Operations News

S.I.S. and Connective Announce Partnership for Upload Solutions

Strategic Insurance Software, Inc., S.I.S., and Connective Technologies, Inc. announced the creation of a working partnership to provide agents with a robust affordable upload solution. The integration between S.I.S.’s SEMCI PARTNER® agency management system and Connective’s TEAM-UP product provides the …

IVANS Networking Provides Broadband Connectivity Program for Independent Agents

IVANS Networking, a division of IVANS Inc., has created a DSL program that helps carriers deal with the logistics of broadband connectivity migrations for agents and trading partners. With insurance carriers deploying large Virtual Private Networks to support bandwidth intensive …

Suellyn Boastick Selected as 2002 National Outstanding CSR of the Year

Suellyn Boastick of the Lewis Insurance Store Inc., in Champaign, Illinois, has just been awarded the most prestigious honor available to insurance customer service representatives – the 2002 National Outstanding CSR of the Year Award. The Society of Certified Insurance …

National Security Fire & Casualty Signs on with Trusted ChoiceSM

National Security Fire & Casualty, a regional insurance company with operations in 10 Southeastern states, has joined Trusted ChoiceSM—the consumer marketing brand established by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) that highlights the benefits offered by independent …

Twenty Carriers Sign On With IVANS Transformation Station

IVANS Inc. announced that 20 insurance carriers have now chosen its IVANS Transformation StationT data exchange platform. Those companies that have licensed the platform include Cincinnati Equitable Insurance Co., Donegal Mutual Insurance Co., EMC, Encompass Insurance, FCCI, First Insurance Company …

MapInfo Joins ACORD

MapInfo Corporation of Troy, N.Y. announced it has joined the Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD) to ensure its location-based intelligence solutions, used by insurance carriers for enhanced risk assessment, sales force automation and call center support, will …

Robert James Promoted to EVP, U.S. Ins. Operations for CNA P&C

Robert V. James has been promoted to CNA insurance companies’ executive vice president of U.S. Insurance Operations for CNA Property & Casualty Operations. The announcement came from James R. Lewis who precedes Mr. James in this position and will become …

Chubb Hosts Security Seminar for N.J. Police

The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies announced it has completed a two-day security evaluation seminar for New Jersey police and emergency service officials. The seminar was intended to assist law enforcement and other agencies in conducting security surveys of both …

Golden Bear Co. Receives ‘B+’ Rating from Best

Calif.-based Golden Bear Insurance Company was recently assigned a “B+” (Very good) rating by A.M. Best. The rating reflects the company’s profitable operating results, relatively strong liquidity position and adequate capitalization. These factors are supported by Golden Bear’s operating profitability …

Jenkins Named Executive Director of ASCnet

Applied Systems Client Network, Inc. (ASCnet), the user group for Applied Systems agency technology, named William Jenkins executive director of the association. An insurance industry consultant since 1993, Jenkins has assisted a variety of clients in meeting their goals and …