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Keys to surviving it and thriving from it

Jan 29 2007 // To some outsiders, insurance agents are threatened with obsolescence. Commoditized products, the information available online and the decreasing value placed on personal relationships could lead insureds to devalue the...

QualCorp, Inc. Unveils QueryPlus Reporting Tool for Agency Management Systems

Jan 9 2007 // QualCorp, Inc. announces that they have just released a reporting tool that makes the on-going chore of mining data out of the industry’s most widely used agency management systems straight forward and simple. By...

Insurer Warns Some Cyber Policies Leave Gaps in Coverage

Jan 8 2007 // Security breaches are becoming more frequent as businesses increasingly rely on technology to store and transfer assets and sensitive information, such as customer names and credit card numbers. With each security breach,...

Abacus Insurance Brokers Renames Online Technology Division

Jan 2 2007 // Los Angeles Abacus Insurance Brokers Inc. has changed the name of its online wholesale technology division APM Platform to Abacus.net. The name change is effective January 3, 2007. “Abacus.net better reflects the...

2006: Soft market offers up many new insurance products

Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...

2006 New Markets Report

Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...

Darwin Expands Data Security Coverage for Health Care Firms

Dec 14 2006 // Specialty insurance underwriter Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc., is expanding its Tech//404 liability product for health care organizations in response to increasing exposure to network security and data privacy...

For regional carriers, predictive modeling is about more than pricing

Dec 11 2006 // Frank J. Coyne, chief executive officer of Insurance Services Office, recently warned that insurers unable to keep up in the technological arms race face a grim prognosis. The industry leader said a chasm is growing...

Innovations in information technology spur need for up-to-date underwriters

Dec 10 2006 // With rapid innovations in the field of information technology, types of underwriting that didn’t exist a few decades ago have become prominent today. For example, companies engaging in information technology business...

It’s ‘haves’ vs. ‘have-nots’ in insurance technology race for survival

Dec 10 2006 // News Currents Spurred by intensifying competition, breakthroughs in analytics are transforming insurance markets, according to an industry leader. Sophisticated insurers able to harness large volumes of high-quality data...

Nov 19 2006 // People Tony Boyd joined Dallas-based McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. as a sales professional in Personal Insurance Professionals, a division of MHBT that serves personal lines clients. Prior to joining MHBT, he was...

3 Chinese Insurers Implement NeoMedia’s Mobile Technology

Nov 16 2006 // Florida-based NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. announced that three major insurance companies in China have signed agreements to use its patented direct-to-mobile-web qode® technology. Alltrust Insurance Company of China Ltd.,...

Verified Insurance Leads Made Possible by QuotesAuction.com

Nov 14 2006 // North Hollywood, CA – QuotesAuction.com has developed new technology that connects sellers with qualified insurance buyers in real time. Millions of Insurance buyers request insurance quotes online, but not all of...

ISO Chief: It’s ‘Haves’ Vs. ‘Have-Nots’ in Insurance Technology Race for Survival

Nov 14 2006 // Spurred by intensifying competition, breakthroughs in analytics are transforming insurance markets, according to an industry leader. Sophisticated insurers able to harness large volumes of high-quality data to drive...

Indiana Insurance Adds Enhanced Technology for Personal Lines

Nov 10 2006 // Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has added real-time policy inquiry, endorsement quoting, and electronic endorsement submissions to the roster of functions available through Personal IQ, the...

First American Property & Casualty Insurance CIO Named Elite 8

Nov 10 2006 // Santa Ana, Calif.-based First American Property & Casualty Insurance Co. a member of The First American Corp. family of companies, announced that Jim Court, vice president and chief information officer of First...

Hiscox USA Offers Technology E&O

Nov 9 2006 // Hiscox USA, part of the Hiscox Group, a provider of specialty insurance, is now licensed to provide technology errors and omissions (E&O) insurance to U.S. businesses directly from its two New York locations. Neil...

Innovations in information technology spur need for up-to-date underwriters

Nov 6 2006 // With rapid innovations in the field of information technology, types of underwriting that didn’t exist a few decades ago have become prominent today. For example, companies engaging in information technology...

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Nov 5 2006 // Peter McMurtrie has joined Columbus, Ohio-based Grange Insurance in the new position of chief claims officer. The company said McMurtrie would focus on three main areas of operation: transactional excellence, best...

Innovations in information technology spur need for up-to-date underwriters

Nov 5 2006 // With rapid innovations in the field of information technology, types of underwriting that didn’t exist a few decades ago have become prominent today. For example, companies engaging in information technology...