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Insurance & Technology
July 25, 2005
Lisa Valentine |
Reaping the Rewards An interview with Ohio Casualty Group's CTO on how his cutting-edge PARIS (Policy Administration, Rating and Issuance System) policy administration system exemplifies how to build an insurance architecture that can serve as the basis for future technology development.   |
Insurance & Technology
May 3, 2006
Deena M. Amato-McCoy |
Service-Oriented Change Heterogeneous systems are at the core of many insurance carriers' IT infrastructures. Yet, companies still struggle with how to seamlessly integrate these often disparate systems across their enterprise. Now, a rapidly evolving architectural strategy is quickly changing the landscape. |
Insurance & Technology
August 7, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
Policy Admin System Replacement: Insurers Shift Focus From Systems to Functionalities Interboro Insurance Co.'s policy administration replacement initiative was in key respects a classic case. |
Insurance & Technology
November 17, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell |
Terms of Replacement Legacy replacement can go quickly or slowly but, given what vendors can offer today, the case for moving to newer technology is more compelling than ever. |
Insurance & Technology
October 5, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell |
Technology Factory Enterprise technology orientation, development methodologies, project management discipline and astute staff development drive SVP and chief technology officer John Kellington's record of success at Ohio Casualty. |
CIO
June 15, 2002
John Edwards |
Reaching Back in Time New tools give legacy apps a better life on the Web. |
Insurance & Technology
August 10, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Real-Time Rendezvous Noting the advancements other carriers had made in application processing, Service Lloyds decided to modernize its 20-year-old homegrown legacy system to handle ACORD XML and generate quotes online in real time. |
Insurance & Technology
September 1, 2007
Anthony O'Donnell |
Legacy Systems Yield To Modern Technologies The continued success of newer technology platforms is clarifying the likely future state of policy admin systems and reshaping how insurance carriers large and small think about legacy migration. |
CIO
March 15, 2002
Simone Kaplan |
Now is the Time to Pull the Plug on Your Legacy Apps Despite the sluggish economy and uncertain business climate, right now is the perfect time to tear down your legacy applications and start over... |
Insurance & Technology
January 5, 2007
Paul McDonnell |
It's a 'Buy' World This is an exciting time in the insurance industry, with several factors leading carriers to make key technology decisions in 2007. Carriers choosing to implement new solutions should recognize the critical need for flexible integration architecture. |
Insurance & Technology
October 7, 2005
Charles Babcock |
IBM/ACORD Deal Eyes SOA Insurance industry standards body ACORD will expand its standards framework to include business processes, owing to a contribution by IBM of elements of the vendor's Insurance Application Architecture that define common industry business process services. |
Insurance & Technology
May 3, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell |
Real-Time Vision Dan Carmichael's career-long interest in technology standards culminated in a successful corporate turnaround at Ohio Casualty. |
Insurance & Technology
September 25, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurers Warm to Flexible Technology Architecture Changing customer and distributor demands, along with efficiency advantages, are driving adoption of flexible, service-based technology architecture at insurance carriers. |
Insurance & Technology
March 6, 2008
Lori Widmer |
Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan Web-enables Critical Business Functions Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan has Web-enabled many of its disparate systems to create a single customer view. |
Insurance & Technology
May 18, 2007
Katherine Burger |
Insurance Industry Still Unclear As To How To Proceed With Legacy Systems It's time for the insurance industry to do something about legacy systems. But, not surprisingly in this industry, what it is that carriers should be doing is not always so clear. |
Insurance & Technology
February 8, 2004
Greg MacSweeney |
Compliance, Web Services And XML Star in 2004 Insurers will begin to roll out effective Web services initiatives, while striving to comply with a myriad of regulations, industry experts predict. |
Insurance & Technology
May 14, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Rethinking Policy Admin Here, industry experts discuss how legacy systems can hamper insurers' abilities to grow and be flexible and how next-generation policy administration systems can deliver increased efficiency and improved customer service. |
Insurance & Technology
July 12, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell |
In With The New New offerings based on advanced technologies, as well as intensifying competitive pressures, make a strong argument for P&C legacy systems replacement. And while the case for life/health legacy replacement is not as strong, it is growing more persuasive with time. |
Insurance & Technology
September 5, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Straight-Through Service With more insurance carriers offering agents electronic business submission capabilities and moving toward straight-through processing, Wooster, Ohio-based Western Reserve Group decided to expand the Web capabilities for agents of its legacy mainframe systems throughout a four-year process. |
Insurance & Technology
January 5, 2007
Marcus Ryu |
Legacy Systems, Legacy Workforce Aging is the trend that should concern insurance CIOs most. |
Insurance & Technology
December 23, 2005
Phil Britt |
Eliminating Errors RealiTea Web monitoring solution from TeaLeaf Technology helped Ohio Casualty identify and correct glitches on its agent-driven Web site. |
Insurance & Technology
May 16, 2007
Susana Schwartz |
Drive For Automation Causes Insurance Carriers To Integrate The Internet has yielded more choices among comparative raters and aggregators, thus elevating agents to a more powerful position as the gatekeepers to multiple company ratings. |
CRM
March 2004
Jason Compton |
How to...successfully link new CRM technology with legacy systems Most companies don't have the luxury of completely discarding their IT infrastructure when introducing a new CRM technology. Integration is the linchpin to success; it can seamlessly bridge systems, or become a costly and time-consuming albatross. Following are five strategies for connecting the new with the old |
Insurance & Technology
April 13, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Q&A With Mike Clifton, CIO, The Hanover: Combining Legacy and Modern Technology The Hanover CIO Mike Clifton relates how the Worcester, Mass.-based insurer successfully combines legacy and modern, rules-based technology to meet changing customer and distributor demands and exploit market opportunities. |
JavaWorld
June 2000
John Rommel |
IBM: The Internet was the rocket, Java was the fuel John Rommel speaks with IBM about how its vision for Java rescued the company from getting lost in legacy environments, Java's role in its new ecommerce paradigm, and why Java's cross-platform strengths will make it the dominant Internet development platform. |
JavaWorld
June 20, 2003
Maggie Biggs |
IBM unites enterprise development IBM's WebSphere Studio Enterprise Developer 5.0 mixes development support for legacy technologies with tools that support Web technologies. With the exception of some performance glitches, the IDE is reliable on numerous fronts. |
Insurance & Technology
December 23, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Enhancing Your Legacy Five industry experts weigh in on the pros and cons of legacy migration and why it is a good alternative to a "rip and replace" approach for insurance companies. |
Insurance & Technology
September 16, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Web Services Connection A Q&A with insurance technology specialists on the adoption and implementation of Web services. |
JavaWorld
November 2000
Julie Salzmann |
Java Product News Oracle certifies E-Business Suite for the Mac... IBM's IMS 7 supports Java and XML... Tamino XML starter kit jumpstarts XML usage... Telecoms support the OSS through Java Initiative... Jacada supplies integrated Java/HTML solution... etc. |
Insurance & Technology
September 5, 2006 |
October Techwatch Document Scanners... Policy Administration... PDF Automation... Legacy Renewal... Web Interface... BPM... IT Infrastructure Library... Actuarial Grid... Portable Storage... |
Insurance & Technology
January 11, 2008
Lisa Valentine |
Main Street America CIO Joel Gelb Manages Transition An interview with this CIO on how he focused on transitioning the insurer from a legacy mainframe technology infrastructure to one that includes a mix of Web-based front ends and brand-new claims and commercial systems. |
Insurance & Technology
December 20, 2004
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Looking at Linux Though insurers have been slow to adopt open source computing, some are beginning to implement Linux solutions. Their efforts are resulting in savings of both time and money. |
Insurance & Technology
June 14, 2005
Wendy Toth |
A Leading Role The IT department's mission at Assumption Life is to be an industry model for IT solutions while staying in line with the corporate strategic plan. |
InternetNews
October 3, 2007
Larry Barrett |
IBM Says No to 'Monolithic, Unchangeable Environments' IBM's new middleware enhancements and service offerings are designed to make life easier for companies migrating to SOA-based IT environments. |
Insurance & Technology
December 13, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell |
Extending Grange's Legacy Grange Insurance brings in Michael Fergang to keep the legacy of an award-winning, agent-friendly technology organization alive. |
Insurance & Technology
May 18, 2007
Dan Carmichael |
Ohio Casualty CEO Dan Carmichael Says Company's Technology Is Just How It Should Be Ohio Casualty's CEO talks about the company's technology advancements. |
Insurance & Technology
September 16, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
Strategic Track An interview with Kevin Murray, Executive VP and CIO of AXA Financial on overseeing the company's integration of MONY's technology following its acquisition, and attempting a reorientation of the firm's technology from a tactical approach to a more strategic footing, and from a development/maintenance model to a product-, service- and distribution-focused paradigm. |
Insurance & Technology
November 27, 2005
Lisa Valentine |
In with the New Adrian Brown, CIO, tells how he transformed the IT department at Canal Insurance into an agile development shop, well versed in technologies that enable the rapid implementation of new applications while leveraging its existing mainframe architecture. |
Insurance & Technology
April 4, 2007
Lisa Valentine |
An IT Labor of Love After suffering financial losses due to corporate corruption a few years ago, Union Labor Life Insurance Co. overhauled its board and brought in new management to effect a turnaround. Here's an interview with Jim Tierney, VP and CIO. |
Insurance & Technology
November 20, 2007
Anthony O'Donnell |
State Farm's Oakley Tackles Legacy The recently appointed CIO will apply both business and technology experience to the carrier's legacy technology challenges and customer experience ambitions. |
Insurance & Technology
August 11, 2010
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Republic Idemnity CIO Discusses Claims Modernization Following a successful claims system replacement, Republic Indemnity's Rao Tadepalli offers tips to insurers looking to modernize their claims platforms. |
Insurance & Technology
February 8, 2004
Jamie Bisker |
Core Systems: Journey to the Center of Insurance An analysis of the state of core systems, and how to create renewable systems, in the insurance industry |
Insurance & Technology
November 26, 2003
George V. Hulme |
Integration Key to Competition While leveraging the value of legacy systems, insurers are turning to Web services and document management to increase efficiencies. |
Bank Systems & Technology
May 26, 2008
Maria Bruno-Britz |
U.S. Banks Are Talking More About Core Conversions The core system. Without it, a bank would crumble. Given the state of most banks' core systems, however, it's a miracle that they are able to function at all, some experts say. |
JavaWorld
August 2001
John Rommel |
Will Web services jump-start the software slump? Web services have been hyped as the "new" new thing -- the future of business and personal living. The certainty of change, driven by the business necessity to deliver faster, better, and cheaper services, is continually transforming the Internet. |
CIO
September 25, 2015
Maryfran Johnson |
CIOs deal with the 'L word' Good news: Replacing legacy systems is getting some genuine support from CEOs and business leaders, along with a healthy dose of urgency |
CIO
August 1, 2001
Tracy Mayor |
Back To The Drawing Board A less rigid approach to enterprise technology can placate business units and bean counters alike... |
InternetNews
November 9, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Exposing Legacy Apps to Today's SOAs HP today began offering Application Modernization Services to help bring customers' legacy software closer to Web services and service-oriented architectures. |
Wall Street & Technology
January 22, 2008
Penny Crosman |
Buy Side Firms Start Taking Enterprise Architectures Live Asset management firms have begun not only building formal enterprise architectures, but benchmarking them against others' as well. |
Insurance & Technology
February 1, 2006
Phil Britt |
A Web of Support There has been an upturn in insurers' investments in Web-based tools that enable agents to work more efficiently and, through those efficiencies, sell more, increase commissions and make more money for the companies they represent. |
