are under pressure to quickly adopt new technologies in order to keep up with competitors, according to a newcomer to the insurance industry who is now positioned to help agencies do just that. Reid...
Lockton Adds Technology Property & Casualty Leader in California
Oct 26 2011 // Kevin Hoskinson has joined Lockton as its technology practice leader focused on property and casualty insurance for technology companies. Hoskinson will work in Kansas City, Mo. Lockton’s San Jose, Calif. office....
High Hopes for High Tech
Oct 17 2011 // Tech Talk with Reid French, Applied Systems’ New CEO Insurance agencies are under pressure to quickly adopt new technologies in order to keep up with competitors, according to a newcomer to the insurance industry who...
How Agency Technology Drives Profitable Growth
Oct 17 2011 // Profitability and growth continue to be the drivers of independent insurance agency valuations, and leading agencies around the country are using new ways to produce profitable growth. “You cannot have strong...
What’s New, And Not So New, in Technology?
Oct 17 2011 // Cool Apps There are apps available on smartphones and tablet devices today that agents and brokers utilize for live streaming (Ustream), scanning documents (JotNot), conferencing (GoToMeeting and others), VoIP calls...
Tech Chiefs Take on Standards, iPad, Light Bulb at Surplus Lines Conference
Oct 13 2011 // Thomas Alva Edison would have been glowing had he been at the “Technology Issues in the U.S. & U.K.” panel discussion at the annual National Association of Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) conference in San...
BlackBerry Maker Scrambles to End Global Outage; Repair Damage to Brand
Oct 13 2011 // The company that makes the BlackBerry smart phone is working frantically to end a three-day global service disruption that has frustrated millions of its customers and pumped up pressure on its management to make sweeping...
California Fund Proposes Insurance to Stimulate Clean Energy Investments
Oct 11 2011 // Finding the capital to get a new power plant in the ground is no small task for any company, but for developers aiming to use emerging clean energy technologies, the challenges are even greater. A California clean energy...
Cyber Threats to Expect in Coming Year
Oct 11 2011 // The year ahead will feature new and sophisticated means to capture and exploit user data, as well as escalating battles over the control of online information that threaten to compromise content and erode public trust and...
Euclid Managers Adopts New Coverages, Approach for Insuring Tech Firms
Oct 5 2011 // Euclid Managers, LLC, an underwriting manager and claim administrator for internet, tech, media, manufacturing and miscellaneous professional liability, has added more coverage for Internet and tech companies via a new...
