All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 13 2006 // University Park, Ill.-based Insuresoft has added Jack Porter, former cirector of Business Development with Computer Sciences Corp., as its new vice president of Business Development.Porter grew up in a family agency where...
Jun 13 2006 // Ten thousand fatal automobile crashes a year, nearly one-third of all such accidents, could be prevented if more vehicles were equipped with technology that helps to keep them from rolling over, the insurance industry said...
Jun 6 2006 // Scottsdale Insurance Co., an excess and surplus insurer based in Scottsdale, Ariz., has promoted Joseph “Joe” Griffith to vice president and chief information officer. Griffith will be responsible for leading...
Jun 5 2006 // Hurricane season 2006 is here and it is time to re-evaluate the lessons learned from last year’s destructive hurricanes. Due to the 2005 hurricanes’ size and strength, financial and operational repercussions...
Jun 5 2006 // Hurricane season 2006 is here and it is time to re-evaluate the lessons learned from last year’s destructive hurricanes. Due to the 2005 hurricanes’ size and strength, financial and operational repercussions...
Jun 5 2006 // Brokers work in the trenches — acquiring clients, searching for the right coverage, writing policies and getting compensated. It is technology that makes their jobs easier and it should be welcomed. Better efficiency...
Jun 5 2006 // Hurricane season 2006 is here and it is time to re-evaluate the lessons learned from last year’s destructive hurricanes. Due to the 2005 hurricanes’ size and strength, financial and operational repercussions...
Jun 5 2006 // Hurricane season 2006 is here and it is time to re-evaluate the lessons learned from last year’s destructive hurricanes. Due to the 2005 hurricanes’ size and strength, financial and operational repercussions...
May 22 2006 // Kinnect is dead! Long live Kinnect! Although Lloyd’s long troubled IT project was consigned to the flames last January (See IJ Website Jan. 24), a number of IT phoenix have risen from its ashes.“I think 2006 is...
May 22 2006 // Given the pace of today’s technological developments, it is often difficult for agency principals to know where to get the most bang for their buck.As most agency principals know, it is important to take a strategic...
May 22 2006 // The focus of litigations and investigations on electronic documents, particularly e-mails, and the increasing accountability of compliance programs, including record retention, are leading organizations to reexamine their...
May 22 2006 // Given the pace of today’s technological developments, it is often difficult for agency principals to know where to get the most bang for their buck.As most agency principals know, it is important to take a strategic...
May 22 2006 // Kinnect is dead! Long live Kinnect! Although Lloyd’s long troubled IT project was consigned to the flames last January (See IJ Website Jan. 24), a number of IT phoenix have risen from its ashes.“I think 2006 is...
May 12 2006 // Stamford, CT and Valparaiso, IN – Cornerstone Appraisal Services (Cornerstone) , a provider of high-value inspections and inspection technology for insurance carriers, and e2Value®, Inc., a leading provider of...
May 8 2006 // Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a two-part roundtable discussion on identity theft. Part 1 examined the scope and source of identity theft, and can be found on page 100 of Insurance Journal’s...
May 8 2006 // Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a two-part roundtable discussion on identity theft. Part 1 examined the scope and source of identity theft and can be found on page 100 of Insurance Journal’s...
Apr 24 2006 // Dallas-based Republic Companies Group, Inc. recently hired Frank Vaccaro as the organization’s vice president of Information Services.Vaccaro most recently served as assistant vice president — Business Segment...
Apr 20 2006 // The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration will begin a series of 13 public meetings over the next seven weeks to discuss the issue of uninsured Indiana residents.The meetings will begin the first week of May...
Apr 18 2006 // Oakland Calif.-based EQECAT, Inc., a provider of extreme-risk modeling, announced that Canada’s Commonwealth Insurance Company has signed a licensing agreement to use EQECAT’s WORLDCATenterprise(TM) platform...
Apr 18 2006 // Erie Indemnity Company said it is halting development of its ERIEConnection, a personal lines policy administration and Web-based agency interface system.The company said it will instead now focus on more incremental,...