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Report: Technology Critical for Insurers Targeting ‘Millennial Generation’

May 30 2008 // As the estimated 80 million people born between 1981 and 2001 enter the workforce and become active consumers, technology will play a critical role for insurance firms targeting those in the so-called “millennial...

Yahoo May Face Lawsuit Flood after Microsoft Talks Collapse

May 5 2008 // Yahoo Inc. likely faces a flood of shareholder lawsuits for rejecting a $47.5 billion takeover bid from Microsoft Corp., even if investors find holding the company responsible to be an uphill battle.Microsoft pulled its...

Pension Plans Sue Yahoo Over Spurning of Microsoft Offer

Feb 26 2008 // Attorneys for two municipal pension funds have filed a lawsuit against Yahoo Inc. and its board of directors, saying they breached their duties to shareholders of the Internet pioneer in trying to thwart a takeover by...

Ask 16-year olds for tips on growing your agency

Aug 20 2007 // Too often agency sales, marketing, and management concerns are solved solely by reviewing what other agents have done. This limited vision causes principals to miss out on lessons derived from non-insurance sources. Firms...

Ask 16-year olds for tips on growing your agency

Aug 20 2007 // Too often agency sales, marketing, and management concerns are solved solely by reviewing what other agents have done. This limited vision causes principals to miss out on lessons derived from non-insurance sources. Firms...

Xchanging Announces $13 Million Partnership with Microsoft

Feb 27 2006 // Xchanging, the U.K.-based global business processing services company, has announced a 3-year, £7.5 million ($13 million) investment program and a partnership with Microsoft in the continuing development of Genius, its...

Business Moves

Feb 5 2006 // Morgan Hill, Calif.-based DMI Insurance Services Inc., has created a wholesale division that will specialize in excess and surplus markets for independent auto dealers and automotive specialty shops. Tina Evans, an...

Microsoft Co-Founder Buys Stake in International Catastrophe Insurance

Dec 6 2005 // Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital has purchased majority and controlling ownership of International Catastrophe Insurance Managers, a Boulder, Colorado company that provides insurance coverage to...

Bringing It All Together: Q&A on Microsoft’s ‘experience Insurance’ Initiative

Jun 20 2005 // At last month’s ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Microsoft announced its new “experience Insurance” Initiative, designed to help insurance companies differentiate their brand,...

Stewart Title to manage P&C operation with Nexsure from XDimensional Technologies

May 26 2004 // With more than 7,400 issuing locations nationwide, you’d think a product line extension would be a simple process. But that wasn’t the case when Stewart Information Services Corporation decided to add Property...

ISO Launches Major New Microsoft® .Net-Ready Version of ISO Claims Outcome Advisor Solution

May 11 2004 // The Insurance Services Office, Inc. announced that it has launched the new Microsoft® .Net-ready version of its powerful ISO Claims Outcome AdvisorTM (COA) personal injury claims management solution.“COA Release 3.1...

RealLegal Practice Manager 9.0 Adds New Tools, Integrations and Improved Security for Professionals

Oct 24 2003 // RealLegal, LLC, which provides litigation and practice management software for insurance companies and legal organizations, announced the upcoming release of RealLegal Practice Manager 9.0, adding new functionality to...

Bluebook Int’l and Basis100 Announce InsureBASE(TM)

May 21 2003 // The Bluebook International Inc. announced the availability of InsureBASE(TM), an automated residential property information solution. InsureBASE(TM), leveraging Microsoft technology and developed by The Bluebook...

The Bluebook International Releases New Software Solution for Insurance, Construction Industries

Dec 6 2002 // The Bluebook International, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bluebook International Holding Company, a provider of insurance software technology, products and services for the insurance and related construction...

XDimensional Rolls Out New Agency Management Software

Jun 24 2002 // It is a complete agency management system,” said Craig Fuher, of XDimensional Technologies latest agency automation solution Nexsure, a Web-based program based on the Microsoft technology platform.The software,...

XDimensional Rolls Out New Agency Management Software

Jun 24 2002 // “It is a complete agency management system,” said Craig Fuher, of XDimensional Technologies latest agency automation solution Nexsure, a Web-based program based on the Microsoft technology platform.The...

XDimensional Technologies Completes Series B Financing Round

Apr 18 2002 // California-based XDimensional Technologies, Inc. (XDTI), a software development firm and web services provider to the insurance industry, announced the completion of its Series B round of financing. The conclusion of this...

Visibillity Selected for Microsoft Certified

Jan 30 2002 // Visibillity Inc., a Chicago-based litigation management provider for the property and casualty insurance industry, announced it is now a member of the Microsoft Certified Partner Program. Faiz Ahmed, Visibillity’s...

Microsoft’s ‘Virtual Team’ Takes Insurance to the Fast Track

Aug 20 2001 // It’s the twelfth round, and the technology industry has been badly battered—but it’s still in the ring and on its feet. Participants in the new economy that have held on thus far are forging ahead, priorities...

Microsoft’s ‘Virtual Team’ Takes Insurance to the Fast Track

Aug 13 2001 // It’s the twelfth round, and the technology industry has been badly battered—but it’s still in the ring and on its feet. Participants in the new economy that have held on thus far are forging ahead, priorities...