All the headlines from our Productivity Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 1 2004 // The New Mexico legislature’s regular 30-day session adjourned at noon on Feb. 19, 2004. Although the New Mexico Constitution largely limits the scope of 30-day sessions to fiscal matters, the governor can ask...
Feb 9 2004 // Among all the things that an insurance agency owner or manager needs to pay attention to, employee productivity is often considered, but not properly addressed. This is curious because maximizing employee productivity has...
Dec 18 2003 // Red Oak E-Commerce Solutions, Inc. (ROES), a leader in Internet based claim reporting systems, announced that Frank Gates Service Companies has switched their workers’ compensation injury reporting to ROES’...
Dec 10 2003 // AgencyPort Insurance Services, Inc. announced that Eastern Alliance Insurance Group, a Pennsylvania workers’ compensation company, has licensed AgencyPort’s full KeyOnce(TM) Solution. The KeyOnce(TM) Portal...
Nov 17 2003 // The insurance agency industry, like most other industries, has struggled with “merit” type compensation programs that attempt to reward employees based on the quality of their work effort. Unfortunately, in the...
Nov 17 2003 // The insurance agency industry, like most other industries, has struggled with “merit” type compensation programs that attempt to reward employees based on the quality of their work effort. Unfortunately, in the...
Jun 4 2003 // Eighty-eight percent of insurers think that IT will become more important in driving efficiencies and cost-reductions in future, according to new research released by RebusIS, an insurance technology solutions provider. A...
May 19 2003 // In an increasingly wired business environment, property/casualty insurers and agents face enormous challenges-shrinking profit margins, new business acquisition and retention costs, and changing customer expectations,...
May 5 2003 // A year ago, Lloyd’s course was “steady as she goes,” following the enormous losses of Sept. 11, but with the appointment of a new chairman last November, Lord Peter Levene of Portsoken, coupled with a...
May 5 2003 // A year ago, Lloyd’s course was “steady as she goes,” following the enormous losses of Sept. 11, but with the appointment of a new chairman last November, Lord Peter Levene of Portsoken, coupled with a...
Dec 24 2002 // A new edition of the Growth and Performance Standards (GPS) study by the Academy of Producer Insurance Studies shows growth in revenues, commissions and productivity for independent insurance agencies since 1999.The GPS...
Nov 4 2002 // Ohio-based Progressive Corp. announced that independent insurance agents across the country who use agency management system software manufactured by AMS Services, Inc. now have a new way to save time and effort when...
Sep 16 2002 // Today, more than ever before, the independent agent needs to reduce expenses and increase income.In order to accomplish this, an agency needs to establish processes that incorporate four cornerstones to effective...
Aug 13 2002 // Agents have faced the problem ever since insurance companies first introduced applications. Each company had its own form, so the agent who wanted to submit the same account to several underwriters had to write the same...
Jul 11 2002 // The board members of the System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing (SERFF) announced a new pricing structure for SERFF filing customers. The new prices are effective immediately.“With this change, participating...
May 13 2002 // Agents have faced the problem ever since insurance companies first introduced applications. Each company had its own form, so the agent who wanted to submit the same account to several underwriters had to write the same...
May 13 2002 // Agents have faced the problem ever since insurance companies first introduced applications. Each company had its own form, so the agent who wanted to submit the same account to several underwriters had to write the same...
Apr 3 2002 // Docucorp®, a provider of enterprise information solutions, announced National Grange Mutual (NGM) Insurance Co. will license its enterprise publishing solutions as part of the beginning phase of the NGM “Systems...
Mar 11 2002 // At last, the gap between potential and reality is shrinking as agents explore their online options.The insurance industry is notoriously reluctant to change. So it was little surprise that the Internet—a tool that has...
Mar 11 2002 // At last, the gap between potential and reality is shrinking as agents explore their online options.The insurance industry is notoriously reluctant to change. So it was little surprise that the Internet—a tool that has...