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Early Registration Deadline Sept. 23: FAIA Announces Management and Automation Training Seminar Topics
Sep 1 2005 // A line-up of expert management and technology speakers have been announced by the Florida Association of Insurance Agent’s Management and Automation Training Seminar, “MATS 2005,” taking place Oct. 16 to...
Westfield Group Names Largent New Chief Tech Officer
Aug 31 2005 // Westfield Group, Westfield Center, Ohio, recently named Edward Largent as chief technology officer in charge of the company’s information technology team. Throughout his 19-year career, Largent has held various...
Fireman’s Fund Introduces New Online Rating Technology in the State of Texas
Aug 29 2005 // NOVATO, Calif. – Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company is now offering agents in the state of Texas the use of eTurborater, an online application that promotes the quick retrieval of homeowners insurance rates....
MJM Investigations Names Halliday as Tech VP
Aug 19 2005 // North Carolina-based MJM Investigations Inc., an international insurance investigations firm providing investigative solutions to the insurance industry, announced the appointment of John Halliday as vice president of...
Texas Tech Law School Releases ‘Legislative Intent Roadmap’ on 2003 Lawsuit Reforms
Aug 1 2005 // Texas Tech Law Review has issued a comprehensive overview of lawsuit reform measures passed in 2003. According to an announcement released by the Texas Alliance for Patient Access, the 357-page article, the culmination of...
Oceanwide’s Cargo Technology Chosen by IMU/OneBeacon
Aug 1 2005 // Oceanwide Inc., a Montreal, Quebec-based provider of Web-based cargo insurance management software, announced that International Marine Underwriters (IMU), a member of OneBeacon Insurance Group’s specialty segments,...
Quotesmith.com Names New VPs for Sales, Technology
Jul 28 2005 // Ill.-based Quotesmith.com Inc. announced that Brian Gibson, former director of Sales and Service of USAA Life, has been named vice president of sales and that Eric Bergquist, former IT Director at AON, has been named vice...
MJM Investigations Appoints John Halliday as VP of Technology
Jul 26 2005 // Raleigh, N.C.-based MJM Investigations, Inc., an international insurance investigations firm providing innovative investigative solutions to the insurance industry, has appointed John Halliday as vice president of...
Internet Basic Liability Protection Policy for Certain Tech Businesses
Jul 18 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: St. Paul Travelers launched a basic Internet liability policy aimed at small to mid-size technology. Internet basic liability protection is designed for technology businesses or firms with between $5...
NAS Insurance Services Offers New Computer/Technology Market
Jul 8 2005 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services is introducing a new Computer/Technology liability insurance policy. The list of eligible classes is extensive — from data management service to software programming and...
Target Markets Aims to Win
Jul 4 2005 // Nearly five years ago, a group of program specialists gathered in Tempe, Ariz., for the first summit meeting of a budding industry organization called the Target Markets Program Administrators Association. The brainchild...
Computing Technology Industry
Jul 4 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Aon announced it is the program administrator for a Computing Technology Industry Association-sponsored insurance program tailored to address the evolving needs of technology companies. The program...
GE to Open Business Service and Tech Center in Romania
Jun 27 2005 // Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu announced that GE will locate its next Business Services & Technology Solutions Center in Bucharest, the second such center in Europe. The new center will handle...
LAAIA Announces CE Courses: Convention to Focus On A Dynamic Approach to Technology
Jun 21 2005 // More than 20 continuing education credits will be offered from July 5 to July 8 during the Latin American Association of Insurance Agents’ Convention at the Westin Diplomat Resort in Hollywood, Fla. This year’s...
InsuranceNoodle to Distribute St. Paul Travelers’ VisionPak
Jun 17 2005 // Chicago-based online wholesaler InsuranceNoodle has been selected by St. Paul Travelers as one of fewer than 90 agencies nationwide to offer the carrier’s VisionPak suite of products for technology companies. Under...
Young Agents: Changing the Face of the Industry
Jun 6 2005 // The number of young agents that are active in their state associations is growing. Although they have learned a lot from more experienced agents and brokers, young agents are essentially unique when it comes to their...
Life-Saving Medical Technology Also a Culprit in Physicians’ Liability
Jun 6 2005 // In the debate over the crisis in the medical malpractice system, exorbitant jury awards and insurance industry pricing tactics are often singled out as guilty parties. But at least one report points out the central role...
New Health-Care Technologies Raise Malpractice Risks
Jun 6 2005 // New health-care technologies are helping people live longer, better-quality lives but also increase medical liability exposures, a panel of experts concluded at the Crittenden medical insurance conference in New Orleans...
Young Agents: Changing the Face of the Industry
Jun 6 2005 // The number of young agents that are active in their state associations is growing. Although they have learned a lot from more experienced agents and brokers, young agents are essentially unique when it comes to their...
Young Agents: Changing the Face of the Industry
Jun 6 2005 // The number of young agents that are active in their state associations is growing. Although they have learned a lot from more experienced agents and brokers, young agents are essentially unique when it comes to their...
