Articles by Catherine Tapia

Successful e-Marketing, Using Cutting-Edge Technology to Keep Customers Happy

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 from the Internet altogether, …

Two Calif.-Domiciled Workers’ Comp Companies Conserved by CDI

The toll from the ongoing adverse streak for the California workers’ compensation market just keeps rising. The California Department of Insur-ance (CDI) recently conserved two more insurance companies domiciled in the state. On March 30, Insurance Commissioner Harry Low anno-unced …

Successful E-Marketing: Using Cutting-Edge Technology To Keep Customers Happy

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 from the Internet altogether, …

Online Insurance Provider eCoverage Ceases Operations, is “History”

San Francisco-based eCoverage, an online provider of insurance services founded just over two years ago, has ceased operations. Known for its slogan: “The industry is history,” eCoverage predicted the demise of traditional insurers. One ad crowed: “Denial, Anger, Resent-ment, Acceptance. …

Artificial Intelligence Technology Transforms Software Solutions

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 oft-noted “snail’s pace” at which new technology …

Another ‘Dot-Gone’: eCoverage is History

San Francisco-based eCoverage, an online provider of insurance services founded just over two years ago, has ceased operations. Known for its slogan: “The industry is history,” eCoverage predicted the demise of traditional insurers. One ad crowed: “Denial, Anger, Resent-ment, Acceptance. …

Artificial Intelligence Technology Transforms Software Solutions

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 oft-noted “snail’s pace” at which new technology …

Fresh Allegations Surround Quackenbush, Lloyd’s Payment

A new round of controversy over actions taken by former California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush has been triggered by articles recently published in the Los Angeles Times. The strongest of the allegations charges the California Department of Insurance (CDI) with …

Western Motorcycle Market Cruises Along

In at least one way, there is a strong parallel between learning to ride a motorcycle and insuring motorcycle operators. For the novice rider, the first 90 days of vehicle ownership is an especially risky period for crashes. Similarly, newcomers …

Court Rules Against State Fund in Schaefer Ambulance Case

Seven years after an initial lawsuit was filed, the California Supreme Court made a ruling unfavorable to the California State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) in the case of State Compensation Insurance Fund, Petitioners, v. The Superior Court of Orange County, …