Latest Tech Headlines
All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
iLeads.com Develops Agent Technology to Bridge Communication Gap
Jun 19 2002 // California-based iLeads.com has developed new technology to enable agents to better bridge the initial communication gap with consumers. The iLeads.com “Lightning Response System” automatically sends consumers...
Agency Workflow Time Study Uncovers Threats, Opportunities
Jun 12 2002 // Independent agents and customer service representatives are in a position to dedicate many more hours a week marketing new business, servicing accounts and building relationships. But they’re hampered by multiple...
ITAA, The St. Paul Offering Program for Tech Sector
Jun 11 2002 // The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and The St. Paul Company have unveiled InsureIT®, an expanded affiliate insurance program especially designed for information technology companies. The program...
Ascendant One, Deloitte and Touche RMIS/Lab Form Affiliation
May 23 2002 // AscendantOne, Inc. and The Deloitte & Touche RMIS/Lab have formed a joint relationship to provide advanced, Web/network-ready solutions and services for property & casualty insurance underwriting, rate/quote,...
RI3K to Host Conference on Reinsurance Exchange Technology
May 23 2002 // RI3K, the London-based reinsurance exchange, announced that it will host a conference in Brussels June 19-20, bringing together major reinsurance industry participants for a 24 hour “Think Tank” called...
Hartford Partners with IVANS, HNC, and Access CoverageCorp
May 22 2002 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced a series of new initiatives that enable agents to do business with the insurer using processes that meet their agency’s specific needs. The initiatives involve...
Travelers Advances with Real-Time Transactions
May 22 2002 // Travelers unveiled two advancements for real-time transactions based on the ACORD XML standard. The company announced that it is in production with a real-time single-entry, multiple-company interface (SEMCI) capability...
Insurance Industry Looking to Meet Technology Challenges
May 21 2002 // Orlando – Issues surround every business across the U.S. and the world for that matter. But what strategic issues are facing the insurance industry in 2002? Panelists, with sometimes varying points of view, tried to...
AUGIE Agency Survey Offers Up Numbers
May 21 2002 // Orlando – “The thing that surprised me the most was just how much of the survey wasn’t that surprising,” ACORD vice president Rick Gilman commented. According to Gilman, the result of the AUGIE...
Harleysville Named in Top 100 for Info Tech Employees
May 14 2002 // Information Technology employees appreciate working for Pennsylvania’s Harleysville Insurance, one of the country’s top ranked small commercial lines underwriters. It’s been named by IDG’s...
Open Ideas “Trends in Technology”: Series of Online Events will use Interactive Web Conference Technology
May 13 2002 // Dúnedain Multimedia has announced the first event in their new “Open Ideas Series.” The live online conference is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday, May 14. The series of events will bring...
Technology Bites
May 13 2002 // About the time we were heavily into the production cycle for the current issue of Insurance Journal-Texas/South Central, with its focus on technology issues, technology took a bite out of our offices. We were attacked by...
XML Provides the Missing Link for SEMCI
May 13 2002 // Agents have faced the problem ever since insurance companies first introduced applications. Each company had its own form, so the agent who wanted to submit the same account to several underwriters had to write the same...
Technology: Do Agents Really Need to be Involved’
May 13 2002 // Today, the independent agency system is faced with new challenges and opportunities, many of which are fostered by the development of new technologies, not the least of which is the growth of eCommerce through the...
Technology: Do Agents Really Need to be Involved’
May 13 2002 // Today, the independent agency system is faced with new challenges and opportunities, many of which are fostered by the development of new technologies, not the least of which is the growth of eCommerce through the...
XML Provides the Missing Link for SEMCI
May 13 2002 // Agents have faced the problem ever since insurance companies first introduced applications. Each company had its own form, so the agent who wanted to submit the same account to several underwriters had to write the same...
FM Global Unveils New Technology Center
May 2 2002 // FM Global has developed a new US$70 million-plus world-class scientific research and product-testing complex to meet its customers’ increasingly sophisticated property protection needs, expand its capabilities,...
Safeonline, ACE Global Markets Note Publication to Aid Senior Business Decision Makers
Apr 25 2002 // Digital risk insurance specialist Safeonline™ and technology insurance underwriter ACE Global Markets, have announced publication of a white paper to help senior business decision makers identify the steps they need to...
Sintech Software Discontinues Online Agency Management System
Apr 24 2002 // Sintech Software LLC, an application service provider (ASP) of web-based property and casualty and life and health agency management systems, has discontinued its online property and casualty agency management system,...
PIFC Claims Higher Costs and Disruption in Homeowners Costs if SB 1763 Passes
Apr 17 2002 // Diane Colborn, vice president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) remarked that SB 1763, a bill authored by Senator Deborah Ortiz requiring all property and liability insurance policies to cover mold...
