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Burns & Wilcox Chairman Reflects on Decades of Business
Jun 9 2003 // Recently, Insurance Journal sat down with Alan Kaufman, chairman, president, and CEO of the H.W. Kaufman Financial Group and its subsidiary, Burns & Wilcox Ltd. As chairman, Kaufman has played an active role through a...
Emerging Exposures Lead To New Coverage Issues
Jun 9 2003 // Coverage for technology torts—”techno-torts” or “cybertorts”—is limited under the standard general liability policy. “Coverage A” of the standard CGL form requires bodily injury or...
The Hartford Group Offers Workers’ Comp Real-Time Quotes
May 30 2003 // Agents doing business with The Hartford Financial Services Group now can quote and request issuance of small commercial workers’ compensation business in real-time directly from their agency management system using...
Survey Reveals Agents Seek Cos. with Full Capabilities for Protecting Technology Customers
May 28 2003 // The ability of an insurance company to “fully service the insurance needs of information technology companies” is of paramount importance to agents that target this business sector, according to a survey...
New York Central Mutual Tells PIANY Education and Technology are Essential
May 27 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. met with representatives of New York Central Mutual Insurance Co. on May 22, as part of its continuing “Company Outreach Program.” The discussion topics...
Bluebook Int’l and Basis100 Announce InsureBASE(TM)
May 21 2003 // The Bluebook International Inc. announced the availability of InsureBASE(TM), an automated residential property information solution. InsureBASE(TM), leveraging Microsoft technology and developed by The Bluebook...
The Hartford Launches Agent Suite of Transactions Using XDTI
May 21 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has introduced a suite of transactions for independent agents who use XDimensional Technologies’ (XDTI) Nexsure agency management system, further increasing agents’ ease of...
P&C Technology Firm Insurity Joins AAMGA
May 20 2003 // Insurity Inc., a ChoicePoint® company, headquartered in Hartford, Conn., announced that the American Association of Managing General Agents’ (AAMGA) board of directors has voted to ratify Insurity as a full-fledged...
ePolicy Aligns with InSystems to Enhance RightRisk™ Technology
May 20 2003 // ePolicy Solutions Inc. (www.epolicysolutions.com), announced it has formed a marketing alliance with InSystems Corporation to further enhance its Web-enabled RightRisk™ insurance technology by integrating document,...
Integra Financial’s Backend is Driving it Forward
May 19 2003 // In this new Insurance Journal series we will spotlight agencies that have made a name for themselves in the industry in special or unique ways. Integra Financial Group does not operate as an insurance agency, but it grew...
Technology and Insurance Fraud … A Shared Responsibility
May 19 2003 // While the insurance fraud crisis worsens and fraud perpetrators find new and innovative approaches to their illegal activities, the insurance industry needs to take a proactive stance to put a stop to the bleeding-or at...
It’s Coming, Eventually, But This Time We’re Ready for It
May 19 2003 // I hate to be the one to bring it up, but …you know it’s coming. It’s lurking, ready to pounce. Not as bad as the 1970s or 1980s, or to the depths of the late 1990s or 2000, perhaps. But it will come...
Web Services, J2EE, .NET’ – Should an Agent Care’ Absolutely!
May 19 2003 // Revolutionary technology supporting agent-carrier collaboration is in widespread deployment. Known as Web Services, these technologies will play a critical role in determining the agent and carrier winners in...
Are you a Tech-Savvy Kind of Person’
May 19 2003 // Whenever we do stories related to technology and the independent agency system, I’m struck by the two divisions that reside in the business. There is the “old guard” if you will, many who began their...
Woodruff-Sawyer Focuses on Delivering Results
May 19 2003 // In our continuing series on Agency Insights, we look at Woodruff-Sawyer, a brokerage specializing in a variety of services. A member of Assurex, the company is led by CEO, Stan Loar, Chairman of the Board, Doug Morton, and...
Cigital Chief Tech Officer to Deliver Keynote Address at TechAssure Conference
May 12 2003 // Markham Rollins, III chairman of TechAssure Association, Inc. announced that Gary McGraw, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer of Cigital, which provides Software Quality Management solutions, will provide the keynote address...
ISO Tech Conference to Explore Terrorism, Mold, Med-Mal, ID Theft
May 5 2003 // The Insurance and Technology Conference, sponsored by Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), will be held Nov. 2-4 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim. Dr. James Canton, futurist and author, will be the keynote speaker,...
John Hancock to Conclude Outsourcing Agreement with IBM
Apr 24 2003 // John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. has announced its intention to outsource some of its information technology work to IBM. Under the proposed, multi-year agreement, John Hancock will adopt IBM’s on demand...
It’s Coming, Eventually, But This Time We’re Ready for It
Apr 21 2003 // I hate to be the one to bring it up, but…you know it’s coming. It’s lurking, ready to pounce. Not as bad as the 1970s or 1980s, or to the depths of the late 1990s or 2000, perhaps. But it will come again. It...
Innovation at Work Meets the Power of One as AMS Users Connect
Apr 7 2003 // The 27th Annual AMS Users’ Group Conference met March 13-16 in Orlando, Fla. The conference had a show of more than 2,600 agents, CSRs and company representatives with more than 50 exhibitors. The conference featured...
