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Converium Adopts eReinsure.com Negotiation Platform
Apr 16 2002 // eReinsure.com, Inc., which provides e-commerce technology to the insurance and reinsurance industries, announced that Converium Holding Ltd. will use the eReinsure online negotiation platform to negotiate and manage...
Using Technology and Understanding Technology are 2 Different Things
Apr 15 2002 // Have you read an article or brochure lately about insurance technology and came away overwhelmed by the fact that you don’t understand XML, SPX, .NET and SOAP? Don’t let it bother you. As an agent, you should...
AMS’ Parsons Sees Small Agencies as theFinal Frontier
Apr 15 2002 // Loren Parsons, president and CEO of agency management systems provider AMS Inc., thinks the small insurance agency market has yet to be tapped by companies that provide automation services to the insurance industry. In a...
Using Technology and Understanding Technology are 2 Different Things
Apr 15 2002 // Have you read an article or brochure lately about insurance technology and came away overwhelmed by the fact that you don’t understand XML, SPX, .NET and SOAP? Don’t let it bother you. As an agent, you should...
PwC Consulting Launches Solution to Meet Technology Challenges
Apr 11 2002 // PwC Consulting™, a business of PricewaterhouseCoopers, has introduced the Integrated Financial Services Solution for Insurance (iFS Solution), the first component-based solution designed for the industry. The iFS...
Sierra Software Technology Corp. now InsuraTek Corp.
Apr 10 2002 // As part of an overall growth and diversification strategy, Indiana-based Sierra Software Technology Corporation has changed its name to InsuraTek Corporation. The company has also unveiled a new Web site at...
What Policyholders Don’t Know Can Hurt Them
Mar 25 2002 // The things businesses do not know about their potential liability for what employees do in cyberspace have the potential to become a serious problem. Recent surveys indicate that many businesses do not realize that simply...
Using Technology and Understanding Technology are 2 Different Things
Mar 25 2002 // Have you read an article or brochure lately about insurance technology and came away overwhelmed by the fact that you don’t understand XML, SPX, .NET and SOAP? Don’t let it bother you. As an agent, you should...
Revolution or Evolution’ The Internet Goes Mainstream
Mar 11 2002 // The insurance industry is notoriously reluctant to change. So it was little surprise that the Internet—a tool that has the power to introduce cost-saving efficiencies into the insurance process for carriers and agents...
Revolution or Evolution’ The Internet Goes Mainstream
Mar 11 2002 // At last, the gap between potential and reality is shrinking as agents explore their online options. The insurance industry is notoriously reluctant to change. So it was little surprise that the Internet—a tool that has...
ASP-hosted Technology-Trend or Fad’
Mar 11 2002 // Many vendors now offer agency management systems via ASP (Application Service Provider). The ASP model moves the agency database and management system software from the agency to a data center, and agency personnel access...
Revolution or Evolution’ The Internet Goes Mainstream
Mar 11 2002 // At last, the gap between potential and reality is shrinking as agents explore their online options. The insurance industry is notoriously reluctant to change. So it was little surprise that the Internet—a tool that has...
ASP-hosted Technology-Trend or Fad’
Mar 11 2002 // Many vendors now offer agency management systems via ASP (Application Service Provider). The ASP model moves the agency database and management system software from the agency to a data center, and agency personnel access...
The St. Paul Companies Launches New Tool for Small Commercial Products
Mar 6 2002 // The St. Paul Companies announced the launch of a new web-based tool to assist agents with obtaining single entry, real-time quotes for small commercial products. The tool was developed to be compatible with the quoting...
Analysts and CEOs See Eye-to-Eye at P/C Joint Industry Forum
Feb 25 2002 // Analysts and insurance company CEOs who recently addressed the Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum in New York City presented remarkably consistent predictions about the future of the insurance industry in the...
Analysts and CEOs See Eye-to-Eye at P/C Joint Industry Forum
Feb 25 2002 // Analysts and insurance company CEOs who recently addressed the Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum in New York City presented remarkably consistent predictions about the future of the insurance industry in the...
Docucorp, Insurance Technology Solutions Team up on Compatible Interface
Feb 6 2002 // Docucorp® International, a provider of enterprise information solutions, announced that Insurance Technology Solutions, Inc. (ITS), an ePolicy company that provides Web-based insurance technology, has developed a...
Farber Discusses Importance of Identifying and Minimizing E-Risk
Feb 4 2002 // Jon Farber, assistant vice president of Global Technology Underwriting for The St. Paul Companies, commented during a meeting of insurance professionals and risk managers at the Insuring E-Business Summit in San Francisco...
Acordia Uses CoverageConnect Technology to Connect with AIG
Jan 28 2002 // Chicago-based insurance broker Acordia Inc. has announced the installation of a real-time link with AIG using CoverageConnect web-based insurance diagnostic, quoting and binding application software. Acordia has been...
ACT Technology Seminar Now Available Online
Jan 28 2002 // An informative Agents Council for Technology (ACT) seminar on new and innovative agency technology is now available on the Independent Insurance Agents of America’s (IIAA) web site. The online offering is a...
