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SAFECO Introduces New ESP Technology
Jan 8 2003 // SAFECO introduced XML-based technology that allows insurance agents to quote and issue small business policies online in minutes. Called ESP(TM), SAFECO’s e-business system cuts days off the traditional insurance...
American Commerce Ins. Co. to Use RIS Interface Processing Technology
Jan 8 2003 // Ohio-based Results International Systems (RIS), a leading specialist in outsourcing and application services for the P/C Industry, announced that it has provided “a web-enabled graphical user interface (GUI)”...
Society Meeting Reports Insurers Have Much to Think About in Dealing with Present Challenges
Dec 31 2002 // According to speakers at the Society of Insurance Research’s annual meeting, the strategic challenges confronting insurers include the rapid pace of change, terrorism, asbestos, the need to reform the tort system,...
Survey Says Industry Executives Want IT Modernization Despite Budget Limits
Dec 18 2002 // Sapiens International Corporation an insurance business solutions provider, announced results of its survey of U.S.-based senior insurance executives conducted during the annual ISOTECH 2002 conference last month in...
SIAA to Offer ebix.com’s Agency Management System
Dec 2 2002 // Atlanta-based ebix.com Inc. signed an agreement under which the company will create a private label version of ebixASP specifically for the members of SIAA, a network of independent agents. According to ebix.com, SIAA...
Travelers Makes Real-Time Policy Available Through Applied Systems Agency Management Systems
Nov 27 2002 // Travelers Property Casualty has made available real-time policy view to independent commercial insurance agents and brokers directly through their Applied Systems agency management systems. The capability, called...
RI3K CEO Tells London Market Why Tech Matters, but Experience Matters More
Nov 22 2002 // Alex Letts, CEO of the reinsurance services provider RI3K, told an audience of insurance professionals at the annual Insurance Institute Conference that, although recent advances in technology would indeed transform some...
William McCarter Joins ePolicy Solutions as SVP, Client Engagement Executive
Nov 19 2002 // ePolicy Solutions Inc. announced the addition of William S. “Billy” McCarter as senior vice president, client engagement executive. McCarter’s last assignment was with Fireman’s Fund Insurance...
TechAssure to Hold National Meeting in Dallas
Nov 6 2002 // The TechAssure Association Inc. announced its Fall Members’ Conference will take place on November 17-19 at The Adolphus in Dallas, Texas. TechAssure is an independent affiliation of agents and brokers focused on...
Federal Government, Insurers Tout Importance of Cyber Coverage
Oct 28 2002 // Recently, the White House unveiled the National Plan to Secure Cyberspace, an initiative urging insurers and companies to assess and manage exposures to cyber risk. Among other things, the plan calls for developing new...
Technology Outsourcing’ Exploring ASPs, xSPs
Oct 14 2002 // Technology and innovation advance continuously, and it is difficult, if not impossible, for insurance companies to stay abreast of emerging technologies. In fact, carriers may not only fall behind, but they could even risk...
A Real World Experience: Past & Present
Oct 14 2002 // AMS introduced AfW Online in the spring of 2000 and Sagitta Online in the fall of 2001. In terms of benefits to the agent community, it was hoped the online offerings would be an option for those interested in outsourcing...
Technology Outsourcing’ Exploring ASPs, xSPs
Oct 14 2002 // Technology and innovation advance continuously, and it is difficult, if not impossible, for insurance companies to stay abreast of emerging technologies. In fact, carriers may not only fall behind, but they could even risk...
A Real World Experience: Past & Present
Oct 14 2002 // AMS introduced AfW Online in the spring of 2000 and Sagitta Online in the fall of 2001. In terms of benefits to the agent community, it was hoped the online offerings would be an option for those interested in outsourcing...
ACT States Need for More Effective Agent-Company Interfaces
Sep 24 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) Agents Council for Technology (ACT) says there is a need for more effective agent-company interfaces that will free agents for more productive...
Gleason Spins-Off Tech Division
Sep 23 2002 // The Gleason Group, a Philadelphia-based property and casualty insurance broker, announced the spin-off of its technology unit that develops and implements the company’s GleasonESP hazard management system. The new...
Zurich North America Uses Online Technology to Partner with Other Carriers on Machinery and Equipment Breakdown Coverage
Sep 17 2002 // Zurich North America’s Machinery and Equipment Breakdown program (Zurich MEB), which has provided machinery breakdown coverages for more than 80 years, is using advanced online technology to partner with other...
The State of Agency Technology in 2005
Sep 16 2002 // The agency system is positioned to make significant progress with technology and business process improvement over the next three years, but progress will not happen on its own. It will be realized only through the active...
The Process
Sep 16 2002 // Today, more than ever before, the independent agent needs to reduce expenses and increase income. In order to accomplish this, an agency needs to establish processes that incorporate four cornerstones to effective...
BCF Technology Launches Insurance & Financial Services Integration Platform
Sep 3 2002 // Irvine, Calif.-based BCF Technology Inc., a provider of integration and aggregation software for the U.S. insurance and financial services markets, announces the launch of its Transaction, Integration, Extraction, and...
