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Lloyd’s and Tripwire Inc. to Sponsor Insurance and Technology Forum
Jun 26 2001 // A forum designed to educate corporate risk officers, risk managers, CFOs and CIOs as to the risk exposures inherent in e-commerce and new technologies will be sponsored by Lloyd’s and Tripwire Inc. in New York City...
ePolicy, ACEUSA to Offer Specialty Professional Liability Online
Jun 19 2001 // ePolicy.com Insurance Services Inc., announced it has signed an agreement with ACE USA to offer new lines of specialty professional liability insurance. The newly offered products are designed specifically for architects...
Zurich U.S. CEO Sees a Bright Future in Financial Services
Jun 18 2001 // John Amore, president and CEO of Zurich U.S., has a vision not just for his company but for the industry. “I think the industry needs to rebrand itself,” Amore told IJ in an exclusive interview in...
‘Invent’ive: HP Offers e-Center for Small Businesses
Jun 18 2001 // So I come across an e-mail or a site that tells me that if I subscribe to a Hewlett-Packard e-newsletter, that I’ll get a $10 gift certificate to Amazon.com. Now, you know me, I can’t pass up free money when...
Zurich U.S. CEO Sees a Bright Future in Financial Services
Jun 11 2001 // John Amore, president and CEO of Zurich U.S., has a vision not just for his company but for the industry. “I think the industry needs to rebrand itself,” Amore told IJ in an exclusive interview in...
‘Invent’ive: HP Offers e-Center for Small Businesses
Jun 11 2001 // So I come across an e-mail or a site that tells me that if I subscribe to a Hewlett-Packard e-newsletter, that I’ll get a $10 gift certificate to Amazon.com. Now, you know me, I can’t pass up free money when...
ACORD Honors InsureHiTech, Royal & SunAlliance USA at Tech Conference
May 25 2001 // InsureHiTech, an eBusiness property/casualty insurance portal designed for mid-sized technology clients, and Royal & SunAlliance USA received the ACORD XML Implementation Champions Award for Property & Casualty...
IIAA Names Jeffrey Yates as ACT Executive Director
May 21 2001 // Jeffrey M. Yates is the new executive director of the Agents Council for Tech-nology (ACT), announces Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) Chief Exec-utive Officer Robert A. Rusbuldt. Yates, who will begin his...
IIAA Names Jeffrey Yates ACT Executive Director
May 14 2001 // Jeffrey M. Yates is the new executive director of the Agents Council for Technology (ACT), announces Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) Chief Exec-utive Officer Robert A. Rusbuldt. Yates, who will begin his new...
Tech Providers Are Scoping Out the Online MGA Market
May 14 2001 // Electronic communications between agents and carriers have received much attention over the years, as the struggle goes on for better technology, single entry of data and lower-cost delivery. But what if you’re a key...
How Agents Won on the Web, Four Web Venture Profiles
May 14 2001 // A century ago, agents found customers where they gathered—at church, their place of business or the local watering hole downtown. This marketing strategy still works today—only now many agents are going through...
What the Heck Is XML’
May 14 2001 // A persistent problem in delivering the insurance product quickly and accurately to the consumer is that there is no uniform way for all the players behind the scenes to communicate. There are way too many human touches and...
XML Provides the Missing Link for SEMCI
May 13 2001 // 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...
What the Heck is XML’
May 7 2001 // A persistent problem in delivering the insurance product quickly and accurately to the consumer is that there is no uniform way for all the players behind the scenes to communicate. There are way too many human touches and...
Yates is New Executive Director of ACT
May 1 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) announced that Jeffrey M. Yates is the new executive director of the Agents Council for Technology (ACT). Yates replaced Len Brevik, who left IIAA and the ACT position to...
CoverageCorp Raises $8 Million for Development
Apr 24 2001 // Access CoverageCorp Inc., the Charlotte, N.C. Internet-based business insurance technology and solutions provider, announced that it has raised $8 million in a second-round financing. The leader in this round has been...
Successful e-Marketing, Using Cutting-Edge Technology to Keep Customers Happy
Apr 16 2001 // Depending on how you felt about e-commerce before, current events in the tech world can inspire emotions ranging anywhere from despair to gloating. But before you decide that it’s perhaps a good time to stay away...
Successful E-Marketing: Using Cutting-Edge Technology To Keep Customers Happy
Apr 9 2001 // Depending on how you felt about e-commerce before, current events in the tech world can inspire emotions ranging anywhere from despair to gloating. But before you decide that it’s perhaps a good time to stay away...
Artificial Intelligence Technology Transforms Software Solutions
Apr 2 2001 // For many people not directly involved in the development of software for the insurance industry, any discussion of new technology can rapidly swell into a serious information overload. Compounding this problem is the...
Shopping for Insurance Can Be a ‘Progressive’ Experience
Apr 2 2001 // It’s getting to be that time of year again. March Madness? Maybe. Tax time? Too early. No, for me it’s my yearly auto insurance renewal for my two cars: the Sienna minivan and the crusty Tercel. Each year, I...
