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Insurance & Technology
March 7, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
Zurich's Michael Paravicini Drives Global IT Unification Zurich Financial Services CIO Michael Paravicini says the company's IT organization enables a more innovative product creation, better distribution and servicing solutions, as well as better data and customer management.   |
Insurance & Technology
September 14, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell |
Mega-Deal a Bellwether? Seeking to transform itself into a nimble, line-of-business oriented enterprise, Zurich Financial Services has signed a major applications outsourcing agreement with CSC to support all of the carrier's lines of business. |
Insurance & Technology
July 2, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Farmers Completes Acquisition of 21st Century Insurance Largest acquisition in the company's history strengthens its position as the third-largest personal lines carrier in the U.S. and makes it the top auto insurer in several states, including California. |
Insurance & Technology
July 25, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
The Critical Path to Excellence If there's a secret to insurers' effective technology project management, it's genuine alignment of the business and IT. |
Insurance & Technology
August 12, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
Ohio Mutual Claims Gains The regional P&C carrier reports significant gains in the wake of its implementation of CSC's POINT IN Policy Administration and Advanced Claims solution components. |
Insurance & Technology
April 16, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Farmers Insurance Group Will Acquire 21st Century, Other AIG Personal Auto Carriers The $1.9 billion deal to acquire AIG's Personal Auto Group is expected to close by the third quarter of 2009, pending regulatory approval. |
Insurance & Technology
December 18, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Farmers Introduces Electronic Signature Service to Expedite Total Loss Settlements The carrier's eZsign settlement option allows customers to receive documents via e-mail rather than a mailing process that can take longer than a week. |
Insurance & Technology
February 5, 2009
Nathan Conz |
CSC Deploys Thin Clients CSC has implemented Sun Ray thin clients from Sun Microsystems in three of its business process outsourcing centers. |
Insurance & Technology
April 8, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Main Street America Group Names Ron James CIO The 30-year insurance technology veteran will support the Jacksonville, Fla.-based P&C carrier's continuing focus on ease-of-doing-business for its agent customers. |
Insurance & Technology
February 19, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell |
Health Insurer Signs CSC Seeking to simplify systems and improve speed-to-market, Livonia, Mich.-based health insurer American Community Mutual Insurance Co. has signed a seven-year, $12 million contract for software and services with CSC. |
Insurance & Technology
May 7, 2009
Michael A. Costonis et al. |
Survival Skills: Insurance CIOs Must Adapt to Changing Market Accenture consultants identify the traits that high-performance insurance CIOs must exhibit as they adapt their skill sets and evolve a new IT strategy in response to post-crisis challenges. |
BusinessWeek
October 4, 2004
Steve Hamm |
Is Outsourcing on the Outs? Not really, but companies are taking a closer look at whether it's worth it. The issue boils down to how much of a company's IT should be outsourced. |
CIO
September 24, 2008
Diane Frank |
So You've Inherited a Crummy Outsourcing Contract... CIOs share tips for fixing problem relationships. |
CIO
April 1, 2003
Ben Worthen |
The other Parts of Alignment Three Big Steps to Successful IT Projects |
CIO
April 15, 2004
Michael Schrage |
Mad as Hell Readers sound off on CIO leadership, outsourcing and the IT community's fading commitment to quality. |
CIO
December 17, 2009
Maryfran Johnson |
Alignment 2010 What's in store for 2010 business/IT alignment. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2004
Mark Mahorney |
IT Spending Heats Up CIOs are planning to spend more on new technologies going forward, which will benefit the outsourcing companies. |
Insurance & Technology
February 16, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Zurich Japan Deploys Guidewire ClaimCenter Under the internal name of Z-Trust, ClaimCenter currently processes Zurich Japan's auto and motorcycle claims and will be extended to other lines of business in subsequent deployment phases. |
Insurance & Technology
August 3, 2010
Nathan Golia |
Swiss Re Inks 10-Year BPO Contract Extension With CSC New features of CSC's CyberLife, Customer Service Accelerator and Claims Management Accelerator software will be incorporated into Admin Re under the terms of the agreement. |
CIO
June 15, 2002
Tom Field |
You Can't Outsource City Hall The state and local government outsourcing marketplace was supposed to explode, but we're still waiting to see a spark. It's time to devise a new plan to revitalize public sector IT. |
CIO
May 15, 2004
Abbie Lundberg |
Hands Off, Hands On - From The Editor The most difficult part of a new service or outsourcing arrangement may lie in figuring out exactly who does what. |
CIO
June 1, 2004
Susan H. Cramm |
Desperation Outsourcing We've all seen desperation outsourcing rationalized under the guise of strategy. But these "strategic initiatives" really are ham-handed attempts at rectifying larger ills |
CIO
June 1, 2004
Art Jahnke |
Why Is Business-IT Alignment So Difficult? CIOs cite alignment of IT and business as one of their greatest challenges. Readers discuss the problem and some solutions. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2006
Patricia Panchak |
Editor's Page -- Next-Generation Outsourcing A new realism about manufacturing outsourcing takes hold. |
Insurance & Technology
June 16, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell |
Room for Improvement Insurers should be more aggressive in managing outsourcing's risks and reaping its rewards as part of an overall sourcing strategy. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2004
Mark Mahorney |
Computer Sciences Computes Computer Sciences, the No. 3 computing services company, turned in a strong fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report that sent the stock up 8%. |
CIO
March 1, 2003
Stephanie Overby |
Bringing IT Back Home Faced with a tight economy, CIOs are scrutinizing everything -- including outsourcing. A number of them have taken back the keys to their shops, saving lots of cash. Here's how you can do it too. |
CIO
October 1, 2003
Alice Dragoon |
The Business Education of Jan Franklin Just when she thought she knew everything, this IT veteran spent some time on the business side. What she learned there prepared her to take over as Farmers' CIO when opportunity knocked. |
Global Services
December 2, 2008
Imrana Khan |
What'll the New Year Bring for Outsourcers? Outsourcing will continue to be a lever for transformation. Adding business value will become the norm. Services providers will be pressed to drive business transformation that creates sustainable value for their customers |
Bank Technology News
September 2009
Mike Scheuerman |
Outsource the Small Stuff Small financial institutions typically struggle with their IT infrastructure. Often, the answer is outsourcing. |
The Motley Fool
January 13, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Accenture's Outsourcing Bet Will the consulting firm's transition pay off? |
Wall Street & Technology
June 13, 2006 |
Spending More Can Be Satisfying Research from an outsourcing and insourcing advisory firm reveals a direct correlation between an organization's satisfaction with its outsourcing efforts and how much it invests in outsourcing management and governance. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Outsourcing Never Left This disturbing trend can also be profitable. |
FAO Today
Nov/Dec 2007
Chris Gattenio |
Ask Chris: This month, she examines how companies maximize third party advisor (TPA) involvement in outsourcing their F&A processes. |
Insurance & Technology
September 25, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Zurich and CSC to Negotiate on $2.4 Billion IT Services Deal The services contract will cover data center and IT infrastructure managed services in Europe and North America, should an agreement be reached. |
Food Engineering
April 1, 2008 |
Outsourcing requires homework There's no doubt that outsourcing can save money and take the pressure off several business tasks -- if executed properly. But many companies don't do homework first, according to this Deloitte Consulting 2008 report. |
The Motley Fool
November 11, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Why Should Investors Care About Computer Sciences? The stock chart for Computer Sciences Corp. looks a lot like a StairMaster machine. Right now, the company is taking a breather on the climb back from hitting rock-bottom back in August. |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 24, 2010
Steve Martin |
Is Banking Ripe for Outsourcing? Several trends in the outsourcing provider space are altering the outsourcing value proposition for banks. |
Insurance & Technology
September 9, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Zurich Canada Selects Guidewire Claims System Zurich expects the system to deliver greater operational efficiency, improved service, and the ability to attract top talent to the company's claims team. |
Insurance & Technology
June 16, 2004 |
Transforming Your Business Through IT and Business Process Outsourcing Insurance is a risk management industry, and its approach to outsourcing should be consistent with its nature. Risks are to be managed, not fled from. |
CIO
September 23, 2009
Martha Heller |
When the Business Is IT Do CIOs who work for IT companies have more opportunities for influence and impact than CIOs who work for companies that sell soap? |
Insurance & Technology
May 6, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Wilton Re Signs $90 Million Outsourcing Contract with CSC Ten-year contract includes full back-office administration services for an additional 270,000 life policies to be converted onto the vendor's CyberLife policy admin system. |
Insurance & Technology
March 24, 2005
Paul McDougall |
CSC Wins Contract With Chinese Insurer IT services vendor Computer Sciences Corp. said that it has won a $17.6 million, five year software and services contract from China's China Pacific Property Insurance Co. |
CIO
June 13, 2011
Stephanie Overby |
No. 1 Gripe with Outsourcers: Lousy Service An outsourcing survey finds CIOs need to improve vendor management. |
CIO
October 15, 2000 |
Team Effort - Ask The Expert Everything you need to know about achieving business-IT alignment... |
Global Services
October 31, 2008
Mike Beals |
Governance Tools Can be a Game Changer A successful outsourcing initiative requires the implementation of a disciplined outsourcing lifecycle methodology. To make this methodology work, both the customer and the service provider must together design an approach to govern the relationship using the right governance tools and guidelines |
Insurance & Technology
September 14, 2004
Kristi Nelson |
Farmers Streamlines Auto Claims Processing ClaimsPort solution moves third largest auto insurer from paper-based processes to ASP model. |
Bank Technology News
February 2002
Joseph McKendrick |
Leave Computing to Us Outsourcing hits its stride in banking... |
Global Services
October 27, 2008
Imrana Khan |
The Uncertain Global Economy A recent survey conducted by AMR Research with support from Global Services reveals that outsourcing sector will see minimal impact of the financial turmoil. |
CIO
September 1, 2005
Elana Varon |
Terms of Alignment By Web-enabling the systems that compute premiums and process claims, insurers can reduce costs, sell more policies and resolve claims more quickly. This trend has brought IT from the back room to the front office. |
