Web services are touted as the ultimate software cafeteria plan. Shop among various vendors for best-of-breed solutions and swap out entire applications or application components ...
Underwriting Cycle Heads South Again Following a three-year gentle recovery from the 1990s soft market for insurance, analysts observed that prices began to decline again ...
Agents Expected To Develop Web PlansInsurance agents may step up Web initiatives as more carriers select alternative distribution channels to move their product, according to ...
How Much Longer To P-C Nirvana?Like kids on a long car trip headed for summer vacation, many insurance company employees and the agents that represent ...
Claims Data Standards SoughtA joint claims standard initiative involving the Risk and Insurance Management Society and ACORD will be announced this week designed to improve ...
Insurer 'E-Service' Lacking, Report Says Many insurers are ignoring the importance of "e-service," and lack adequate customer service when doing business online, according to a ...
Rising Rates No Profit PanaceaIn spite of double-digit increases in property-casualty net written premiums for all but a handful of publicly-traded insurers in the first ...
Data warehouses fail precisely because they are conceived and built as data warehouses.Trade places with the CFO of your insurance company. Now you're struggling with ...