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Speed To Market Is A Potentially Misguided Pursuit Speed is just one dimension of product development. Quality, efficiency and capacity are other parts of this optimization process. |
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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. |
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February 8, 2004
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April 4, 2007
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Insurance & Technology
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Insurance & Technology
May 28, 2008
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Insurance & Technology
October 29, 2003
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What's your Legacy plan? One thing's for sure: A monolithic approach won't work. Depending on the particular application and platform, insurers' legacy replacement/enhancement strategies vary widely according to the project specifics. |
Insurance & Technology
January 17, 2006
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Managing in the Best and Worst of Times The insurance industry leaders - from megaglobal insurers to small regional or niche carriers - are achieving excellence by concentrating on profitable growth and competitive advantage. |
Insurance & Technology
May 18, 2004
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IT Isn't Tapped for Compliance The insurance industry fails to embrace the full business value of IT when it comes to addressing regulatory requirements and instead relies primarily on manual processes and ad hoc measures |
Insurance & Technology
February 1, 2006
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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. |
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Move It or Lose Here are three quick steps to building systems so your mid-size company can compete with bigger ones. |
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"Dynamism as the Norm" Ten years ago, author Steve Goldman presciently advocated "corporate agility." Here's where he sees the trend going now. |
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May 18, 2007
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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
April 6, 2006
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Reaching New Product Heights By deploying rules-based engines that centralize enterprise data, carriers can streamline the information shared among internal departments and foster collaboration during the product design and introduction processes. |
Insurance & Technology
December 16, 2008
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Priorities Will Shift, But Insurers' 2009 IT Spending Remains Healthy Given the ravages the financial crisis has wrought in the insurance industry, greater cost consciousness will return to insurance IT organizations. |
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May 16, 2007
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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. |
