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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...
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...
St. Paul Cos. Adopts AMS’ TransactNOW
Mar 21 2003 // The St. Paul Cos. has adopted TransactNOW technology in partnership with AMS Services, Inc. This new technology gives agents and brokers the ability to process billing and claims inquiry transactions directly from their...
Insurity Offers Terrorism Coverage Support; Enhancement to Commercial Intellisys(R) Policy Administration System
Mar 14 2003 // Insurity Inc., a ChoicePoint® company, announced that its policy administration platform now provides broad support for the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 mandates. Insurity has taken a multi-phase approach for...
Selective Insurance Company of America Announces Promotions
Mar 13 2003 // Gregory E. Murphy, chairman, president and CEO of Selective Insurance Group, Inc., headquartered in Branchville, NJ, announced the promotions of Charles Adams, Bradford S. Allen, Andrew Becker, Jeffery F. Kamrowski, John...
BCF Technology Launches TIER Platform Version 3.0
Mar 12 2003 // California-based BCF Technology, Inc. (www.bcftech.com), a provider of web services, integration & aggregation of data, competitive intelligence information, and single sign-on technology solutions for the insurance...
