Will Technology Make Insurance Obsolete? May 9, 2017 By Joseph S. Harrington, CPCU, ARP “Will technology make insurance obsolete?” That was the stark question posed by William Hartnett, a former Microsoft and ACORD executive,...
Flintstones vs. Jetsons, a Broker Success Story, and How Agencies Can Survive Insurtech March 23, 2017 By Don Jergler “If we survive the next five to 10 years and improve the way we do things, we can be well-positioned...
A Conversation on Innovation and the Industry’s Future with ACORD’s Hartnett November 9, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson There are not many insurance executives who will quote inventor Thomas Edison, Microsoft’s Steve Baumer, futurist Alvin Toffler, Moore’s Law...
ACORD Names 2 Insurance Innovation Challenge Winners: Livegenic, Insurity November 5, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson A technology that gives claimants more control of the claims process and another that makes data conversion easier for insurers...
Former Microsoft Executive Hartnett Named ACORD Innovation Chief September 17, 2015 The insurance industry’s standards organization, ACORD, announced that Bill Hartnett, former financial services and insurance head at Microsoft, has been...