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Insurance & Technology
December 23, 2005
Maria Woehr |
No Place Like Home To streamline work processes and improve ease of doing business, The Hartford redesigned its Electronic Business Center (EBC) agent portal home page.   |
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
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. |
Insurance & Technology
February 10, 2009
Katherine Burger |
Research Reveals Most Agents Are Using Real Time Functionality Popular uses include inquiries, endorsement processing, rating, agency management; more carriers get on board. |
Insurance & Technology
February 21, 2005
Wendy Toth |
Easing Connectivity SeaPass Solutions developed a connectivity solution for insurance agents and carriers that has been implemented by The Hartford Financial Services Group |
Insurance & Technology
July 12, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell |
Easy Money In anticipation of hurricane season, The Hartford Financial Services has partnered with JPMorgan Chase to provide property insurance policyholders with Emergency Claim Cards as an alternative funds transfer mechanism to meet catastrophe-related initial expenses. |
Insurance & Technology
November 26, 2003
Julie Gallagher |
Doing a Lot with Little Although it works with a modest IT budget, Cincinnati Equitable is able to cater to agents' needs. |
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. |
Insurance & Technology
July 1, 2007
Anthony O'Donnell |
The Hartford's ExpressWay Speeds Small Commercial Business The Hartford Financial Services Group has begun to rollout ExpressWay for Small Business, a tool that enables agents to place business owner's policy, auto and workers' comp business without rekeying information already entered. |
Insurance & Technology
July 11, 2008
Carolyn "Cal" J. Durland |
Carriers Must Focus on Consistency, Timeliness and Flow With services such as upload, download and real-time functionality, supported by ACORD standards, insurers can offer agents greatly enhanced efficiency and accessibility. |
Insurance & Technology
January 9, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
The Hartford Forms Distribution Partnership with Intuit Intuit will market The Hartford's XactPAY Web premium payment platform, and the carrier will in turn market Intuit's payroll solution to its small business commercial agents. |
Insurance & Technology
December 20, 2004 |
Contract News EDIC Taps Guidewire... The Hartford Selects SeaPass... OneBeacon Deploys Docucorp... BCBSTN/MEDai Deal... Ascot Picks AIR... |
Investment Advisor
November 2006 |
Falling Term Insurance Rates The Hartford's changes in underwriting have resulted in more categories and lower rates. Here's an example of how the rates for a 10-year term life policy have dropped. |
Insurance & Technology
February 7, 2004
Greg MacSweeney |
Employee Benefits Deal To better serve the employee benefits marketplace, Applied Systems is teaming with BenefitPoint to give agents using Applied Systems applications the ability to service benefits packages directly from their agency management systems. |
Insurance & Technology
March 16, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell |
Hartford Gets Claim Components The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has licensed the full suite of Accenture's .NET version of its Claim Components solution. |
Insurance & Technology
June 24, 2009
Nathan Conz |
Carrier-Agent Transactions Increase Significantly in 2009 IVANS has reported that electronic communication within the insurance industry has increased significantly in the last year, citing data from its Automation Reporting solution. |
Insurance & Technology
July 12, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Digging for Dollars The insurance agent often is portrayed as going door to door with an oversized briefcase brimming with paper applications. While that might have been so in the 1950s, today, selling insurance means connecting with the customer, and it takes more than just a smile and a shoeshine. It takes knowledge. |
Insurance & Technology
February 9, 2004
Greg MacSweeney |
2004 Top Insurance Business/Technology Issues This special report takes a look at some of the top business issues that insurance carriers will face this year and how technology can help make their challenges easier. |
Insurance & Technology
May 3, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell |
The Amazing Race Hartford Life's Group Benefits Division completes rapid core conversion of acquired CNA on time and within budget. |
Insurance & Technology
October 12, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
The Case for Change As head of The Hartford's Transformation Office, Mike Byam is responsible for driving the reengineering of the entire IT organization, requiring a vastly different management approach. |
The Motley Fool
February 6, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Dealing With a Disability You hope it won't happen to you, but if it does, be prepared. Private insurance isn't the only way in which disabled people can obtain the means to support themselves. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Where to Buy Insurance An agent might be your best bet, but there are other options. |
The Motley Fool
September 12, 2005 |
Where to Buy Insurance Is it better to buy insurance through an agent, through a website, or directly from an insurance company? Here are some answers. |
Insurance & Technology
October 22, 2007
Anthony O'Donnell |
Hartford Life Names Brian O'Connell CIO The insurer can benefit from greater technology unity, according to O'Connell. |
Insurance & Technology
July 25, 2005
Wendy Toth |
Lights, Camera, Action! In hopes of encouraging the hiring and retention of people with disabilities and to raise awareness about the need for disability insurance, The Hartford Financial Services sponsored the New York and Los Angeles premieres and advanced screenings of the documentary Murderball. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2004 |
In Progress: Hartford 21 The project, a redevelopment of the Hartford Civic Center Mall, is part of the "Six Pillars of Progress" revitalization program for the city of Hartford. |
Insurance & Technology
January 11, 2008
Nathan Conz |
Mobile Sales Force Automation Growing In Demand High-speed wireless Internet access, recent improvements in devices such as tablet PCs and PDAs, and an insurance industry-wide shift in focus toward customer satisfaction have all but forced insurers to develop mobile claims capabilities. |
Insurance & Technology
September 16, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Bob Ingram Will Oversee Heavy Tech Investment as The Hartford's P&C CIO The former Safeco CIO's priority initiatives include agent capabilities, policy admin replacement, systems simplification, and business intelligence. |
The Motley Fool
August 7, 2006 |
Buying Insurance: Directly or Through Agents? Sometimes -- but not always -- you'll find the best prices by skipping the middleman. Here's some insurance-buying advice. |
Insurance & Technology
April 2, 2008
Nathan Conz |
The Hartford's P&C Division Enters Execution Stage of Transformational Effort After four years of investment and organizational transformation, The Hartford's P&C division looks to execute its new strategy to provide better value to its business customers and end users. |
Insurance & Technology
September 5, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell |
IT Claims Transformation Karen Chamberlain, the new VP and CIO for IT claims at The Hartford Financial Services Group's P&C company, comes primed to contribute to the ongoing transformation of The Hartford's technology and culture. |
Insurance & Technology
March 26, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
The Hartford to Participate In ProspX Online Search and Sales Collaboration Platform The Web-based platform will give participating commercial insurance agents and brokers real-time access to information about The Hartford's expertise, the types of risks it insures and key contacts. |
Insurance & Technology
November 26, 2003
Julie Gallagher |
Keep Them Coming Back for More Now more than ever, carriers need to focus on keeping today's skeptical customer satisfied. |
Insurance & Technology
January 7, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurers Improve Claims Process Through IT Alliance Achieving optimal claims performance requires a high level of IT/business alignment to deliver high-tech, high-touch service. |
Insurance & Technology
August 12, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
Walker Drives IT Consistency Hartford Life's new CIO Terry Walker plans to focus on attracting the next generation of IT talent. |
Insurance & Technology
November 15, 2006
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Making Successful Contact Industry experts answer questions about how contact centers fit into insurers' customer service and distribution strategies. |
Insurance & Technology
November 15, 2006 |
Executive News The Hartford Promotes Gallant... ACORD Taps Bharal... Insurity's Markland... MassMutual SVP... etc. |
Insurance & Technology
August 10, 2006 |
Executive News The Hartford Financial Services Group's U.S. wealth management group promoted Rob Arena, Jim Davey and Ken McCullum to SVPs... AIG named Anthony J. Galioto AIG Companies senior executive, eastern region... etc. |
Entrepreneur
September 2004
Jacquelyn Lynn |
On the Disabled List? The average American worker has a 1 in 3 chance of becoming disabled for 90 days or more during his or her working years. So it makes sense to include disability insurance in your benefits package. |
Insurance & Technology
August 5, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
The Hartford Names Robert Ingram P&C CIO The former Safeco CIO will be responsible for property/casualty IT strategy and will work with enterprise CIO Brian O'Connell to accelerate The Hartford's enterprise IT agenda. |
Insurance & Technology
July 17, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Andrade Will Head The Hartford's P&C Company Juan Andrade will continue to report to the carrier's chairman and CEO Ramani Ayer and will serve as a member of the Office of the Chairman. |
Insurance & Technology
December 13, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Ready for Your Close-Up The degree to which an insurer uses customer analytics - and the effectiveness of those efforts - provides the foundation for understanding the customer and enhancing the customer experience throughout the enterprise. |
Insurance & Technology
October 5, 2006 |
Preparing for the Unknown Mike Byam, Vice President, Business Resilience Office, The Hartford, spearheads the firm's aggregated risk management movement. |
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 19, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell |
The Emerging Wireless World Wireless may not yet live up to the hype, but many insurers are steadily moving wireless strategies off the drawing board and into the competitive arena. |
Insurance & Technology
November 28, 2005
Maria Woehr |
Online Rate Comparisons Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Co., The Hartford and Protective Life have joined forces to launch the Insurance Online Network, a free, Web-based platform that provides brokers, dealers and bankers with online term life insurance quotes. |
PHONE+
February 23, 2010
Henderson & Sievers |
Betting on Transformation -- What's the Payoff? There is no doubt that the communications marketplace is ripe with opportunities, but it also makes the task of figuring out how to grow your communications agency, VAR, integrator or dealership that much harder. |
Insurance & Technology
January 17, 2006
Maria Woehr |
GuideOne Selects Insurity Looking to replace its aging core systems with a Web services platform, GuideOne Insurance will implement Insurity's Policy Decisions policy administration system for underwriting, rate/quote, workflow and policy issuance for commercial and personal lines. |
Investment Advisor
May 1, 2011
Marlene Y. Satter |
Changing Strategy The latest of The Hartford's innovations are only harbingers of things to come |
Insurance & Technology
December 23, 2005 |
Alliances & Partnerships Fiserv Buys Xcipio... The Hartford, ChoicePoint Team... Symantec Acquires BindView... MostChoice.com, AgentSecure Deal... Syntellect/Apropos... |
