All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 10 2003 // The times they are a’changin’.” Bob Dylan’s 60’s refrain could be the theme song for a new spirit moving through the ranks of the insurance industry’s exclusive (captive) agents. The...
Feb 10 2003 // Perhaps it’s time to replace the word “outsourcing” with a new term. This might be especially appropriate for some of the technology outsourcing options available to the insurance industry today.To some,...
Feb 5 2003 // Florida-based Genesis Technology Group, Inc. (GETC) has announced the signing of an agreement with Shanghai Dongda Insurance Brokers Company, Limited (Dongda) in Shanghai, China, that provides for GTEC to represent Dongda...
Jan 30 2003 // Alpharetta, Ga.-based independent agency management system provider, DORIS Insurance Systems LLC, announced it is adopting the interface technology and services of Applied Systems for managing agency-company interface...
Jan 17 2003 // E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Inc. a specialist in professional liability has introduced a new package program for technology professionals. The package includes up-to-date errors and omissions language and general liability on...
Jan 17 2003 // The chilling effect from last year’s corporate governance scandals has infected the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance market, hitting technology companies especially hard. That is one of the...
Jan 8 2003 // SAFECO introduced XML-based technology that allows insurance agents to quote and issue small business policies online in minutes.Called ESP(TM), SAFECO’s e-business system cuts days off the traditional insurance...
Jan 8 2003 // Ohio-based Results International Systems (RIS), a leading specialist in outsourcing and application services for the P/C Industry, announced that it has provided “a web-enabled graphical user interface (GUI)”...
Dec 31 2002 // According to speakers at the Society of Insurance Research’s annual meeting, the strategic challenges confronting insurers include the rapid pace of change, terrorism, asbestos, the need to reform the tort system,...
Dec 18 2002 // Sapiens International Corporation an insurance business solutions provider, announced results of its survey of U.S.-based senior insurance executives conducted during the annual ISOTECH 2002 conference last month in...
Dec 2 2002 // Atlanta-based ebix.com Inc. signed an agreement under which the company will create a private label version of ebixASP specifically for the members of SIAA, a network of independent agents. According to ebix.com, SIAA...
Nov 27 2002 // Travelers Property Casualty has made available real-time policy view to independent commercial insurance agents and brokers directly through their Applied Systems agency management systems. The capability, called...
Nov 22 2002 // Alex Letts, CEO of the reinsurance services provider RI3K, told an audience of insurance professionals at the annual Insurance Institute Conference that, although recent advances in technology would indeed transform some...
Nov 19 2002 // ePolicy Solutions Inc. announced the addition of William S. “Billy” McCarter as senior vice president, client engagement executive.McCarter’s last assignment was with Fireman’s Fund Insurance...
Nov 6 2002 // The TechAssure Association Inc. announced its Fall Members’ Conference will take place on November 17-19 at The Adolphus in Dallas, Texas. TechAssure is an independent affiliation of agents and brokers focused on...
Oct 28 2002 // Recently, the White House unveiled the National Plan to Secure Cyberspace, an initiative urging insurers and companies to assess and manage exposures to cyber risk. Among other things, the plan calls for developing new...
Oct 14 2002 // Technology and innovation advance continuously, and it is difficult, if not impossible, for insurance companies to stay abreast of emerging technologies. In fact, carriers may not only fall behind, but they could even risk...
Oct 14 2002 // AMS introduced AfW Online in the spring of 2000 and Sagitta Online in the fall of 2001. In terms of benefits to the agent community, it was hoped the online offerings would be an option for those interested in outsourcing...
Oct 14 2002 // Technology and innovation advance continuously, and it is difficult, if not impossible, for insurance companies to stay abreast of emerging technologies. In fact, carriers may not only fall behind, but they could even risk...
Oct 14 2002 // AMS introduced AfW Online in the spring of 2000 and Sagitta Online in the fall of 2001. In terms of benefits to the agent community, it was hoped the online offerings would be an option for those interested in outsourcing...