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ACE Tempest Reinsurance Ltd. First to Integrate AIR’s Catastrophe Loss Modeling Technology for its Underwriting Software
Jan 13 2004 // ACE Tempest Reinsurance Ltd. (ACE Tempest Re) and AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) announced the first implementation of an innovative toolset, CATools, which reportedly significantly increases the efficiency of the...
Delphi Technology Receives Gold Integration Status with ImageRight
Jan 8 2004 // Georgia-based ImageRight (www.imageright.com), a document management and workflow solution, announced Delphi Technology, Inc. (DTI) has become a member of the ImageRight Business Alliance attaining Gold Integration...
Annual Symposium to Demonstrate How Investing in Technology Improves Company Bottom-Line
Jan 7 2004 // Strategic Research Institute will present the 6th Annual Insurance Technology Symposium on Feb. 1-4, at the Renaissance Scottsdale Resort, in Arizona. The 6th Annual Insurance Technology Symposium is geared for...
Terrorist Threats Disrupt Holiday Flights
Jan 2 2004 // The elevated terrorist threat levels decreed by the Homeland Security Department and the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, coupled with repeated warnings from the FBI, combined to disrupt trans-Atlantic air...
Docubase Systems, DORIS Insurance Systems Forge Alliance on Providing Solutions
Dec 31 2003 // Florida-based Docubase Systems, Inc., a provider of Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS) and DORIS Insurance Systems LLC, an independent agency management system provider, announced the formation of an alliance to...
Best Assigns New Technology Insurance ‘A-‘ Rating
Dec 24 2003 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned a financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) to Dublin-based New Technology Insurance (NTI), with a stable outlook. “The rating reflects NTI’s...
CCBsure Opens New Office in Newton Pa.
Dec 22 2003 // ISG International, Inc., the managing general agency for the CCBsure(R) insurance program for technology businesses, announced the opening of their satellite office in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Brian D. DeGraw, Senior Account...
Safeco Adds Workers’ Comp Policies to Online Sales Platform
Nov 25 2003 // Seattle-based Safeco Business Insurance (SBI) has expanded its online sales platform to make it faster and easier for agents to sell workers compensation insurance to small businesses. The update means agents can go online...
V Unveils Call Center Solution for Detecting Fraudulent Workers’ Comp and Car Claims
Nov 20 2003 // V, a provider of layered voice analysis technology (LVA) in North America and markets throughout the world, announced at the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference this week, immediate availability...
Venture Programs Partners with Discover Re for Technology and Life Sciences
Nov 13 2003 // Venture Programs (www.ventureprograms.com), a provider in the design and underwriting of select industry-focused insurance packages, announced an underwriting partnership with Discover Re for its Venture Technology and...
Savannah Reinsurance Underwriting Management to License CATEX System
Nov 5 2003 // CATEX announced that MGU Savannah Reinsurance Underwriting Management, LLC, a member of the Georgia-based Palmer & Cay group of companies, has agreed to license a CATEX web-based Reinsurance Transaction System based...
Deborah Osborn Joins ePolicy Solutions as Director of Sales
Nov 5 2003 // Torrance, Calif.-based ePolicy Solutions Inc., a leader in providing Web-based policy administration solutions to reduce expenses and to improve customer service, announced that Deborah Osborn has joined the company as...
Deloitte & Touche Survey on Money Laundering Finds “Operational Challenges for Financial Services Industry”
Nov 5 2003 // Deloitte & Touche, the International accounting firm, has released its findings concerning compliance with the “USA PATRIOT Act and other anti-money laundering requirements,” which concludes that financial...
Stretching Your Budget with “On-Call” Tech Professionals
Nov 3 2003 // One of the decisions that any agency principal faces sooner or later is “How much technological expertise do I need in house?” In an ideal world, you would have a network specialist, an information technology...
Basic Form for Technology Firms
Nov 3 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: TechVantage, Victor O. Schinnerer’s E&O program for technology professionals, has a new policy form that provides basic coverage to smaller firms at a lower premium and deductible. The...
Insurance Journal 80th Anniversary
Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance Journal By Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...
Insurance Journal 80th Anniversary
Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance Journal By Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...
Schinnerer Unveils Basic Form Coverage for Technology Firms
Oct 16 2003 // TechVantage, Victor O. Schinnerer’s E&O program for technology professionals, has introduced a new policy form that provides basic coverage to smaller firms at a lower premium and deductible. “The Basic...
Allenbrook Named MESDA Company of the Year
Oct 16 2003 // Brunswick, Maine-based Allenbrook, Inc. has been named Company of the Year at the Maine Software Developers Association’s (MESDA) Maine Technology Awards Gala. The awards recognize the top technology companies in...
Communications, People and Technology Ride High on Canter’s ‘To Do’ List
Oct 6 2003 // Louise “BeBe” Canter, senior vice president of Patterson/Smith Associates, Falls Church, Va., was installed as president of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America Inc. (IIABA) during the...
