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CCC’s Ramamurthy Gets Illinois High Tech Award
Nov 26 2004 // Githesh Ramamurthy, Chairman and CEO of Chicago-based auto claims softwaremaker CCC Information Services Inc has received the 2004 KPMG’s Illinois High Tech Award. Ramamurthy received recognition from the Big Four...
Progressive’s Black Box: Is Big Brother Good for the Industry’
Nov 22 2004 // Some drivers in Minnesota will soon have an added passenger in their cars: their insurance company. Progressive Insurance Company is using so-called “black box” technology to offer drivers discounts based on...
Focus on the Future: Come 2014, Industry Should Look Very Familiar
Nov 22 2004 // PCI Execs Contend Current Players Will Adapt to Maintain Advantages Ten years from now, some of the players within the property/casualty insurance industry will have changed but the industry itself will not look...
Euclid Managers Launches Web Log for Internet, Tech and Media Liability Insurance
Nov 16 2004 // Kansas City-based underwriting manager and claims administrator Euclid Managers has developed a new Web log devoted to Internet, tech and media liability insurance hot topics, including coverage analysis, recent case law...
Is Big Brother Good for the Industry’
Nov 8 2004 // Some drivers in Minnesota will soon have an added passenger in their cars: their insurance company. Progressive Insurance Co. is using so-called “black box” technology to offer drivers discounts based on how...
ASCnet Conferees Hear How to Manage a Profitable Business
Nov 8 2004 // The latest technologies to allow independent agents and brokers to efficiently manage and ensure a profitable business were presented to more than 1,800 conferees attending the Applied Systems Client Network’s...
ASCnet Conferees Hear How to Manage a Profitable Business
Nov 8 2004 // The latest technologies that allow independent agents and brokers to efficiently manage and ensure a profitable business were presented to more than 1,800 conferees attending the Annual Technology, Education and Networking...
Is Big Brother Good for the Industry’
Oct 25 2004 // Some drivers in Minnesota will soon have an added passenger in their cars: their insurance company. Progressive Insurance Company is using so-called “black box” technology to offer drivers discounts based on...
Mueller Joins OneBeacon Technology Insurance Team
Oct 15 2004 // OneBeacon Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd, announced that Matt Mueller has joined the company to lead its high-tech commercial insurance business. Mueller comes to OneBeacon...
Going Paperless — Is it for the Independent Agency’
Oct 11 2004 // Many independent insurance agents and brokers are used to the concept of “paperless processing” since most of the insurance companies they represent utilize imaging and content management technology. For these...
Florida Farm Bureau Uses Satellite Mapping to Speed Insurance Claims
Sep 29 2004 // With more than half of Florida’s 17 million residents directly affected by Hurricane Charley and Hurricane Frances, the Florida Farm Bureau (FFB) Insurance Companies is using geographic information system (GIS)...
Cohen Tells NAPSLO: Americans At An Intersection Between Terror, Technology
Sep 21 2004 // Orlando – Since 9/11, Americans have been living in a world at an intersection between terrorism and technology, former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, explained during the opening of the National Association...
Outsourcing Allows Agents and Brokers to Focus on Core Competencies
Sep 20 2004 // Increased customer satisfaction, reduced overhead. When an operational limit is hit, insurance agents and brokers often turn to outsourcers. They may need to increase their physical capacity to handle new customer...
Does Insurance Technology Render Strategy Obsolete’
Sep 20 2004 // Imagine you are the manager of a Major League Baseball team. Each year your team makes the playoffs, sometimes the World Series, but you never quite get to hoist the trophy. You’re somehow missing the final push that...
Successful Agencies Build on Management Systems
Sep 20 2004 // Creating the right mix of hardware and software can help agencies using any management system to—as the name says—better manage their agency. Ask adults what they like most about McDonald’s fast food restaurants,...
Going Paperless – Is it for the Independent Agency’
Sep 20 2004 // All Agencies Can Benefit from a Paperless Environment Many independent insurance agents and brokers are used to the concept of “paperless processing” since most of the insurance companies they represent utilize...
Successful Agencies Build on Management Systems
Sep 20 2004 // Ask adults what they like most about McDonald’s fast food restaurants, and it probably won’t be the food, especially in our increasingly health-conscious society. It’s the fact that wherever we...
Chubb Deploys New Technology for E&O Coverage
Sep 17 2004 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies announced the development of “a new tool to help agents, brokers and their information and network technology clients save time and money when applying for errors and omissions...
Michael Walther to lead global launch as new CEO of XDimensional Technologies
Sep 16 2004 // XDimensional Technologies, Inc. announced today that Michael Walther has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. “Nexsure, the world’s first Web-architected insurance agency...
Ease of Doing Business Plays a Critical Role When Choosing Carriers
Sep 6 2004 // How does the carrier-agency relationship affect the buying decision? More pointedly, how does the ease—or difficulty—of doing business with a carrier affect the agent’s decision of whether to place more or less...
