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The Hanover Expands Technology Capabilities to 125 Classes
Nov 3 2010 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has expanded its technology capabilities, adding a suite of solutions for over 125 classes of technology businesses. The new coverages build on the company’s small commercial...
Agency Saved From the Storm by Cloud Technology
Nov 1 2010 // In the midst of a disaster, our customers count on us to get our jobs done … No excuses!” That promise by County Wide Insurance, an agency in Dexter, Mo., was severely tested on Jan. 27, 2009, when an ice storm...
Fireman’s Fund Ready to Rally
Nov 1 2010 // Company Focused on Technology Upgrade, Mass Market Strategy Fireman’s Fund’s financials, like other insurance carriers’, got bruised in the first half of 2010. In particular, the Novato, Calif.-based...
Be a Crocodile
Nov 1 2010 // Keeping up with technology can be mind-boggling, even if you’re not the type of person who calls for tech support every time your computer crashes. After all, the past decade has given birth to the iPod, then the...
Fireman’s Fund Ready to Rally
Nov 1 2010 // Company Progressing on Mass Market Strategy Fireman’s Fund’s financials, like other insurance carriers’, got bruised a little in the first half of 2010, following some heavy catastrophe losses. But...
Virginia Firm Eyes High Tech Fix for Distracted Driving
Oct 28 2010 // Despite a public outcry over drivers who text, talk and e-mail that has prompted dozens of states to ban the practice, enforcing those laws is proving difficult. But Matthew Howard, co-founder and CEO of ZoomSafer, has...
Chubb Establishes Healthcare Information Technology Program
Oct 28 2010 // Health care reform has spawned a host of privacy, information security and other liability exposures for the emerging healthcare information technology industry. In response, the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has...
Virginia Tech Gets $825K to Research Home Construction Safety
Oct 27 2010 // Two Virginia Tech professors have been awarded an $825,000 federal research grant aimed at reducing falls on residential construction sites. The grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will...
Murphy Named Vice President Underwriting for Technology at CNA
Oct 19 2010 // CNA has named Valynda Murphy as vice president of underwriting for its Commercial Technology segment. In this role, Murphy will collaborate with the global insurer’s other key business units to further strengthen...
Eckerle Joins The Hartford in Technology Post
Oct 18 2010 // James Eckerle has joined The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. as executive vice president, Strategic Initiatives and Enterprise Technology. In this newly created role, Eckerle will report to the company’s...
User Experience and the Generation Gap
Oct 18 2010 // Currently, the insurance industry is on the brink of a demographic shift, and as more young professionals begin to enter the field and veterans begin to retire, a whole new set of expectations arises regarding technology...
Insurance Software Provider Guidewire Names Ryu CEO
Oct 7 2010 // San Mateo, Calif.-based Guidewire Software, a lprovider of flexible core systems to property/casualty insurers, announced that Marcus Ryu, a company co-founder, is now CEO. He succeeds John Raguin. Raguin will continue to...
11 Firms Named Entrepreneurial Insurance Award Finalists
Sep 28 2010 // The man who started the online insurance exchange MarketScout in 2000 is on the lookout for innovators and innovations in the insurance industry. Richard Kerr recently hosted more than 400 insurance entrepreneurs and...
How to Reform Copyright Law, Damages for Hi-Tech Age: Report
Sep 28 2010 // A group of experts on copyright law and policy have released a report that explores reforms to the U.S. copyright system. One of the recommendations would improve liability protection for non-commercial uses of copyrighted...
Fremont Michigan Recognized for Advancing Insurance Technology
Sep 17 2010 // The Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), an industry trade association representing more than 80,000 insurance professionals worldwide, which has recognized Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc. with two awards, the...
Road Tech
Sep 6 2010 // Technology — especially cell phones and texting technologies — gets a bad rap when it comes to safety while driving. Of course, it’s not the technology that’s unsafe — it’s people and their need to...
Road Tech
Sep 6 2010 // Technology — especially cell phones and texting technologies — gets a bad rap when it comes to safety while driving. Of course, it’s not the technology that’s unsafe — it’s people and their need to...
A Year in Social Networking
Sep 6 2010 // 5 Lessons for Insurance Brand Decision-Makers Since its inception just a few years ago, social networking has provided both hype and hope for businesspeople. Social networking practitioners in the insurance industry have...
Travelers Introduces Liability Package for Medical Technology
Aug 16 2010 // The evolution of software and electronics for medical devices and the transferring of electronic personal identity records is creating a new combination of risks in the medical technology industry. To address these risks,...
New York Uses Technology in DMV to Snag Thieves, Hit Man
Aug 12 2010 // New York’s face-recognition technology has led to 100 arrests over six months, ranging from people trying to defraud insurance companies to a mob hit man who sought a new identity a day after he was released from...
