Operations News

Safeonline, ACE Global Markets Note Publication to Aid Senior Business Decision Makers

Digital risk insurance specialist Safeonlineā„¢ 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 take to effectively manage their technology related exposures. The …

Sintech Software Discontinues Online Agency Management System

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, ProSpector. “Sintech designed ProSpector to provide agencies with a near …

Calif.-based Zenith Connects to SAIS through Automated Underwriting Interface

California-based Zenith National Insurance Corp. announced its workers’ compensation subsidiary, Zenith Insurance Company (Zenith), has gone into production with an ACORD 1.0 XML interface with Superior Access Insurance Services (SAIS), one of its California-based agents. This is Zenith’s first completed …

Iroquois Group to Promote ebixASP

Insurance portal ebix.com Inc. has signed an agreement that will allow the Iroquois Group’s network of independent agents to adopt the industry’s first true Internet-based agency management system providing “anytime, anywhere” functionality. Through this agreement the Iroquois Group, with a …

Cal-Surance among Agencies Noted for Performance

An elite group of independent insurance agencies from around the United States met in Atlanta recently to be honored by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) and Reagan Consulting, an Atlanta-based consulting firm. The agencies enjoy the …

ACORD Brings Insurance Industry to OASIS

ACORD, the insurance industry standards organization, has become the latest industry group to appoint a representative to the OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) Technical Committee. ACORD joins liaisons from a broad group of industry standards organizations in the subcommittee that …

Using Technology and Understanding Technology are 2 Different Things

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 not be expected …

Not too late for Agency Reviews

Even though we are one third of the way through 2002, it is still not too late to see how the agency has performed for 2001. There are no more excuses. The holiday season is gone, taxes are paid, and …

AMS’ Parsons Sees Small Agencies as theFinal Frontier

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 conversation with Insurance Journal at …

Joint ‘I’ Day Focuses on Hard Market

Submissions are coming in by the truckload. Renewals obviously are something that we’re very concerned about,” said Derek Borisoff at this year’s Joint “I” Day on April 2 in Universal City, Calif. “One of the biggest problems is that we …