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FM Global Unveils New Technology Center
May 2 2002 // FM Global has developed a new US$70 million-plus world-class scientific research and product-testing complex to meet its customers’ increasingly sophisticated property protection needs, expand its capabilities,...
Safeonline, ACE Global Markets Note Publication to Aid Senior Business Decision Makers
Apr 25 2002 // Digital risk insurance specialist Safeonline™ and technology insurance underwriter ACE Global Markets, have announced publication of a white paper to help senior business decision makers identify the steps they need to...
Sintech Software Discontinues Online Agency Management System
Apr 24 2002 // Sintech Software LLC, an application service provider (ASP) of web-based property and casualty and life and health agency management systems, has discontinued its online property and casualty agency management system,...
PIFC Claims Higher Costs and Disruption in Homeowners Costs if SB 1763 Passes
Apr 17 2002 // Diane Colborn, vice president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) remarked that SB 1763, a bill authored by Senator Deborah Ortiz requiring all property and liability insurance policies to cover mold...
Converium Adopts eReinsure.com Negotiation Platform
Apr 16 2002 // eReinsure.com, Inc., which provides e-commerce technology to the insurance and reinsurance industries, announced that Converium Holding Ltd. will use the eReinsure online negotiation platform to negotiate and manage...
Using Technology and Understanding Technology are 2 Different Things
Apr 15 2002 // Have you read an article or brochure lately about insurance technology and came away overwhelmed by the fact that you don’t understand XML, SPX, .NET and SOAP? Don’t let it bother you. As an agent, you should...
AMS’ Parsons Sees Small Agencies as theFinal Frontier
Apr 15 2002 // Loren Parsons, president and CEO of agency management systems provider AMS Inc., thinks the small insurance agency market has yet to be tapped by companies that provide automation services to the insurance industry. In a...
Using Technology and Understanding Technology are 2 Different Things
Apr 15 2002 // Have you read an article or brochure lately about insurance technology and came away overwhelmed by the fact that you don’t understand XML, SPX, .NET and SOAP? Don’t let it bother you. As an agent, you should...
PwC Consulting Launches Solution to Meet Technology Challenges
Apr 11 2002 // PwC Consulting™, a business of PricewaterhouseCoopers, has introduced the Integrated Financial Services Solution for Insurance (iFS Solution), the first component-based solution designed for the industry. The iFS...
Sierra Software Technology Corp. now InsuraTek Corp.
Apr 10 2002 // As part of an overall growth and diversification strategy, Indiana-based Sierra Software Technology Corporation has changed its name to InsuraTek Corporation. The company has also unveiled a new Web site at...
What Policyholders Don’t Know Can Hurt Them
Mar 25 2002 // The things businesses do not know about their potential liability for what employees do in cyberspace have the potential to become a serious problem. Recent surveys indicate that many businesses do not realize that simply...
Using Technology and Understanding Technology are 2 Different Things
Mar 25 2002 // Have you read an article or brochure lately about insurance technology and came away overwhelmed by the fact that you don’t understand XML, SPX, .NET and SOAP? Don’t let it bother you. As an agent, you should...
Revolution or Evolution’ The Internet Goes Mainstream
Mar 11 2002 // The insurance industry is notoriously reluctant to change. So it was little surprise that the Internet—a tool that has the power to introduce cost-saving efficiencies into the insurance process for carriers and agents...
Revolution or Evolution’ The Internet Goes Mainstream
Mar 11 2002 // At last, the gap between potential and reality is shrinking as agents explore their online options. The insurance industry is notoriously reluctant to change. So it was little surprise that the Internet—a tool that has...
ASP-hosted Technology-Trend or Fad’
Mar 11 2002 // Many vendors now offer agency management systems via ASP (Application Service Provider). The ASP model moves the agency database and management system software from the agency to a data center, and agency personnel access...
Revolution or Evolution’ The Internet Goes Mainstream
Mar 11 2002 // At last, the gap between potential and reality is shrinking as agents explore their online options. The insurance industry is notoriously reluctant to change. So it was little surprise that the Internet—a tool that has...
ASP-hosted Technology-Trend or Fad’
Mar 11 2002 // Many vendors now offer agency management systems via ASP (Application Service Provider). The ASP model moves the agency database and management system software from the agency to a data center, and agency personnel access...
The St. Paul Companies Launches New Tool for Small Commercial Products
Mar 6 2002 // The St. Paul Companies announced the launch of a new web-based tool to assist agents with obtaining single entry, real-time quotes for small commercial products. The tool was developed to be compatible with the quoting...
Analysts and CEOs See Eye-to-Eye at P/C Joint Industry Forum
Feb 25 2002 // Analysts and insurance company CEOs who recently addressed the Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum in New York City presented remarkably consistent predictions about the future of the insurance industry in the...
Analysts and CEOs See Eye-to-Eye at P/C Joint Industry Forum
Feb 25 2002 // Analysts and insurance company CEOs who recently addressed the Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum in New York City presented remarkably consistent predictions about the future of the insurance industry in the...
