Insurance Networking News: Executive Strategies for Technology Management back issues from March 2008:
Mashups: Not Just for Music Anymore.
Mar 01, 2008; ... Similar to the music world where a new song can be created from bits and pieces of two or more different songs, mashups in the technology world follow the same basic structure. Taking disparate data from divergent sources and/or applications, a mashup is an amalgamation of this ...
Agent Underwriting: Carriers Hand Over the Underwriting Keys.
Mar 01, 2008; ... The concept of front office underwriting may sound like an oxymoron, but year after year, agents and other distribution channels are given more underwriting responsibility. Many carriers, especially those who work through independent agents, have relied on their agents to do ...
Network Applications: Solution Helps AEGON Transfer Files Globally.
Mar 01, 2008; ... Considering the heightened state of security that exists in the post-9/11 world, few people would relish the prospect of getting unusual-looking electronic equipment to pass through customs unimpeded on a regular basis. Gary Bales, a senior programmer and analyst for the investment group ...
The Case for an Incremental Approach.
Mar 01, 2008; ... As a lifelong football fan, I have long rued the ascendancy of the short pass. Ever since Joe Montana implemented the West Coast passing scheme to such glorious effect in 1980s, teams all across the league have adopted its principlesopting for shorter, safer completions at the expense of a ...
News Briefs.
Mar 01, 2008 ... YOUNG AGENTS SEEK TECHNOLOGY Attendees of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big I) Young Agents Leadership Conference view technology as being central to their future success. Meeting in San Diego with the Strategic Future Issues Work Group, and facilitated ...
Solutions.
Mar 01, 2008 ... AMS RELEASES VERSION 9.1 OF ITS AGENCY AUTOMATION AMS Services, a Bothell, Wash,-based provider of insurance agency automation solutions, has released AMS InStar v.9.1, an agency automation solution. AMS InStar is designed to enable agency staff to process and service clients ...
Coping With Upcoming Compliance Challenges: Just as carriers are using technology in novel ways to cope with existing regulations, other regs may be waiting around the corner.
Mar 01, 2008; ... Despite the insurance industry being more highly regulated than almost any other, compliance issues are more apt to elicit resigned murmurs than howls of protests from insurers. Much like gravity, regulatory compliance is widely acknowledged as an immutable fact of life, and people in the ...
News.
Mar 01, 2008 ... IT OUTSOURCING RATES LOW Despite the attention focused on the outsourcing of technology jobs overseas, a recent survey by Menlo Park, Calif.-based Robert Half Technology shows that the majority of U.S. companies are not engaged in the practice. Ninety-four percent of CIOs ...
SOLUTIONS.(Data loss prevention (DLP) solutions, has been awarded a U.S. Patent, this technology provided by Vericept Corp.)
Mar 01, 2008 ... VERICEPT AWARDED PATENT FOR DLP TECHNOLOGY Denver-based Vericept Corp., a provider of data loss prevention (DLP) solutions, has been awarded a U.S. Patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office for its technology used for DLP. The patent covers core technology relating to data ...
Carriers Wise to Consider Software-as-a-Service: Technology pioneer Bill Lowe says insurers can reap many benefits by opting for a hosted infrastructure.
Mar 01, 2008 ... One of the most intriguing issues facing the IT community is the concept of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). To get a sense of the concepts present and future, Insurance Networking News turned to a technology visionary. Early in his career, Bill Lowe led the team that developed IBMs personal ...
Simple Mashups for Everyone.
Mar 01, 2008 ... Given the rise of Web 2.0 and the abundance of blogs, wikis and general expansion of enhanced Web services and functionality, there are a number of basic mashups out there for everyone to use on a daily basismany of which carriers probably use unwittingly. Google and Yahoo! are ...
Designing a Mashup.
Mar 01, 2008 ... According to Tim Zonca, a director with Serena Systems Inc., San Mateo, Calif., there are four key points to designing a mashup: workflow, usability, security and customized data. The first step is to lay out the set of activities, or the workflow, that they want their mashup to ...
Glossary of Mashup Terms.(Brief article)(Glossary)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Given that mashups are new to the insurance industry, the following terms are important to know and understand. * Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX): A group of interrelated Web development techniques used for creating interactive Web applications that is used to increase a ...
Business Intelligence Empowering Actuaries.
Mar 01, 2008 ... In the actuarial world, process inefficiencies, increased business complexity, regulatory demands and data volume are leaving little time for crucial analysis, driving a growing trend toward automation, according to a roundtable hosted by The Insurance and Actuarial Advisory Services ...
News.(Insurance industry is conducting a program for finance and related operations)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BENCHMARKING PROGRAM CONDUCTED Ward Group, a Cincinnati-based insurance industry consulting and benchmarking firm, is conducting a program for finance and related operations, the company reports. The company is applying its benchmarking methodology to analyze expenses and ...
SOLUTIONS.
Mar 01, 2008 ... EMC UNVEILS SaaS, FIRST ENTERPRISE OFFERING EMC Corp., Hopkinton, Mass., is set to launch a hosted backup and recovery service based on technology gained from its acquisition of Berkeley Data Systems in September 2007. The MozyEnterprise, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) ...
The Ups and Downs of Claims Processing: Carriers are taking steps to modernize their claims processing systems and better integrate technologies with existing systems.
Mar 01, 2008; ... Claims processing systems come in many different flavors, each catering to a different segment of the insurance industry. But they all have one thing in common: they represent huge opportunities for cost savings, customer satisfaction and business process efficiency. The challenge is that ...
News Briefs.
Mar 01, 2008 ... STUDY GAUGES BACK OFFICE EFFICIENCY Deloitte Consulting LLP has unveiled the results of its 12th annual life and annuity back-office operations benchmarking studies, LIONS 2007 and ACES 2007, which provide comparative analysis to benchmark expenses for operations and information ...
Claims Model Carriers.(Report)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Boston-based Celent LLC released its annual Celent Model Carrier 2008: Case Studies of Effective Technology Usage in Insurance, which included three examples of effective claims technology use. While there are a number of ways to improve the way in which claims are processed, ...
Solutions.
Mar 01, 2008 ... IVANS GIVES PROVIDERS HIGH-SPEED CLAIMS PROCESSING IVANS Inc., a provider of Medicare connectivity solutions and services, introduced a new high-speed, multi-user Internet solution for healthcare providers processing Medicare transactions, called LIME. LIME is ...
Who's Buying What: Recent deals for technology software and services.(Company overview)
Mar 01, 2008 ... NATIONWIDE FINANCIAL ADVANCES TIME TO MARKET Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Financial Services, working with Insurance Technologies LLC, a Colorado Springs, Colo., point-of-sale software provider, now offers on a single platform historical hypotheticals, as well as forward ...
INN March 2008 Editorial Index.(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2008 ... <Pre> Company Name Page # AAA Carolinas Motor Club 44 Aberdeen Group 26 Accenture 12 Accident Comp Corp.30 AEGON Cover ...
AD Index for March 2008.(Advertiser)(Website overview)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... <Pre> AdvertiserWebsite Address Page # Camilion Solutions www.authoritysuite.com 36-37 Camilion Solutions www.productauthority.com 25 Depository Trust& Clearing www.dtcc.com 7 IASA www.iasa.org 46 ...
Automated Onboarding: Replacing manual processes with network technology, carriers grow producer channels and accelerate time to revenue. By Scott Morrison.
Mar 01, 2008 ... Although insurers have begun embracing electronic and Web-based approaches to recruiting, onboarding and managing agents, most organizations have seen only patches of efficiency and cost savings. For example, a recruitment campaign launched through Monster.com or other ...