Latest ACORD Headlines

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Maike Joins ACORD as Director of Standards Planning

Dec 5 2005 // ACORD has announced the appointment of Cindy Maike as director of standards planning. In this new position, Maike will be responsible for supporting and coordinating strategic standards initiatives at ACORD across all of...

Laker Appointed Assistant VP of ACORD in London

Dec 2 2005 // International standards provider ACORD announced the appointment of Roy Laker as Assistant Vice President, London Market. His “role will be to coordinate the activities in the London market of ACORD’s various...

Prettejohn Stresses Underwriting Discipline, Reforms in Keynote Speech to ACORD Forum

Oct 21 2005 // Lloyd’s CEO Nick Prettejohn, in what may be his last major address as Lloyd’s CEO (See IJ Web site Oct. 17 and 18), told those assembled for the ACORD Forum in London that underwriting discipline continues to...

S. Floridians Viewed Hurricane Katrina as an Expensive Nuisance

Sep 19 2005 // Insurance adjusters scrambled to South Florida to work on claims before they realized Hurricane Katrina was going to cross into the Gulf of Mexico and become a catastrophic hurricane devastating Mississippi and...

Policyholders Line Up to File Claims at Miss. Agency; Fla. Associations Offer Aid, Assistance to Kartina’s Victims

Aug 31 2005 // Insurance adjusters are scrambling around South Florida, where before crossing into the Gulf of Mexico and becoming a catastrophic hurricane, Katrina slapped Dade and Broward counties with damages experts estimate from...

ACE USA, ACORD Partner to Address Growth of International Exposures

Jul 28 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, joined with The Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD) to announce the release of ACORD Forms 125, 815 and...

Web Connectivity Lands 8 Awards at ACORD Conference

Jun 2 2005 // London-based Web Connectivity, whose core business is to facilitate the efficient implementation of Web service based messaging solutions, took home no less than 8 awards in the “Accomplishment (Solution Provider)...

Lloyd’s Kinnect Platform Wins Two ACORD Awards

May 25 2005 // Kinnect, the electronic platform develped by Lloyd’s, which securely exchanges risk data and wordings between brokers and underwriters, has won two awards from international standards body ACORD. “The platform...

RI3K Receives ACORD Awards

May 23 2005 // For the second year in a row, London-based RI3K, a provider of technology infrastructure for the reinsurance industry, has taken home three prestigious awards from ACORD, the global insurance standards organization.RI3K...

People & Places

Mar 7 2005 // Dublin, Ohio-based Frank Gates Cos. has promoted Rick Stasi to chief operating officer of its alternative-risk division. He will oversee the management, administration, marketing and client services for Frank Gates...

ACORD Names Chubb’s McCaig as Board Chair

Feb 16 2005 // Charles “Chuck” McCaig, CIO, Chubb, has been designated the new chair of ACORD’s Board of Directors. Barbara Koster, CIO, Prudential Financial has been selected as the chair-elect. McCaig has been with...

ASCnet Conferees Hear How to Manage a Profitable Business

Nov 8 2004 // The latest technologies to allow independent agents and brokers to efficiently manage and ensure a profitable business were presented to more than 1,800 conferees attending the Applied Systems Client Network’s...

ASCnet Conferees Hear How to Manage a Profitable Business

Nov 8 2004 // The latest technologies that allow independent agents and brokers to efficiently manage and ensure a profitable business were presented to more than 1,800 conferees attending the Annual Technology, Education and Networking...

ACORD Ad Campaign Puts Humor into Data Standards

Oct 13 2004 // ACORD has announced the launch of an advocacy campaign featuring original print and web advertising that takes a humorous look at a world without standards.The aim of the campaign is to widen and deepen the global...

Combo PDAs, Advances Deliver Real-Time Benefits

Aug 9 2004 // The growth in office technology over the last 20 years certainly has boosted the efficiency of workers in the U.S. service industry. But at the same time, it’s had the effect of tying people more closely to their...

State Auto Wins ACORD Awards

Jun 24 2004 // For the third consecutive year, and the fourth time in seven years, the Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Co. took top honors at the annual ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development)...

nuServe Partners with ACORD

Jun 17 2004 // nuServe, a privately-held risk-management tools provider, has joined ACORD, the insurance industry’s global standards association, announced nuServe CEO Kai Tamara Hare. nuServe’s risk management products are...

Applied Wins ACORD’s Upload/Download Vendor Award

Jun 16 2004 // University Park, Ill.-based agency management system provider Applied Systems Inc. was named the upload and download vendor of the year for 2003-04 by ACORD at the recent ACORD LOMA conference held in Las Vegas. This is...

The Hartford Tops Field for ACORD P/C Awards

Jun 10 2004 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. was recently recognized for its leadership in standards-based communications with six awards presented by ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development)...

ACORD LAUNCHES NEW ADVANTAGE WEB SITE:

Jun 7 2004 // ACORD’s new Advantage Web site (www.acordadvantage.org), which was launched recently at the ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum, will reportedly improve ACORD Advantage agents and brokers access to ACORD’s...