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Does Insurance Technology Render Strategy Obsolete’
Aug 23 2004 // Imagine you are the manager of a major league baseball team. Each year your team makes the playoffs, sometimes the World Series, but you never quite get to hoist the trophy. You’re somehow missing the final push that...
Dochterman Joins ePolicy Solutions as Vice President of Product Management
Aug 19 2004 // Torrance, Calif.-based ePolicy Solutions Inc. (www.epolicysolutions.com), a provider of Web-based policy administration solutions for the property and casualty industry, announced that Bill Dochterman has joined the...
Midwest Tech Conference to Focus on Real-Time
Aug 10 2004 // An upcoming technology conference geared toward Midwest agency owners, managers and IT staff will focus on the effect of real-time insurance transactions on agency workflow, among other topics. The conference, which...
IBM Presents Tech Lecture at Annual Meeting
Aug 10 2004 // IBM will make a special presentation on the use of technology in the property/casualty industry at the CPCU Society’s 60th Annual Meeting and Seminars in Los Angeles, Oct. 23-26. As part of the Annual Meeting’s...
The Council Endorses NexsureTM as the Preferred Agency Management System
Aug 10 2004 // In a continuing effort to provide member companies with the best available resources for managing an insurance brokerage in today’s highly competitive marketplace, The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (The...
Farewell Reflections-Have You Noticed That’
Aug 9 2004 // The following article is a commentary written by an insurance company executive which includes an industry critique and reflection on lifelong lessons learned. This three-part commentary will appear in Insurance Journal...
Combo PDAs, Advances Deliver Real-Time Benefits
Aug 9 2004 // The growth in office technology over the last 20 years certainly has boosted the efficiency of workers in the U.S. service industry. But at the same time, it’s had the effect of tying people more closely to their...
Outsourcing Allows Agents and Brokers to Focus on Core Competencies
Jul 19 2004 // Increased customer satisfaction, reduced overhead When an operational limit is hit, insurance agents and brokers often turn to outsourcers. They may need to increase their physical capacity to handle new customer...
Chubb, National Grange, N.Y. Central Mutual and Sterling Top Performers in PIANY Annual Survey
Jul 19 2004 // Chubb Group, National Grange, New York Central Mutual and Sterling Insurance Co. ranked among the top performers out of 38 evaluated in the second annual company performance survey by the Professional Insurance Agents of...
AP Insurance to Use InsBridge Technology
Jul 15 2004 // Plano, Texas-based InsBridge Inc., provider of browser-based, multi-platform insurance rating and underwriting technology, announced it has been selected by AP Insurance Inc., a wholesale insurance and program...
Commentary: Farewell Reflections
Jul 7 2004 // The following article is a commentary written by an insurance company executive which includes an industry critique and reflection on lifelong lessons learned. The three-part commentary will appear exclusively on Insurance...
Internet Offers Major Training Inroads
Jul 5 2004 // It’s often said that “learning is not a spectator sport.” For the insurance profession, this concept is right on target. The days of classroom-style training seminars, many of which may border on being...
It’s Real Time for Agency Technology
Jun 21 2004 // Real-time, security, download, paperless to the agent, multiple passwords, proprietary company Web sites, choosing an ASP—there is so much going on that it is hard to know where to start! Every day, independent agents...
Wausau Now On Board for TransactNow
Jun 10 2004 // Wisconsin-based property/casualty insurer Wausau Insurance announced that it is launching technology to expand middle-market electronic links with its brokers and agents. Wausau has developed the technology to accept...
Castek Notes Deal with Global Info Tech to Provide Services for Insure3 Suite of Products in China
Jun 9 2004 // Castek Inc. announced a business partnership with Global InfoTech Co. Ltd. to provide localization and implementation services for the Insure3 Suite of P/C insurance business applications in China. “Castek is...
Could the California Wildfires Have Been Predicted’
Jun 7 2004 // Lessons for Agents and Insurers In late October 2003, major wildfires broke out in five southern California counties, burning more than 750,000 acres, or an area the size of Rhode Island. These devastating fires burned for...
SCA Insurance Completes Nexsure Deployment and Achieves Enhanced Levels of Productivity
Jun 2 2004 // SCA Insurance of Pueblo, Colorado, a large multi-office agency, had been watching the insurance agency management system market for years, keeping an eye open for a new and compelling agency management solution. Having...
New Surveillance Technology Unveiled to Fight No-Fault Auto Fraud in New York City
Jun 1 2004 // The latest tools in surveillance technology – “Joey and “Whisper” – are joining the fight against no-fault insurance fraud in New York City, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau...
AIG Introduces “iClaims” — New Imaging Technology
May 28 2004 // The AIG Companies announced the implementation of “iClaims,” described as “a document management imaging technology that electronically scans and routes all claim documents to the appropriate specialist,...
ACT Unveils Agent-Broker ‘One-Stop’ Web Site for Real-Time Interface Information
May 28 2004 // The Agents Council for Technology (ACT) is announcing ACTtech, a new Web-based service that enables independent agents and brokers to assess the latest real-time interface technology solutions that vendors and carriers are...
