All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 22 2009 // Independent insurance agencies remain reliable employers even in these rocky economic times, but even they have to cut back occasionally.Whether due to efficiencies from technology, the lingering soft market, the...
Feb 10 2009 // Catastrophe risk and cat modeling firm, Karen Clark & Co., launched a new software product that helps insurance companies collect and analyze data from property inspections.The application, RiskRover, is designed to...
Feb 8 2009 // Going for the big fish may bring in big returns but some agencies think having a strategic plan to go after all those little fish is just as important. Three of the largest agencies in the country say having small business...
Jan 25 2009 // Use your agency management system to the max. Measure your productivity. Communicate consistently and effectively with your staff, customers and carriers. And above all, don’t cheap out on the training.Do those...
Jan 14 2009 // International insurance insurer Hiscox has appointed Jim Whetstone as senior vice president for Global Errors and Omissions (E&O) in the Global Markets area. He is based in Hiscox’s Chicago office.In this...
Jan 12 2009 // Toyota said last week that it plans to roll out new safety and driver-assist programs on certain Toyota and Lexus models beginning late this summer.That marks the first major competition for Detroit-based General...
Dec 11 2008 // Researchers have developed a trio of pole-climbing serpentine robots designed to take the place of construction workers tasked with dangerous jobs such as inspecting high-rises or underwater bridge piers.The Robotics and...
Dec 9 2008 // Honolulu , HI – December 9, 2008 – BlueWave Technology, the Honolulu-based claims management software company, announced today that Gary LaFond has joined the organization as Director of Account Management. Mr....
Dec 8 2008 // Indemnity Excess & Surplus Agency of Beaverton, Ore., is offering a product that combines professional liability and general liability into one policy for technology service providers. The single policy includes...
Nov 16 2008 // Public entities nationwide are searching for new strategies to improve the performance of their workers’ compensation programs. A primary challenge has been frequent delays in reporting employee injuries, which sets...
Nov 16 2008 // Independent insurance agents and brokers are concerned about the future of contingent commissions, according to a recent survey.But that’s just one of several major concerns agents have. They also have doubts about...
Nov 13 2008 // Applied Systems Epic enters the insurance-selling and -servicing marketplace today, offering agents and brokers the automated system they asked for to do business now and in the future.Insurance technology company Applied...
Nov 2 2008 // In sports, the best offense is a great defense, right? When it comes to preventing errors and omissions claims defensive measures are also the best offense in protecting an insurance agency. Defensive strategies, or risk...
Nov 2 2008 // 40 Risk Management Steps Independent Agents Implemented to Lower Their Risk The exclusive 2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey asked independent agents what risk management steps their agency has implemented to...
Oct 27 2008 // Best-of-Breed Solution Will Streamline Claims Operations, Enhance CommunicationHonolulu, HI – October 27, 2008 – BlueWave Technology™, a provider of property and casualty insurance solutions, today...
Oct 21 2008 // Independent insurance agents and brokers are concerned about the future of contingent commissions, according to a recent survey.But that’s just one of several major concerns agents have. They also have doubts about...
Oct 20 2008 // When the Latin American Association of Insurance Agencies was establishing itself in the late 1960s and early 1970s, most of the members were recent Cuban arrivals who had accepted the fact they were not returning to their...
Oct 20 2008 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Lionheart Insurance Services hired Pat Piccinonno and Joe Weckerle Jr. to head its newly opened Irvine, Calif., office.Piccinonno, appointed president, has 35 years of insurance management and...
Oct 10 2008 // Real time technology is giving agencies immediate access to carrier information on their clients, allowing agencies to quickly and efficiently transact quotes, billing inquiries, endorsements, loss runs, policy views, and...
Oct 6 2008 // MarketScout presented its second eInsurance Symposium in Dallas, Texas, in September 2008. The symposium was preceded by hurricane Ike by a day and then the conference was held during “hurricane AIG.” Bill...