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Science, Technology Deal a Tough Hand in Agribusiness Market
Apr 5 2004 // From chicken to fish farms, orange groves to bean stocks, the agribusiness market has high-stakes for farmers, agents and insurers. Changing trends, additional exposures and advanced technology comparable to “Buck...
Getting Technical with Agents
Apr 5 2004 // It isn’t the most earth-shattering news in the world; in fact you will have to work your way down our Newsbriefs section on page 10 to find the tidbits. State insurance departments in Alabama and Kentucky have...
Controlling Medical Costs in Workers’ Compensation
Mar 22 2004 // Rising healthcare costs are recognized as a key problem in the workers’ compensation industry. Medical costs once constituted 30 percent of the total workers’ comp claims expenses; today, however, they...
nuServe Expands Software Services for MGAs
Mar 18 2004 // nuServe, a San Francisco-based provider of technology-related risk management tools, announced the expansion of a new service called nsBusiness Network. The expanded nuServe software aims to provide managing general...
PCI Says Proposed Credit Score Ban Would Further Disrupt Mass. Market
Mar 9 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America notes that Senate Bill 2093, which seeks a total ban on the use of credit-based insurance scores in auto and homeowners insurance ratemaking, would create even more...
MINICO INC. LAUNCHES NEW COMMERCIAL INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM:
Mar 8 2004 // Phoenix, Ariz.-based MiniCo Inc. has announced the successful implementation of Renaissance, a new browser-based commercial insurance technology system designed to improve customer service throughout the...
ACT Report Cites Benefits of Real-time Technology
Mar 3 2004 // The Agents Council for Technology (ACT) has published The Real-Time Revolution: Redefining How We Work, a comprehensive report to help independent agents and brokers and carriers better use real-time technology to improve...
Marshall & Swift/Boeckh Hires Chief Technology Officer
Mar 3 2004 // Marshall & Swift /Boeckh, a leading worldwide provider of residential and commercial cost data, technology and services for the property insurance and industry, announced the appointment of Shelton Shugar as vice...
Industry Must Sell More to Succeed, Stresses Willis’ Plumeri
Feb 23 2004 // Those who worry about outsiders taking over the insurance industry should be reassured when they witness not only Joseph Plumeri’s success but also his passion for the industry. Less than four years ago, Plumeri came...
Industry Must Sell More to Succeed, Stresses Willis’ Plumeri
Feb 23 2004 // Those who worry about outsiders taking over the insurance industry should be reassured when they witness not only Joseph Plumeri’s success but also his passion for the industry. Less than four years ago, Plumeri came...
Amica Announces Move to XDimensional Technologies’ Nexsure for Branch Office Automation
Feb 18 2004 // For over twenty five years, Kevin Cotter has been on the information technology fast-track, ensuring that Amica Insurance’s ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems stay in step with changing consumer demands. His...
MiniCo Inc. Launches New Commercial Insurance Technology System
Feb 13 2004 // Phoenix-based MiniCo Inc. has announced the successful implementation of Renaissance, a new browser-based commercial insurance technology system designed to improve customer service throughout the organization’s...
Wausau to Use IVANS Transformation Station
Feb 11 2004 // Wausau Insurance has contracted with IVANS to use Transformation Station in an attempt to streamline the submission and quoting process of middle-market business for agents and brokers. Wausau has developed the technology...
Technology Liability
Feb 9 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Euclid Managers LLC is offering a market for technology liability. Coverage is for small and mid-sized tech companies and features E&O, breach of reps/warranties, personal injury, privacy,...
Industry Must Sell More to Succeed, Stresses Willis’ Plumeri
Feb 9 2004 // Those who worry about outsiders taking over the insurance industry should be reassured when they witness not only Joseph Plumeri’s success but also his passion for the industry. Less than four years ago, Plumeri came...
RewardsPlus Names Joel Skyzer Sales Director, Mid-Atlantic Region
Feb 6 2004 // RewardsPlus, a leading provider of benefits management technology, has named Joel Skyzer as Sales Director for the Mid-Atlantic region. He will be responsible for sales and marketing of the company’s benefit...
JLT Re Licenses CATEX Pivot Point Technology
Feb 6 2004 // CATEX announced that New Jersey-based reinsurance intermediary, JLT Re Solutions, Inc., a member of the Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, has agreed to license a web-based Reinsurance Transaction System based on the CATEX...
Technology Liability
Jan 26 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Euclid Managers LLC is offering a market for technology liability. Coverage is for small and mid-sized tech companies and features E&O, breach of reps/warranties, personal injury, privacy,...
Controlling Medical Costs in Workers’ Compensation
Jan 26 2004 // Rising healthcare costs are recognized as a key problem in the workers’ compensation industry. Medical costs once constituted 30 percent of the total workers’ comp claims expenses; today, however, they...
The Hartford Adds Endorsement Requests for Agents Utilizing AMS Agency Management Systems
Jan 13 2004 // Submitting endorsements to insurance policies from The Hartford reportedly just got faster and easier for the thousands of insurance agents that use an AMS agency management system. The Hartford, which has long been a...
