2008-12-19
Insurance Networking.com
Electronic Exchange Initiative Launched for Retail Agents in E&S
Alexandria, Va. The Excess & Surplus (E&S) market is the focus of a joint initiative to improve the efficiencies for retail agents interacting with managing general agents (MGAs) and wholesale brokers and to promote the electronic exchange of data between the...
2008-12-19
lloyd's
Breakthrough in Transatlantic Communication?
on Friday, December 19th, 2008 at 3:36 pm Given the special relationship enjoyed between the UK and the US, key communication advances have helped support growth and development in political, social and commercial...
2008-12-19
National Underwriter Property & Casualty
NU Seeks Agency Tech Masters To Enter Award Program
Has technology made the difference between a bottom line profit or loss in your independent agency? Have you launched some new tech initiative, or built a successful, long-term automation infrastructure that gives your firm a big edge over less tech-savvy competitors? If so, you should enter your...
2008-12-04
Solutions-Daily.com
Modernize Legacy Applications with Automated Governance
WebLayers Center 4.5 supports mainframe applications plus industry frameworks including IFX for Financial Services, ACORD for Insurance and OAGis for Manufacturing WebLayers which automates SOA governance, released the latest version of its flagship product, WebLayers...
2008-12-01
National Underwriter Property & Casualty
NU Seeks Entries For Agency Tech Award
Three winners will be profiled, then spotlighted at ACORD LOMA Systems...
2008-11-27
lloyd's
End of the paper chase in sight as Lloyds embraces electronic messaging
A quiet revolution is underway at Lloyds. Brokers and managing agents are taking advantage of new electronic market infrastructure to streamline transactions, lowering their costs and at the same time improving the quality of service to their...
2008-11-19
Insurance Networking.com
New York Insurers, Agents: Latest Technology, Talent Keys to Success
Glenmont, N.Y. The nearly 100 independent insurance agents and company representatives who attended last weeks 2008 CEO Conference, Challenges for our future: New Talent and New Technology in Albany last week did so with hope and opportunity in...
2008-11-14
National Underwriter
Get With Real-Time Processes, Agents Advised
12:50 p.m. EST Get With Real-Time Processes, Agents Advised Agents and carriers have much to gain by using real-time transactions rather than dealing with the delays of batch processing, a technology expert advised a conference of agents and...
2008-11-12
Windows In Financial Services
Chubb Improves Customer Service With Claims Download
Warren, N.J.-based Chubb Group of Insurance Companies recently implemented Applied Systemsâ claims download to improve customer service and enhance its...
2008-11-12
Insurancetimes.co.uk
IUA supports new Lloyd's messaging hub
The International Underwriting Association (IUA) has pledged its support for the new Lloyd's Exchange and will take part in the pilot which is due to start in early...
2008-11-10
Market Wire
FirstBest Systems: Update: FirstBest Enhances Underwriting Management System
- FirstBest® Systems, Inc., a provider of advanced Underwriting Management Systems" (UMS) that enable commercial insurance carriers to write more business and write better business, today announced significant enhancements to its flagship product that ease the submission process and time-to-bind for both...
2008-11-08
American Agent and Broker
Policy Issues: Take a Stand and Get Rid of the Turkeys
But permit me to focus upon one other famed denizen of these days that is far too familiar to us insurance folkâ namely, the turkey. Allow me to begin my fowl presentation with a paragraph I included in my August 2008 article: â You're an...
2008-11-03
Forbes.com
IVANS and Progressive Insurance Take Real-Time Technology One Step Further to Make It Easier for Agents to Do Business
IVANS, the leading provider of corporate connectivity solutions and services, worked with Progressive (NYSE: PGR) to implement an agent-enabled single sign-on technology through IVANS Transformation Station(sm) that makes it easier for agents to quote and service their policies, and streamline their...
2008-11-03
Calibre Macro World
Acord Chief: London Market Leading the Way on Standards
The London market is leading the way in the adoption of insurance standards, according to Gregory A. Maciag, president and chief executive officer of Acord, the industry's global standard-setting...
2008-10-31
National Underwriter Property & Casualty
NU Seeks Out Agency Tech Innovators
For independent, multiline agencies, technology has become a critical difference-maker in operating more productively, profitably and cost...