Despite the higher levels of service and convenience offered by the Internet, security is a concern for the majority of consumers when it comes to sending medical and personal property insurance information, according to a recent survey sponsored by IVANS, …
Ohio-based Progressive Corp. announced that independent insurance agents across the country who use agency management system software manufactured by AMS Services, Inc. now have a new way to save time and effort when servicing their customers. Progressive, the country’s largest …
Strategic Insurance Software, Inc. (S.I.S.), based in Gahanna, Ohio, announced the official launch of their new release of SEMCI PARTNER(R), a system that will put agents “one mouse click away from policy holder rating, changes, claims and billing lookups as …
Both the headline and certain portions of the text in the article that appeared yesterday, October 29, incorrectly identified the NAII as having approved inreon’s use of ACORD standards. This was not correct. The NAII has no connection with either …
Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced two of its member agencies, Bigham-Kliewer-Chapman-Watts and Crockett Insurance Services, were selected to participate in the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) “Best Practices” Study Group. Over 800 independent …
inreon, the Internet-based reinsurance trading platform, established by Swiss Re and Munich Re, announced that it has received certification for its implementation of data standards for facultative reinsurance placement from ACORD, the New York-based industry standards body. This enables members …
Recently, the White House unveiled the National Plan to Secure Cyberspace, an initiative urging insurers and companies to assess and manage exposures to cyber risk. Among other things, the plan calls for developing new best practices and standards for this …
The Independent Insurance Agents of Houston installed Lanette (Lenny) Bauer as the organization’s 2002-2003 president. Currently senior vice-president of Agency Operations at Brady Chapman Holland & Associates in Houston, Bauer has 40 years of experience in the insurance industry. She …
Travelers Property-Casualty Insurance received the inaugural Pinnacle Award, for outstanding leadership in advancing the independent insurance agent’s quest for efficient workflow, from the Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group of Applied Systems agency management technology. The award was …
Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported that total operating revenues grew 29% to $297.0 million in the third quarter of 2002 from $229.6 million in the same period of 2001. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2002 total …
