All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 17 2010 // The Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), an industry trade association representing more than 80,000 insurance professionals worldwide, which has recognized Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc. with two awards, the...
Sep 6 2010 // Technology — especially cell phones and texting technologies — gets a bad rap when it comes to safety while driving. Of course, it’s not the technology that’s unsafe — it’s people and their need to...
Sep 6 2010 // Technology — especially cell phones and texting technologies — gets a bad rap when it comes to safety while driving. Of course, it’s not the technology that’s unsafe — it’s people and their need to...
Sep 6 2010 // Since its inception just a few years ago, social networking has provided both hype and hope for businesspeople.Social networking practitioners in the insurance industry have demonstrated over the past year how to deliver...
Aug 16 2010 // The evolution of software and electronics for medical devices and the transferring of electronic personal identity records is creating a new combination of risks in the medical technology industry. To address these risks,...
Aug 12 2010 // New York’s face-recognition technology has led to 100 arrests over six months, ranging from people trying to defraud insurance companies to a mob hit man who sought a new identity a day after he was released from...
Aug 2 2010 // Computers should bring efficiency and save a lot of time. But they can actually waste time if you don’t use them properly. Most agencies have an agency management system and a rating system, but unleashing their full...
Aug 2 2010 // Technology – cell phones and texting technologies – gets a bad rap when it comes to safety while driving. Of course, it’s not the technology that’s unsafe – it’s people. In my recent...
Jul 28 2010 // Michigan-based Fremont Insurance Co. has appointed Ashley Whitney of Harbor/Brenn Agencies in Petoskey, Mich., to the company’s Agent’s Advisory Council. Whitney has also been asked to serve on the recently...
Jul 19 2010 // Researchers hope the project could revolutionize mobility.Do you ever feel like you’re driving blind? Have you ever passed through a stop sign and swore you never saw it? Or nearly sideswiped a car while changing...
Jul 19 2010 // Technology – cell phones and texting technologies to be precise – gets a bad rap when it comes to safety while driving. Of course, it’s not the technology that’s unsafe – it’s people....
Jul 19 2010 // Researchers hope the project could revolutionize mobility and challenge long-held assumptions about perceived limitations.Do you ever feel like you’re driving blind? Have you ever passed through a stop sign and swore...
Jul 13 2010 // Shifty eyes long have been thought to signify a person’s problem telling the truth. Now a group of University of Utah researchers are taking that old adage to a new level.Educational psychologists John Kircher, Doug...
Jul 13 2010 // A Georgia Tech student is suing the school and a Cobb County metal fabricator after he suffered injuries when a hand rail broke and he fell off Tech’s iconic car, the Ramblin’ Wreck. Nicholas Brown’s...
Jul 7 2010 // Could a blind person drive a car? Researchers are trying to make that far-fetched notion a reality.The National Federation of the Blind and Virginia Tech plan to demonstrate a prototype vehicle next year equipped with...
Jul 1 2010 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has hired Sarah Dodge as benefits technology specialist in the company’s Employee Benefits Consulting...
Jun 22 2010 // Although the benefits of bringing information technology to health records can be substantial, electronic health records (EHR) systems also give rise to increased liability risks for health care providers due to possible...
Jun 8 2010 // The Hartford has named William Awad as the company’s chief technology officer.Awad will drive enterprise technology strategy and policy across the company. He will also define the overall architectural direction and...
May 26 2010 // OneBeacon Technology Group announced enhancements to its @vantage for Information Technology product designed for hardware, software and telecommunications companies.Two primary coverage areas have been broadened to...
May 11 2010 // Europe’s travel industry is counting the cost of air traffic disruption caused by a volcanic ash cloud which forced thousands of flights to be cancelled and is braced for more stoppages this month.British travel...