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July 11, 2008
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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
April 6, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Hanover Goes Commercial In an effort to strengthen its commercial business, Worcester, Mass.-based The Hanover Insurance Group deployed OneShield's browser-based rating and policy administration platform, Dragon, for commercial package policies. |
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
August 14, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Australian Insurance Industry Adopts ACORD Messaging Library The first standardized AML message being implemented will be for professional indemnity content that includes quote, bind, and close transactions for new business. |
Insurance & Technology
July 11, 2008
Akhil Tripathi |
Web-Based Solutions Deliver on Agents' Tech Expectations Insurers can leverage agent portals and systems integration technology to streamline agents' workflow and improve efficiencies. |
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 12, 2006
Lisa Valentine |
Best of Both Worlds An interview with Greg Tranter, SVP/CIO of Hanover Insurance Group about technology's role at the insurance carrier and how the close alignment between IT and business pays off. |
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
October 29, 2003
Julie Gallagher |
OneBeacon's Claims Contract As part of an effort to eliminate the need for manually entering first-notice-of-loss-data received from its independent agent force via fax, Boston-based OneBeacon Insurance Group has awarded a contract to EasyLink Services Corp. |
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
July 21, 2010
Nathan Golia |
ACORD Adopts DTCC File Formats The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation's formats is part of ACORD's move toward industry-wide data exchange standards, the organization says. |
Insurance & Technology
June 8, 2009
Nathan Conz |
Gilman Leaves ACORD Rick Gilman, VP of corporate communications at ACORD has left the organization after his position was eliminated. |
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. |
Insurance & Technology
March 2, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Smoother Selling In response to agent requests for more-streamlined transactions, The Main Street America Group is developing an end-to-end, Web-based point-of-sale (POS) system. |
Insurance & Technology
August 10, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Fulfilling Agent Requests As part of a strategy to facilitate growth and be more competitive in commercial auto, The Hanover Insurance Group is providing its independent agents with an enhanced version of its point-of-sales system - POS Avenues Commercial Auto system. |
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July 2013
Barton Goldenberg |
Happy Agents, Happy Customers Increased agent productivity leads to increased satisfaction. |
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March 23, 2010 |
Do Agents Have a Chance Fighting Mass Terminations from Carriers? Telecom experts off their opinions on how agents might be able to deal with carrier downsizing. |
Insurance & Technology
September 5, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell |
Customer-Centric Cash Flow Insurers have continued to lag behind other industries in one of the most important contact points with customers: the exchange of funds. |
Insurance & Technology
November 28, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Higher-Tech Agents Leading experts in agent technology answer critical questions about the relationship between agents and technology. |
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. |
CRM
September 2007
Ian Jacobs |
Across the Universe Contact center managers have begun to examine this idea of the universal agent, agents theoretically capable of handling any contact, via any channel. |
Insurance & Technology
July 19, 2004 |
Alliances & Partnerships Castek goes global... Docucorp, epic team... Dralasoft/xythos deal... etc. |
Insurance & Technology
November 19, 2007
Anthony O'Donnell |
ACORD's John Kellington Drives New Standards Approach The former Ohio Casualty CTO and IBM consultant has faith that the best-practice and project management disciplines that served him in his former roles will likewise inform his contributions as ACORD's senior vice president in charge of standards. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Where to Buy Insurance An agent might be your best bet, but there are other options. |
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February 16, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Have an Agent in Your Corner Buying a house is stressful enough without having to worry about whether you can trust the real estate agent you're working with. By using a dedicated buyers' agent, you can make sure your agent is working for you. |
Insurance & Technology
March 25, 2008
Nathan Conz |
Chubb Standardizes and Automates Producer Appointment Process The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has implemented ACORD's standard producer appointment form and data standards. |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2004 |
Choosing the Right Real Estate Agent A good agent can serve you very well -- so choose carefully. |
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December 30, 2009
Khali Henderson |
What Are the Primary Agent Business Models? Descriptions of the several types of agents in the telecom industry. |
Insurance & Technology
May 20, 2009
Katherine Burger |
News from 2009 ACORD LOMA Insurance System Forum: Agent Channel Still Dominates, But Online Gains Ground Accenture study of U.S. consumers hints at retention, loyalty challenges. |
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January 31, 2005 |
Working With Real Estate Agents Approach the relationship sensibly, and you'll both be happier. |
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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. |
PHONE+
December 30, 2009 |
Channel 101 -- PHONE+ Fact Book 2010 An updated primer of telecom industry basics. |
Insurance & Technology
November 25, 2003 |
Alliances & Partnerships Microsoft and ACORD... AIT and Fi-serv CBS Worldwide... Fair Isaac Corp. and DST Technologies... Siebel Systems and IBM... etc. |
Insurance & Technology
April 1, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Despite Downturn, Insurers Remain Committed to Core Systems Evolution Despite the gloom that has consumed the financial services industry, most insurance companies remain bullish on technology investment and many are looking to build out policy admin capabilities to position themselves for growth |
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February 17, 2006 |
Choosing a Real Estate Agent How should you go about choosing a real estate broker or agent? Don't just sign up with the one who promises you the highest price for your house. Here are a few tips. |
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Back to Basics: Channel Partners Fact Book 2011 An editorial regarding the inspiration and intention of the Channel Partners Fact Book guide for telephony agents. |
AskMen.com
Michael Hirsch |
How To: Get Yourself An Agent Agents are necessary because they understand the industry they specialize in, know the big players and, more importantly, will know how to sell you and your talents, better than you can sell yourself. |
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August 4, 2015 |
The Open Data Institute's Open Data Award Finalists Winners were chosen in five categories. |
Insurance & Technology
October 16, 2007
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
John Kellington Moves to ACORD as SVP of Standards In the newly created position, Kellington says he will oversee the development of standards for life and annuity, property/casualty and surety, and reinsurance and large commercial. |
Insurance & Technology
May 18, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell |
Winning With a New Mind-set The partnership of ACORD and LOMA to create a new, expanded conference event - the ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum - signifies a new mind-set among insurance technology executives. |
Insurance & Technology
May 3, 2006 |
Contracts Safeco chose FSC Insurance Solutions' Web-based XceleRator rating system... Unitrin Direct selected SAS' Enterprise BI Server... Phoenix Life Insurance tapped CSC's applications management... etc. |
Insurance & Technology
March 31, 2009
Nathan Conz |
Lloyd's of London, IBM Look to Connect London Insurance Market Lloyd's of London has partnered with IBM to deliver to the London insurance market a centralized messaging hub utilizing ACORD standards. |
Insurance & Technology
November 15, 2006 |
Executive News The Hartford Promotes Gallant... ACORD Taps Bharal... Insurity's Markland... MassMutual SVP... 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
July 25, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
Fireman's Fund Taps Itemfield Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. selected Itemfield ContentMaster data transformation software to enable modernization of multiple mainframe applications, including loss notification and quotation generation, and ACORD compliance. |
