Operations News

PRIORITY Data Systems, AMS Services Announce System Integration

AMS Services and PRIORITY Data Systems have announced an integration between PRIORITY’s windows-based rating programs (PriorityRate Auto and Home) and AMS Services’ AfW and Sagitta management systems. The integration will be two-way for personal auto and homeowners lines of business, …

Ohio Casualty Insurance, Summit Insurance Join Trusted Choice

The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company and Summit Insurance Company (Rhode Island) are the newest partners in the Independent Insurance Agents of America’s (IIAA) Trusted ChoiceSM branding initiative, which is set to debut its first television commercials later this month, according …

Safety Insurance Contracts with IVANS to Use Transformation Station

Safety Insurance has entered into an agreement with IVANS, Inc. to use Transformation Station™. Safety will use Transformation Station, a data exchange for real-time transactions, on the Agents Virtual Community (www.onceanddone.com) portal to allow independent agents to process business through …

NAIC WINS AWARD FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) received the “Golden Circle Award” in Human Resources Management from the American Society of Association Executives. The NAIC won the top award in the category, which recognizes leadership in the stewardship of association …

ASCNET Announces 2002 Calendar of Education Programs

The Applied Systems Client Network, Inc. (ASCnet), the user group for Applied Systems agency technology, has launched its 2002 member education effort with expanded training opportunities for agency support personnel. ASCnet’s educational opportunities include: “WinTAM Summits” – geared toward CSRs, …

ACORD Announces New Additions to 2002

New ACORD Awards will be given out at the ACORD Annual Conference this May 19-21 in Orlando, Fla. These awards will recognize companies who have either implemented ACORD standards for a particular business process to improve automation, redesigned a business …

ACORD Names Ayler-White Chairperson of Steering Committee

ACORD, the global, nonprofit standards-setting organization for the insurance and related financial service industries, named Brenda Ayler-White of Royal & SunAlliance USA as chairperson of its Property & Casualty Insurance Steering Committee. Ayler-White is E-Relations Director for Royal & SunAlliance’s …

Farber Discusses Importance of Identifying and Minimizing E-Risk

Jon Farber, assistant vice president of Global Technology Underwriting for The St. Paul Companies, commented during a meeting of insurance professionals and risk managers at the Insuring E-Business Summit in San Francisco on Jan. 31 that any company doing business …

IIAA Study Finds Agency System Continues to Grow Share of P/C Marketplace

A study of year 2000 insurance marketplace results by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) finds that the agency system continues to grow market share in both commercial and personal lines, according to IIAA CEO Robert A. Rusbuldt. The …

SIS, IVANS Enter Agreement

Strategic Insurance Software Inc. (SIS) provider of software and automation services to insurance agencies and carriers has entered into an agreement with IVANS Inc. to enhance agency-carrier policy detail interface by using WebSEMCI ™ in future generations of SEMCI PARTNER® …