All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 26 2004 // Rising healthcare costs are recognized as a key problem in the workers’ compensation industry. Medical costs once constituted 30 percent of the total workers’ comp claims expenses; today, however, they...
Jan 13 2004 // Submitting endorsements to insurance policies from The Hartford reportedly just got faster and easier for the thousands of insurance agents that use an AMS agency management system.The Hartford, which has long been a...
Jan 13 2004 // ACE Tempest Reinsurance Ltd. (ACE Tempest Re) and AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) announced the first implementation of an innovative toolset, CATools, which reportedly significantly increases the efficiency of the...
Jan 8 2004 // Georgia-based ImageRight (www.imageright.com), a document management and workflow solution, announced Delphi Technology, Inc. (DTI) has become a member of the ImageRight Business Alliance attaining Gold Integration...
Jan 7 2004 // Strategic Research Institute will present the 6th Annual Insurance Technology Symposium on Feb. 1-4, at the Renaissance Scottsdale Resort, in Arizona.The 6th Annual Insurance Technology Symposium is geared for...
Jan 2 2004 // The elevated terrorist threat levels decreed by the Homeland Security Department and the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, coupled with repeated warnings from the FBI, combined to disrupt trans-Atlantic air...
Dec 31 2003 // Florida-based Docubase Systems, Inc., a provider of Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS) and DORIS Insurance Systems LLC, an independent agency management system provider, announced the formation of an alliance to...
Dec 24 2003 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned a financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) to Dublin-based New Technology Insurance (NTI), with a stable outlook.“The rating reflects NTI’s...
Dec 22 2003 // ISG International, Inc., the managing general agency for the CCBsure(R) insurance program for technology businesses, announced the opening of their satellite office in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Brian D. DeGraw, Senior Account...
Nov 25 2003 // Seattle-based Safeco Business Insurance (SBI) has expanded its online sales platform to make it faster and easier for agents to sell workers compensation insurance to small businesses.The update means agents can go online...
Nov 20 2003 // V, a provider of layered voice analysis technology (LVA) in North America and markets throughout the world, announced at the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference this week, immediate availability...
Nov 13 2003 // Venture Programs (www.ventureprograms.com), a provider in the design and underwriting of select industry-focused insurance packages, announced an underwriting partnership with Discover Re for its Venture Technology and...
Nov 5 2003 // CATEX announced that MGU Savannah Reinsurance Underwriting Management, LLC, a member of the Georgia-based Palmer & Cay group of companies, has agreed to license a CATEX web-based Reinsurance Transaction System based...
Nov 5 2003 // Torrance, Calif.-based ePolicy Solutions Inc., a leader in providing Web-based policy administration solutions to reduce expenses and to improve customer service, announced that Deborah Osborn has joined the company as...
Nov 5 2003 // Deloitte & Touche, the International accounting firm, has released its findings concerning compliance with the “USA PATRIOT Act and other anti-money laundering requirements,” which concludes that financial...
Nov 3 2003 // One of the decisions that any agency principal faces sooner or later is “How much technological expertise do I need in house?” In an ideal world, you would have a network specialist, an information technology...
Nov 3 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: TechVantage, Victor O. Schinnerer’s E&O program for technology professionals, has a new policy form that provides basic coverage to smaller firms at a lower premium and deductible. The...
Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance JournalBy Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...
Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance JournalBy Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...
Oct 16 2003 // TechVantage, Victor O. Schinnerer’s E&O program for technology professionals, has introduced a new policy form that provides basic coverage to smaller firms at a lower premium and deductible.“The Basic...