November 15, 2006
Insurance carriers, agencies, and producers will be able to connect with the South Dakota Department of Revenue and Regulation, Division of Insurance 24 hours a day, thanks to an agreement signed recently with a national web-based company, the Department confirmed …
November 14, 2006
Spurred by intensifying competition, breakthroughs in analytics are transforming insurance markets, according to an industry leader. Sophisticated insurers able to harness large volumes of high-quality data to drive decision making can look forward to a long and prosperous future, said …
November 14, 2006
The Delaware Department of Insurance has created a website that will allow consumers to compare auto insurance rates from more than 50 companies that offer auto insurance in Delaware. The site will use more sample customer profiles any other state …
November 10, 2006
Workers’ Comp Kit is the first online cost-containment program that gives employers tools they can use to cut workers’ compensation costs as much as 20 percent to 50 percent, according to Amaxx Risk Solutions, Inc. WorkersCompKit.com helps organizations track their …
November 10, 2006
Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has added real-time policy inquiry, endorsement quoting, and electronic endorsement submissions to the roster of functions available through Personal IQ, the company’s web-based technology for personal lines. According to the company statement, …
November 9, 2006
Hiscox USA, part of the Hiscox Group, a provider of specialty insurance, is now licensed to provide technology errors and omissions (E&O) insurance to U.S. businesses directly from its two New York locations. Neil Bolton, lead Technology, Media & Telecom …
November 8, 2006
A laptop computer stolen from an insurance brokerage firm contained the names, birth dates and driver’s license numbers of more than 1,200 Villanova University students and staff members, the school said Thursday. No Social Security numbers were involved, said Kenneth …
November 6, 2006
Des Moines, Iowa-based Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has added real-time policy inquiry, endorsement quoting, and electronic endorsement submissions to the roster of functions available through Personal IQ, the company’s web-based technology for personal lines. According to …
November 3, 2006
Bermuda’s Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., announced the appointment of Gregor Bailar, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Capital One Financial Corporation, to its Board of Directors. Endurance noted that Bailar is “Capital One’s principal IT strategist, with responsibility for all …
November 2, 2006
More than one in four Americans say their financial information or personal information has been stolen, sometimes by someone they knew, according to a survey released this week. The study done for Experian, the credit rating agency, found that about …