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Royal & SunAlliance U.S. Nonstandard Auto Expanding Internet Site
May 23 2000 // The personal insurance division of Royal & SunAlliance USA has successfully launched Orion AutoLink, its web-based agency interface for nonstandard auto insurance products, in 23 states where those products, marketed...
Lloyd’s To Search Air Crash Site
May 22 2000 // Lloyd’s of London has obtained permission from the Canadian government to search the seabed at the site of the Swissair MD-11 that crashed off the coast of Nova Scotia in September 1998, killing all 229 people...
InsureConnection.com Launches Site; Aims to Connect Agents and Consumers
May 22 2000 // InsureConnection.com has launched its new site for insurance shoppers, allowing online consumers to compare personal insurance quotes from a variety of companies. Quotes are currently available for life, auto and property,...
InsWeb is “Forbes Favorite” Insurance Web Site
May 19 2000 // Redwood City, Calif.-based InsWeb is the most valuable site at which to shop for auto insurance, according to Forbes. The magazine’s Summer 2000, “Best of the Web” issue lists InsWeb as the “Forbes...
SIAA Launches Consumer Oriented Web Site
May 16 2000 // The Strategic Independent Agents Alliance (SIAA), an independent insurance agency distribution network, has created a consumer web site to promote the advantages of doing business with SIAA independent...
ACORD Technology Conference 2000 To ‘E-merge’ in Orlando
May 15 2000 // Evolve, Emerge, E-magine” will be the theme of the ACORD Technology Conference 2000, to be held at the Contemporary Resort Hotel at Disney World in Orlando, Fla., May 21-24. Rick Gilman, vice president-communications...
President Clinton Honors IIAA Past Pres. at Conference
May 15 2000 // A typically charismatic speech by President Bill Clinton was the highlight of an already stellar 24th Annual National Legislative Conference for the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA). The President appeared at...
E-Surety.net Unveils Surety Bond Site
May 11 2000 // E-Surety.net, an Orlando-based software development company, will debut its fully interactive bonds site at the Insurance Online show tomorrow in Miami. The company’s system allows users to apply, pay, underwrite and...
Clinton Speaks at IIAA Legislative Conference
May 4 2000 // President Bill Clinton told independent insurance agents from around the nation that a tax credit for long-term care, Medicare prescription drug coverage and improvements in health care that will result in Americans living...
PERSONAL WATERCRAFT, Expanding the appeal of recreational boat coverage
May 1 2000 // Both the marine industry and the insurance industry have witnessed a surge in recreational boating, from mega-yachts to personal water-craft (PWC), over the past few years. According to U.S. Coast Guard estimates, there...
AAMGA Members Set to Convene in the Florida Sunshine
May 1 2000 // Follow Your Dreams” will be the theme at the 74th annual meeting of the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) to be held at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Fla. from May 7-11,...
So how accessible is your site’
May 1 2000 // Vic is a computer professional. He makes a good living for his wife and 3-year-old son. They have a nice house in the suburbs and she drives an almost-new Dodge Caravan. Vic uses e-mail, surfs the Web and even dabbles in...
4Insurance.com Launches New Site
Apr 27 2000 // In an effort to simplify the world of online insurance for consumers, 4Insurance.com has launched a new web site allowing consumers to run a virtual auction for the best offer on auto, home, health and life insurance. The...
Personal WatercraftExpanding the Appeal of Boat Coverage
Apr 24 2000 // Both the marine industry and the insurance industry have witnessed a surge in recreational boating, from mega-yachts to personal watercraft (PWC), over the past few years. According to U.S. Coast Guard estimates, there...
Global Risk Exchange to Launch Internet Site for Complex Insurance Transactions
Apr 21 2000 // Global Risk Exchange (GRX) has announced the launch of a new Internet site designed to give “large corporations direct access to top-tier insurance markets.” The program aims to give insurance buyers...
Winterhur to Develop Internet Site with IONA
Apr 13 2000 // Ireland’s IONA Technologies announced that its Enterprise Portal Company “has signed a multi-million dollar, multi year contract with Winterhur Versicherungen, the Swiss-based global insurance company, to build...
Driving Traffic to Your Web Site
Apr 10 2000 // “We’ve only had 632 visitors to our web site in six months. What can we do to get more traffic?” After a company web site has been up for awhile, there’s a wake up call. It’s not working like...
InsureZone Launches Business Insurance Site
Apr 7 2000 // InsureZone began offering business insurance coverage online Thursday at InsureZone.com. Policies available on the InsureZone web site are targeted to businesses with 50 or fewer employees. Coverage includes business...
General and Cologne Re Launch New Web Site
Apr 5 2000 // FacWorld, the brainchild of General & Cologne Re, is the reinsurance industry’s first full-service facultative web site, offering online access to all G&C facultative underwriters in the company’s...
