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NAS Insurance Services Offers New Computer/Technology Market

Jul 8 2005 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services is introducing a new Computer/Technology liability insurance policy. The list of eligible classes is extensive — from data management service to software programming and...

Target Markets Aims to Win

Jul 4 2005 // Nearly five years ago, a group of program specialists gathered in Tempe, Ariz., for the first summit meeting of a budding industry organization called the Target Markets Program Administrators Association. The brainchild...

Computing Technology Industry

Jul 4 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Aon announced it is the program administrator for a Computing Technology Industry Association-sponsored insurance program tailored to address the evolving needs of technology companies. The program...

GE to Open Business Service and Tech Center in Romania

Jun 27 2005 // Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu announced that GE will locate its next Business Services & Technology Solutions Center in Bucharest, the second such center in Europe. The new center will handle...

LAAIA Announces CE Courses: Convention to Focus On A Dynamic Approach to Technology

Jun 21 2005 // More than 20 continuing education credits will be offered from July 5 to July 8 during the Latin American Association of Insurance Agents’ Convention at the Westin Diplomat Resort in Hollywood, Fla. This year’s...

InsuranceNoodle to Distribute St. Paul Travelers’ VisionPak

Jun 17 2005 // Chicago-based online wholesaler InsuranceNoodle has been selected by St. Paul Travelers as one of fewer than 90 agencies nationwide to offer the carrier’s VisionPak suite of products for technology companies. Under...

Young Agents: Changing the Face of the Industry

Jun 6 2005 // The number of young agents that are active in their state associations is growing. Although they have learned a lot from more experienced agents and brokers, young agents are essentially unique when it comes to their...

Life-Saving Medical Technology Also a Culprit in Physicians’ Liability

Jun 6 2005 // In the debate over the crisis in the medical malpractice system, exorbitant jury awards and insurance industry pricing tactics are often singled out as guilty parties. But at least one report points out the central role...

New Health-Care Technologies Raise Malpractice Risks

Jun 6 2005 // New health-care technologies are helping people live longer, better-quality lives but also increase medical liability exposures, a panel of experts concluded at the Crittenden medical insurance conference in New Orleans...

Young Agents: Changing the Face of the Industry

Jun 6 2005 // The number of young agents that are active in their state associations is growing. Although they have learned a lot from more experienced agents and brokers, young agents are essentially unique when it comes to their...

Young Agents: Changing the Face of the Industry

Jun 6 2005 // The number of young agents that are active in their state associations is growing. Although they have learned a lot from more experienced agents and brokers, young agents are essentially unique when it comes to their...

N.C. Technology Topic ‘Best Practices’

Jun 1 2005 // PC Direct is sponsoring seminars during which the latest technology solutions and best business practices will be discussed in Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C. and is encouraging independent agents to attend. Included in...

SPSS Says Its New Technology Can Predict Fraudulent Claims

May 31 2005 // Chicago-based SPSS recently unveiled a new software product it said will reduce insurance fraud, significantly improve the claims process and cut costs. SPSS’ PredictiveClaims, an application based on real-time...

Lojack for Motorcycles Addresses Growing Risk

May 23 2005 // With summer right around the bend, motorcycle enthusiasts across the nation are gearing up to hit the road. In recent years, the popularity of motorcycle riding has risen to a zenith rivaling that of the Easy Rider days of...

Lojack for Motorcycles Addresses Growing Risk

May 23 2005 // With summer right around the bend, motorcycle enthusiasts across the nation are gearing up to hit the road. In recent years, the popularity of motorcycle riding has risen to a zenith rivaling that of the Easy Rider days of...

RI3K To Provide LMP Compliant Tech Support for Facultative Re Business

May 6 2005 // London-based RI3K, a provider of technology infrastructure for the reinsurance industry, announced the launch of a fully LMP (London Market Principles) compliant electronic transaction module for facultative...

N.C. Agency Management and Technology Conferees to Discuss Hot Topics

Apr 28 2005 // More than 100 independent insurance agents are expected to visit the North Carolina capitol during the May 16-17 Agency Management and Technology Conference sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina...

St. Paul Travelers Unveils Internet Basic Liability Protection Policy for Certain Tech Businesses

Apr 19 2005 // St. Paul Travelers has launched a basic Internet liability policy aimed at small to mid-size technology businesses at the Risk and Insurance Management Society Conference (RIMS) in Philadelphia. Internet Basic Liability...

AAMGA Technology Conference

Apr 18 2005 // Disaster Plan Waiting to Happen? MGAs Must Prepare For All Emergencies His last words of advice might have been the most important: “If you haven’t started, start small.” Not all managing general agencies...

Entrepreneurial Spirit and Trust: Marks of Today’s Successful MGA

Apr 18 2005 // An Interview with Francis Johnson, AAMGA President-Elect Francis Johnson, president of Johnson and Johnson Inc., of Charleston, South Carolina, becomes president of the American Association of Managing General Agents in...