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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...
ACE Tempest Reinsurance Ltd. First to Integrate AIR’s Catastrophe Loss Modeling Technology for its Underwriting Software
Jan 13 2004 // ACE Tempest Reinsurance Ltd. (ACE Tempest Re) and AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) announced the first implementation of an innovative toolset, CATools, which reportedly significantly increases the efficiency of the...
Delphi Technology Receives Gold Integration Status with ImageRight
Jan 8 2004 // Georgia-based ImageRight (www.imageright.com), a document management and workflow solution, announced Delphi Technology, Inc. (DTI) has become a member of the ImageRight Business Alliance attaining Gold Integration...
Annual Symposium to Demonstrate How Investing in Technology Improves Company Bottom-Line
Jan 7 2004 // Strategic Research Institute will present the 6th Annual Insurance Technology Symposium on Feb. 1-4, at the Renaissance Scottsdale Resort, in Arizona. The 6th Annual Insurance Technology Symposium is geared for...
Terrorist Threats Disrupt Holiday Flights
Jan 2 2004 // The elevated terrorist threat levels decreed by the Homeland Security Department and the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, coupled with repeated warnings from the FBI, combined to disrupt trans-Atlantic air...
Docubase Systems, DORIS Insurance Systems Forge Alliance on Providing Solutions
Dec 31 2003 // Florida-based Docubase Systems, Inc., a provider of Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS) and DORIS Insurance Systems LLC, an independent agency management system provider, announced the formation of an alliance to...
Best Assigns New Technology Insurance ‘A-‘ Rating
Dec 24 2003 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned a financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) to Dublin-based New Technology Insurance (NTI), with a stable outlook. “The rating reflects NTI’s...
