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On-line Technology Helps NYSID Battle Fraud
Jan 11 2002 // The New York State Insurance Department’s embrace of on-line technology has enabled it to step up the battle against fraudulent claims, and to handle a record number of cases last year. “The past 12-18 months...
Insurers See Mixed Results for New Technology Investments, Survey Says
Jan 8 2002 // According to a just-released Tillinghast-Towers Perrin survey, insurers using traditional business measures are discovering spotty evidence of success for their new technology investments. Yet, even in the aftermath of the...
Nekema, InsurePoint.com Finalize Merger
Dec 24 2001 // New Jersey-based Nekema Inc. and Ohio-based Insure-Point.com Inc. finished up plans to merge before the end of the year. Company officials recently announced that the newly combined company will operate under the Nekema...
InsuranceNoodle Begins Licensing Web-Based Solution
Dec 12 2001 // InsuranceNoodle announced it has begun licensing its web-based NoodleASP(TM) technology solution to regional/national brokers, P&C carriers, managing general agents (MGA), and managing general underwriters (MGU). The...
2001 IIAA STUDY SEES MORE TECHNOLOGY
Dec 10 2001 // The 2001 Best Practices Study, released recently by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), finds that technology is playing an ever-expanding and critical role in the success of Best Practices agencies and...
Insurance Technology Solutions Purchases Assets from Star Solutions
Nov 29 2001 // California-based Insurance Technology Solutions Inc., an e-policy provider of web-based insurance technology, purchased through a sister company certain assets of Star Solutions Inc., a provider of client/server property...
AUGIE Aids in Survey to Determine Needs of Agents
Nov 27 2001 // The ACORD User Groups Information Exchange (AUGIE) has been working with insurance companies, vendors and the national agency management system user groups to develop a comprehensive survey in an effort to determine what...
IIAA Releases 2001 Best Practices Study, Highlights Importance of Technology
Nov 27 2001 // The 2001 Best Practices Study, released recently by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), finds that technology is playing an ever-expanding and critical role in the success of Best Practices agencies and...
Insurance Revolution Inc. Launches Second Wholly Owned Subsidiary
Nov 19 2001 // Insurance Revolution Inc., the parent company of InsureHiTech, announced that it has launched a second wholly owned subsidiary, Insurance Revolution Technology Inc. (DBA IR Technology Inc.). As the technology segment of...
The St. Paul Companies Addresses Impact of E-Commerce
Nov 19 2001 // E-commerce, the Internet and technology are reshaping how business is done, yet, most companies do not understand how technology can impact their business, according to Kae Lovaas, president, Global Technology...
Incoming President Duffett to Steer PLUS on a Steady Course
Nov 12 2001 // Michelle Duffett, co-owner of Insight Insurance Services Inc. of Geneva, Ill., will become the first female president of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) at the organization’s 14th Annual PLUS...
ACT Releases Comprehensive Technology Study
Nov 5 2001 // A groundbreaking and indispensable insurance technology study was recently released at the Independent Insurance Agents of America’s (IIAA) Hawaii InfoXchange by the Agents Council of Technology (ACT), announced ACT...
PLUS Tackles Challenges to Achieve Success
Nov 5 2001 // The Professional Liability Underwrit-ing Society (PLUS) will hold its 14th Annual PLUS International Conference in Chicago Nov. 14-16. Entitled The Challenge: Achieving Success, the 2001 Conference will focus on the...
Agency Management Systems Evolve, Expand Opportunities for Agents
Oct 22 2001 // I’m amazed and astounded that in today’s marketplace there are still some holdouts out there that have no automation system whatsoever or are using automation systems, not necessarily complete agency management...
Consumer Online Access: Help Your Customers Help You
Oct 22 2001 // People used to get into elevators and give the floor number to an attendant. He’d close the outer and inner doors, and pull a lever to take you to your floor. There was a time when you couldn’t telephone anyone...
IVANS Survey Finds Insurers Just Hitting Their Stride with Web
Oct 18 2001 // Even as “new economy” hype is receding into memory, insurance companies are finally hitting their stride in finding practical uses for Internet technologies, according to a recent “Emerging Strategies in...
Agency Management Systems Evolve, Expand Opportunities for Agents
Oct 15 2001 // How “high-tech” is your agency? The range of difference between agencies with regard to level of automation is still fairly wide. While many agents bought their first agency management systems years ago, others...
Agency Management Systems Evolve, Expand Opportunities for Agents
Oct 15 2001 // I’m amazed and astounded that in today’s marketplace there are still some holdouts out there that have no automation system whatsoever or are using automation systems, not necessarily complete agency management...
Commentary: Help Your Customers Help You With Online Self-Service
Oct 15 2001 // People used to get into elevators and give the floor number to an attendant. He’d close the outer and inner doors, and pull a lever to take you to your floor. There was a time when you couldn’t telephone anyone...
ASCNET’s 16th Annual Education Conference Slated for Orlando Oct. 24-27
Oct 1 2001 // The Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group for Applied Systems agency technology, will hold its 16th Annual Education Conference, designed for principals, owners and system managers, on Oct. 24-27 at...
