Rick Morgan News

ASCnet Relocating to Chicago-Area; CEO Search Initiated

Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group of Applied Systems insurance agency management software, is planning to relocate by year-end 2010 to the Chicago area. Prior to the move, ASCnet will hire a permanent CEO to succeed interim CEO …

Social Networking for Fun and Profit

Why Agents Should Use Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook to Build their Brand Whether it’s used to market new insurance products or interface with current clients, social media is transforming the insurance industry landscape — and fast becoming a key tool …

Social Networking in an Insurance World

Web 2.0 Tools Enhance the Face-to-Face Interactions in the Industry Insurance firms that have used the tools of Web 2.0 appear to be won over for good, and have little to say that is negative. McAuley, Woods & Associates, a …

Independent Agent 2.0: Branding Through Blogging and Beyond

Real time technology is giving agencies immediate access to carrier information on their clients, allowing agencies to quickly and efficiently transact quotes, billing inquiries, endorsements, loss runs, policy views, and information requests with a single workflow. As real time agency …

Independent Agent 2.0

Branding through Blogging and Beyond Real time technology is giving agencies immediate access to carrier information on their clients, allowing agencies to quickly and efficiently transact quotes, billing inquiries, endorsements, loss runs, policy views, and information requests with a single …

Applied Systems Appoints Morgan VP of Business Development

Applied Systems, Inc. appointed Rick Morgan to the new position of vice president of Business Development. In addition to leading Applied Consulting Services, Morgan will work closely with executive management in the further development of strategies and products to address …

CertificatesNow Integrates with Applied Systems and IVANS Transformation Station

Some 10,000 users of The Agency Manager® (TAM), the agency management system provided by Applied Systems, now have access to extended online certificate of insurance services provided by ConfirmNet Corporation. The agreement broadens the certificate-processing capabilities Applied Systems users already …

Brown & Brown Endorses Applied Systems as Preferred Technology Provider

Florida-based insurance broker Brown & Brown Inc. has endorsed Applied Systems Inc. as its preferred technology provider. According to Applied’s corporate and international division vice president Rick Morgan, more than 80 of Brown & Brown’s 120 offices have been converted …

Applied Systems Endorsed by Brown & Brown

Applied Systems Inc. has forged an agreement with insurance broker Brown & Brown Inc. under which Applied will provide Brown & Brown with technology solutions for the company and its more than 2,000 retail employees located in over 120 offices …

ConfirmNet and MarshBerry Announce Agreement To Offer CertificatesNow To MarshBerry Clients

San Diego-based ConfirmNet Corporation, developer of the CertificatesNow online insurance certificate service, has reached an agreement with MarshBerry to provide its customers with CertificatesNow. “We are excited about our relationship with MarshBerry and our ability to offer their clients a …