All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 4 2000 // InsureZone plans to implement Lexica.MarketPortal, a new application providing InsureZone’s business partners a gateway to the company’s new coast-to-coast online insurance marketplace.MarketPortal is the first...
Oct 2 2000 // In the “stake-your-claim” environment of Internet insurance, any attempt to define trends and categorize business models can be an exercise in frustration.However, in some ways the dot-com gold rush is slowing...
Sep 25 2000 // A report in the Times of London indicates that the joint Lloyd’s/ IUA (International Underwriting Association) Forum, set up last year to explore ways of harmonizing procedures between the two groups and making the...
Sep 18 2000 // The Prudential Insurance Co. of America announced the official opening of an offshore programming and technology development center by its subsidiary Pruamerica Systems Ireland Ltd. in Letterkenny, County Donegal. The...
Sep 18 2000 // You know how I love to get e-mails from PR people telling me how I can’t live without their services, technologies or websites (yes, that was dripping sarcasm).Well, that’s what happened the other day when I...
Sep 4 2000 // Lloyd’s is adapting to modern business methods and upgrading its business systems so rapidly that it promises to meet, if not surpass, the vision that Chairman Max Taylor first set out in “Priorities for...
Aug 29 2000 // According to preliminary findings of a series of focus groups conducted by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) and sponsored by nekema.com, independent agents know that they will need new technology to...
Aug 21 2000 // A couple of months ago we talked here about the coming consolidation of insurance companies. But instead of constricting markets for agents and brokers, you’ll have more markets than ever. Those ridiculous...
Aug 21 2000 // A couple of months ago we talked here about the coming consolidation of insurance companies. But instead of constricting markets for agents and brokers, you’ll have more markets than ever. Those ridiculous...
Aug 14 2000 // Companies need to move beyond pretty websites into substanceA couple of months ago we talked here about the coming consolidation of insurance companies. But instead of constricting markets for agents and brokers,...
Aug 7 2000 // You see, the Chivvis household is expecting a second child in November and you know what that means. That is, aside from the crying, feeding and changing and consequent lack of sleep.That’s right. It’s time to...
Jul 10 2000 // The exhibit hall at the ACORD Technology Conference in Orlando in May would have made your head spin. On the one hand, technology is increasingly complex and sophisticated. On the other, it becomes easier when you keep the...
Jun 28 2000 // “Space Weather – hazard to the Earth?”, a new 41 page study from Swiss Re, examines the effects of solar activity and related interstellar phenomenon on earth’s weather, and on high tech...
Jun 13 2000 // Zebu has withdrawn a $64 million initial public offering due, primarily, to sour market conditions. The San Francisco-based high tech firm, which serves the insurance industry by offering solutions for streamlining the...
Jun 12 2000 // The exhibit hall at the ACORD Technology Conference in Orlando last month would have made your head spin. On the one hand, technology is increasingly complex and sophisticated. On the other, it becomes easier when you keep...
Jun 5 2000 // The IIAT and IIAA have the arduous task of integrating a century of traditional service with a new evolution of business and technology. And while many things are changing, much remains the same.For over 100 years, small...
May 15 2000 // In 1981, IBM introduced its personal computer (PC) for use in the home, office and schools. Prior to that time, there had been several MS-DOS compatible personal computers that ran DOS programs. As computers became more...
May 15 2000 // Large commercial insurance agencies, issuing perhaps tens of thousands of certificates of insurance per year, often face a dilemma: how can the process be made more efficient and effective? However, technological...
May 15 2000 // Sure, independent agencies offer a choice of markets. That’s a nice benefit. But it also means you must key in customer information more than once in different formats and screens to accommodate the various...
May 15 2000 // Large commercial insurance agencies, issuing perhaps tens of thousands of certificates of insurance per year, often face a dilemma: how can the process be made more efficient and effective? However, technological...